UPAD V vs PlanMeasure Takeoff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UPAD V
This app transforms your device into a powerful digital notebook. It offers a realistic handwriting experience for notes, diaries, and planners, along with robust PDF editing capabilities. Easily insert images, type text, draw shapes, and share your creations.
- Realistic handwriting feel
- PDF file editing
- Image insertion and editing
- Text typing with formatting
- Shape and table creation
- Document sharing and printing
- Variety of templates
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Finally, UPAD has re-arrived! When downloading UPAD, your iPad becomes more of a worthy instrument. UPAD is the best application for handwriting. Write on it, just like you would on a sheet of paper. You can use this for a diary, planner, lecture note, conference note, letters, Calligraphy, etc. Create documents with easier-than-ever-to-use interface and a variety of features [The best feel of writing] - Write fast and easy—like when you handwrite on a sheet of paper. - When you’re listening to a lecture or at a conference, you can draw, modify, and write fast. - You may rest your palm on the screen. It is made to recognize just the touch-pen. - No other application allows the feeling of writing like UPAD. - It allows the “real” feeling of handwriting. [PDF Editing] - Read and edit PDF files with UPAD. - Edit PDF files with add/copy/delete functions. - Add handwriting, texts, pictures, etc. to PDF files. - Manage theses, lecture notes, manuals, musical notes, etc. in PDF format effectively. [Easier-than-ever-to-use image insertion] - Save multiple pictures in a form of documents easily. - You can capture a part of a map or web page and save it to a file. - This provides you with special effects and frames that will enhance images. - You no longer need to move back and forth from one application to another. [Typing] - You can enter words by using a keyboard. - This includes various fonts, sizes, backgrounds, and alignments that are in Microsoft Word. [Shapes] - You can put in callouts, rectangles, arrows, circles, etc. easily. - You’ll be able to draw a table easily. [Sharing documents] - You’ll be able to share not only emails, but SMS such as Facebook and Tweeter through iMessage. - You can print out documents immediately through Air Printer. - You can send UPAD documents to all applications that can read images and PDF’s. [A variety of easy templates] - Set up schedules monthly/weekly/daily. - This provides various templates you need when you create a document. - You may use the image of your choice as the background. [Safe backing-up] - You can now back-up not only as a whole, but partially—one document at a time. - It’s possible to back-up and restore quickly and stably. This app is not support iCloud sync.
PlanMeasure Takeoff
This app allows construction professionals to perform takeoff and blueprint measurements directly on their device. It supports PDF and image imports, enabling local scale calibration and precise measurement of lengths, areas, and counts without requiring file uploads or account creation.
- Blueprint PDF and image import
- Local scale calibration
- Length, area, and count measurement tools
- Built-in cost kits for trades
- Waste and slack factor calculation
- Bid build calculator
- Export to PDF and CSV
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Measure plans, organize quantities, and build an estimate on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. PlanMeasure Takeoff opens blueprint PDFs and plan images, measures lengths, areas, and counts, and helps you price the work. Plans and project data are processed locally; no account or plan upload is required. CHECK THE SCALE • Calibrate each sheet from a known dimension. • Use architectural, engineering, and metric PDF scale presets. • Check the scale against a second known dimension and see its provenance and verification status. • Review missing-scale warnings before export. A printed scale alone cannot confirm that a scanned or resized plan is accurate. ORGANIZE BY ROOM OR FLOOR • Label selected items with a room, floor, zone, or other location. • Search those labels and keep them in CSV exports. • See location subtotals in text and PDF reports, with length, area, and count quantities kept separate. • Items missing a page or required scale are identified and excluded from location subtotals. • Locations are assigned manually; the app does not automatically divide a drawing into rooms. MEASURE AND PRICE • Trace lengths and areas, count fixtures, and enter field quantities. • Snap to traced endpoints, midpoints, intersections, or the grid, with optional angle constraints and a touch loupe. • Apply unit prices, waste, and slack; reuse personal cost kits. • Convert estimated quantities into whole-package material orders using your package coverage. • Review package counts, overage, trade totals, and missing-price checks. • See purchase estimates and extra whole-package costs in the editor and reports. These use your entered unit rate, including any labor in that rate, and exclude tax and delivery. Existing bid totals remain unchanged. • Calculate contingency, overhead, profit, and a final bid total. KEEP AND SHARE YOUR WORK • Undo and redo changes across the estimating workflow. • Restore automatic draft checkpoints after an interrupted session. • Export a portable project backup with its plan pages and restore it as a separate copy on a compatible device. • Export CSV, marked-up plans, and PDF bid reports. • Try the included demo before importing your own plan. For framing, flooring, drywall, painting, roofing, concrete, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and general estimating. Measurements depend on the source drawing, calibration, and your inputs. Verify dimensions, scope, prices, and exported quantities before ordering materials or submitting a bid. • Preview measured quantities before applying a known-dimension scale change, including the affected item count and reminders when units change.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlanMeasure Takeoff at 100% against UPAD V's 43%. PlanMeasure Takeoff also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.2). UPAD V's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). 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
PlanMeasure Takeoff is free to download; UPAD V costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PlanMeasure Takeoff holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UPAD V has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of UPAD V's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlanMeasure Takeoff's.
| Parameter | UPAD V | PlanMeasure Takeoff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TaeJin Kim | KRISHNA PINNAMANENI |
Customer experience
UPAD V
PlanMeasure Takeoff
In-app purchases
UPAD V
No in-app purchases
PlanMeasure Takeoff
No in-app purchases









