OmniGraffle 3 vs Designs for Google Documents
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OmniGraffle 3
Create precise and beautiful graphics, diagrams, and mockups on your iPad and iPhone. Organize your thoughts visually and communicate complex ideas clearly with a professional interface and extensive object libraries. Ideal for both beginners and professionals.
- Create charts, graphics, and mockups
- Thousands of searchable objects via Stenciltown
- Professional interface for wireframes and sketches
- SVG graphics creation
- Cross-Platform Automation with JavaScript
- Artboards and Artboard Layers (PRO)
- Visio Import and Export (PRO)
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Design, create, sketch, and diagram. An incredibly powerful app for both beginners and professionals. Start the 2-week trial now. Create quick, beautiful, and portable charts, graphics, designs, mockups, and more. Use your iPad and iPhone screen as your paper, canvas, and whiteboard—all in one. It comes with thousands of searchable objects via Stenciltown, like server racks, space planning stencils, iconography, and more. OmniGraffle provides a thoughtful, professional interface for creating everything from basic wireframes to polished interface sketches, tools to construct SVG graphics for your next website, or designing the layout for your next hundred-server project. A thoughtful sketch or professional diagram communicates far better than words. When you need a clear understanding of how information needs to be presented or how processes are carried out, OmniGraffle 3 for iOS is the tool to help you organize your thoughts visually, document them beautifully, and communicate them to the world. OmniGraffle 3 has features and functionality you won’t find anywhere else, and it behaves exactly how you’d expect an iPad and iPhone app should with multitouch gestures, Share Sheet integration, and more. NEW IN 3: - Redesigned interface to make common tasks readily available. - Canvas Size Modes: choose between Fixed, Flexible, or Infinite. - Cross-Platform Automation with JavaScript - SVG Import - Unified Sidebar List of Canvases, Layers, and Objects - Group Visibility - Artboards and Artboard Layers (PRO) - App Lock - Hot Keys for Tools - Convert Text to Shape (PRO) - Zoom to Object, Scroll to Selection PRO features (in-app purchase): - Visio Import and Export - Blending Modes & Fill Effects - Artboards and Artboard Layers - Shared Layers - Shape Combinations - Shape Tables - Automation Plug-Ins and Actions STANDARD features (in-app purchase) include: - Layers - Grids - Automatic Layout - Unit Scaling - Shape Recognition - Bézier Lines & Shapes - Point Editing - Full Screen Split View - Smart Guides - Free Stencils via Stenciltown.com — search and download on the web or in the app - OmniOutliner Import & Export - Freehand Sketch - Automatic Diagram Layout - Create Multi-Page (canvas) documents - Share pages quickly with PNG, PDF Export - Wrap text within custom shapes - Quickly change a shape’s style with the Style Inspector - Save Documents to Photos Subscription Terms of Service: https://www.omnigroup.com/legal
Designs for Google Documents
Access over 20,000 premium templates, infographics, logos, and design elements to enhance your Google Docs. Create professional-looking resumes, invoices, brochures, and more with easy customization.
- 20,000+ premium templates
- Infographics and diagrams
- Logos and design elements
- Fully editable content
- Seamless Google Docs integration
- New content added regularly
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Designs for Google Documents is the complete creative toolkit that helps you create stunning documents faster and easier. With over 30,000 professionally designed templates, layouts, and creative assets for Google Docs, transform Google Documents into a powerful workspace for business, school, career, and personal projects. RESUME & CV TEMPLATES Modern resume templates, professional CV designs, cover letter layouts, reference page templates, portfolio designs, and interview preparation documents. Resume builder for job seekers, career changers, students, recent graduates, executives, and creative professionals. CV designs for every industry - tech, healthcare, finance, marketing, design, education. COVER LETTER TEMPLATES Cover letter templates that match resume designs. Professional cover letters, creative cover letters, entry-level cover letters, executive cover letters, and industry-specific cover letter formats. Stand out from the competition with perfectly crafted application materials. FLYER & POSTER MAKER Promotional flyers, event posters, sale announcements, business flyers, real estate flyers, restaurant menus, concert posters, party flyers, garage sale signs, and educational posters. Flyer maker designs for every campaign and occasion. BROCHURE & PAMPHLET TEMPLATES Tri-fold brochures, bi-fold brochures, product brochures, service brochures, travel brochures, medical brochures, real estate brochures, company brochures, and informational pamphlets. Brochure templates for marketing professionals and small business owners. NEWSLETTER TEMPLATES Email newsletters, company newsletters, school newsletters, church newsletters, family newsletters, club newsletters, and community newsletters. Newsletter designs ready to customize with your content. INVITATION & CARD MAKER Wedding invitations, birthday invitations, baby shower invitations, graduation invitations, anniversary cards, holiday cards, save-the-date cards, thank-you cards, and greeting card templates. Invitation maker designs for every life moment. CALENDAR & PLANNER TEMPLATES Monthly calendars, weekly calendars, daily planners, academic planners, project planners, budget planners, meal planners, fitness planners, habit trackers, and goal trackers. Planner templates to organize every aspect of life and work. WORKSHEET & EDUCATION TEMPLATES School worksheets, lesson plans, flashcards, quiz templates, certificate templates, diploma designs, attendance sheets, grade trackers, study guides, and homework planners. Education templates for teachers, students, and parents. BUSINESS DOCUMENTS Letterheads, invoices, business reports, proposals, contracts, agreements, meeting agendas, business plans, company profiles, and professional correspondence. Business templates for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and corporate professionals. INFOGRAPHICS & DIAGRAMS Timeline infographics, process flowcharts, mind maps, organizational charts, comparison charts, statistical charts, geographic maps, SWOT analysis templates, and data visualization layouts. ICONS, CLIPART & DESIGN ELEMENTS Thousands of icons, badges, ribbons, labels, bullets, clipart, doodles, shapes, frames, borders, patterns, textures, backgrounds, photo masks, decorative elements, pictograms, and symbols. WHY CHOOSE DESIGNS FOR GOOGLE DOCUMENTS - Over 30,000 templates and creative assets - One-tap open directly in Google Docs - Every template fully editable - change text, colors, images, and layout - Works with Google Docs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Content organized by category for easy browsing - Fresh templates added regularly by professional designers - Templates for every aesthetic: modern, classic, minimal, creative, elegant, corporate PERFECT FOR Job seekers, students, teachers, small business owners, event planners, and anyone who wants professional documents without the design work. Download Designs for Google Documents today and create stunning documents in minutes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OmniGraffle 3 at Free against Designs for Google Documents's $29.99. OmniGraffle 3 also leads on ratings volume (142 vs 11) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). Designs for Google Documents's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
OmniGraffle 3 is free to download; Designs for Google Documents costs $29.99 up front. OmniGraffle 3 sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $12.49 per month and Designs for Google Documents sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Designs for Google Documents holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OmniGraffle 3 has 142 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of OmniGraffle 3's written reviews are positive against 33% of Designs for Google Documents's.
OmniGraffle 3 ships an update every 3 months, Designs for Google Documents every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OmniGraffle 3 | Designs for Google Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $29.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (142 ratings) | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.2% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Omni Group | Jumsoft |
Customer experience
OmniGraffle 3
Designs for Google Documents
Bugs and requests
OmniGraffle 3
Reported bugs
20 issues- Objects resize instead of move when attempting to relocate them
- Canvas fails to refresh properly after copy/paste operations
- Frequent crashes when opening files or using undo (Cmd+Z)
- Text editing becomes impossible or unreliable
- Undo/redo functionality stops working or loses track
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- Objects disappear or become invisible after certain operations
- File sync issues with Dropbox and iCloud Drive
- Work lost when closing and reopening documents
- Visio file imports arrive corrupted or scrambled
- Export to Visio format unrecognizable by Microsoft Office
- Selection is inconsistent and unpredictable
- Keyboard shortcuts (copy, delete) don't function
- App crashes when accessing certain stencil sets (Azure)
- Canvas shifts partially offscreen when zooming
- Performance degrades with multiple objects or copy/paste operations
- Gesture recognition fails or behaves unexpectedly
- Custom stencils don't appear if saved to cloud
- Drawing with freehand tool shows no live trace feedback
- Icon movement is jerky and unresponsive
- Pasting shapes requires zooming in/out to appear
Requested features
17 requests- Outline mode for keyboard-based flowchart creation
- Pen/Bezier tool for vector drawing
- Real-time collaboration features
- Better iCloud and cloud storage integration
- Improved Apple Pencil integration and responsiveness
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- SVG export functionality
- Color picker tool for design work
- Default font size settings per document
- Simpler delete function for selected objects
- Proper Visio format compatibility (import and export)
- 9-slice scaling for responsive design elements
- Cross-device licensing (single purchase for Mac and iOS)
- Subscription model alternative to upgrade cycle
- Better gesture customization and mode isolation
- Freehand drawing with live visual feedback
- View-only mode without edit risk
- Integrated help system within documents
Designs for Google Documents
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OmniGraffle 3
- Legacy Monthly Subscription$12.491 Month
- Legacy Annual Subscription$124.991 Year
- Free TrialFree
- Free upgrade to v3 ProFree
- Free upgrade to v3Free
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- Upgrade from Standard to Pro with discount$29.99
- Upgrade to v3 Standard$29.99
- Unlock Standard$59.99
- Upgrade to v3 Pro$59.99
- Upgrade from Standard to Pro$59.99
- Unlock Pro$119.99
Designs for Google Documents
- Toolbox Monthly Plan3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Toolbox Yearly Plan3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Lifetime$4.99
Questions
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