Flowdia Diagrams vs Xchart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flowdia Diagrams
Create professional flowcharts, mind maps, and various other diagrams with an intuitive interface. Easily connect shapes, add elements, and customize your designs. Export your work in multiple formats, including PNG, JPG, PDF, and SVG.
- Create flowcharts, mind maps, BPMN, and network diagrams
- Intuitive shape connection and element addition
- Customizable shape appearance
- Export to PNG, JPG, PDF, and SVG
- Import custom images
- Supports various UML diagram types
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Flowdia is an easy to use flow diagram tool that can be used to quickly create professional quality flowcharts, mind maps, BPMN, network and server layouts, Cisco network, Rack diagram, UML activity, business process and process flow diagrams. The app is designed with ease of use in mind. You can quickly connect flowchart shapes by simply selecting the start and end connection points and quickly add new lanes to a swimlane diagram or new sub-topics to a mind map diagram by using "+" button from the selected swimlane or mind map shape menu. The mind map sub-topics are automatically positioned on the page but can be easily moved as required. Flowdia supports export of the diagram / flowchart to PNG, JPG, PDF and SVG formats.You can view exported SVG files in Microsoft Visio. You can import custom PNG and JPG images. The following diagrams can be created using Flowdia: - Flowchart - Swimlanes - Mind Maps - BPMN - Network Diagram - AWS Architecture Diagram - Cisco Network Diagram - Server Layout Diagram - Rack Diagram - UML Class Diagram - UML Activity Diagram - UML Use Case Diagram - UML Sequence Diagram - Business Process Diagram - Process Flow - Chevron Diagram You can quickly select and change BPMN activity, event and gateway types by using the special shape selector available to all BPMN shapes. The flowchart shapes in this tool are not images can be re-sized without loosing quality. You can customize the look of the shapes by applying background color and also change the font color and size of the text. **NOTE: Free version of Flowdia is restricted to: - 4 files. - 1 page per diagram. - Cannot remove or duplicate pages. - Image and PDF exports with watermark
Xchart
Quickly create various chart types with an intuitive interface. Features AI-powered analysis for instant insights and allows easy export of charts as images. Supports dark mode for comfortable use.
- Multiple chart types (Bar, Line, Pie, etc.)
- Intuitive chart creation interface
- AI-powered chart analysis and suggestions
- Export charts as images
- Dark mode support
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Your Quick Assistant for Creating Charts • Supports Multiple Chart Types Bar, Line, Curve, Pie, Donut, Radar, Pyramid • Simple and Intuitive Interface Create charts anytime, anywhere with ease • AI-Powered Chart Analysis Get instant insights and suggestions from AI • Export Charts as Images Easily share chart images with friends or clients • Dark Mode Support Reduce eye strain with dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Xchart at 3.7 against Flowdia Diagrams's 3.4. Xchart also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Flowdia Diagrams's advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Flowdia Diagrams sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Xchart sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Xchart holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flowdia Diagrams has 66 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Flowdia Diagrams's written reviews are positive against 67% of Xchart's.
Flowdia Diagrams ships an update every 2 weeks, Xchart every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flowdia Diagrams | Xchart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (66 ratings) | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Behzad Gorimar | Jon Kao |
Customer experience
Flowdia Diagrams
Xchart
In-app purchases
Flowdia Diagrams
- Upgrade to Premium$9.99
Xchart
- No watermark.$0.99
- With color picker.$0.99
- Sponsor 1.99$1.99
