Comparison

Roughups vs Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Roughups

Transform your wireframe sketches into interactive prototypes with this intuitive iPad app. Easily draw screens, add interactive components, and even create custom fonts. Share your designs through a secure web service.

Highlights
  • Intuitive wireframe drawing interface
  • Add interactive components (text fields, toggles)
  • Create custom fonts for wireframes
  • Record walkthroughs of prototypes
  • Share creations via secure web service
  • Password protection for shared designs
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Roughups is far more than just another wireframe drawing tool. It lets you turn your ideas into reality with just your iPad and Apple Pencil. Features: - Beautifully simple user interface for drawing screens and connecting them together - Add in special components like text fields, toggle buttons and more - Even add in camera components to create more realistic wireframes - Draw your own custom fonts that people can use in your wireframes - Record walkthroughs of your wireframes - Share your creations with others via our web service (which supports password protection if you need it)

About

Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad

Create professional documents like books, brochures, and magazines on your iPad. This powerful app offers advanced layout, typography, and image editing tools optimized for touch and Apple Pencil. Seamlessly manage files and export in various professional formats.

Highlights
  • Optimized iPad gesture controls
  • Professional layout tools
  • Advanced typography controls
  • Image and graphics editing
  • Productivity features
  • Import/export options
  • Professional output formats
Features
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Work wherever and whenever you want without compromise, with Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad, the on-the-go version of our award-winning desktop publishing software. This equally powerful page layout and design app has everything you need to create books, brochures, posters, reports, letters, portfolios, magazine layouts, book covers, ebooks, and so much more. OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD • Fully integrated and optimized iPad gesture controls to speed up your workflow • Command controller hosting on-screen modifiers • Quick Menu for context-sensitive access to commands • Context bar for all tools • Sliders for various attributes • Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping, and preview mode options • Metal accelerated to achieve blazing-fast performance, even when editing large images • Sensitive to pressure, tilt, and angle, the app harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil • Full iCloud drive integration allows for seamless file management, storage, and sharing • External display support with separate configuration options PROFESSIONAL LAYOUT TOOLS • Facing page spreads • Live master pages • Advanced guides, grids, and snapping • Tables and custom table formats • Wrap text around any object or image • Create text frames of any shape • Link multiple text frames together across your document • Footnotes, sidenotes, and endnotes ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY • Full control over character and paragraph styles • Comprehensive OpenType support • Write text along any path • Advanced flow options and hyphenation PERFECT IMAGES & GRAPHICS • Link or embed images in your document • Place PSD, AI, PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG, DWG, or Affinity files • Correct and enhance images with non-destructive adjustment layers • Precision engineered pen and node tools for creating vector curves and shapes • Boolean operations to add, subtract, combine, and divide shapes BUILT FOR PRODUCTIVITY • Section manager to organize your documents • Savable undo history with alternate futures • Smart master pages • Automatically generate indexes and table of contents • Manage and create anchors • Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again • Collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder using the Package feature • PDF passthrough • Autoflow of multiple images and multi-page PDFs • Running headers • Cross-references ADVANCED OPTIONS FOR PLACING CONTENT & IMPORT/EXPORT • IDML & XLSX import • Import/export from Adobe InDesign ® and other programs • Layer visibility override for placed linked files (PDF/DWG/DXF/PSD and Affinity files) • Place linked web images using URLs • Dropbox API integration to retain placed resource linkage across multiple devices • AutoCAD DWG/DXF import, place, and edit (maintaining layer structure and scaling) PROFESSIONAL OUTPUT • End-to-end CMYK, PANTONE© and spot color • Live preflight checking • PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 output for professional printed works FULL INTEGRATION WITH OTHER AFFINITY APPS • Instantly switch to the advanced photo editing features of Affinity Photo and precise vector tools of Affinity Designer without leaving Affinity Publisher with StudioLink • The most fluid workflow ever conceived in a creative suite of applications

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Roughups at 100% against Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad's 47%. Roughups also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (581 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Roughups sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad has 581 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Roughups's written reviews are positive against 47% of Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roughups ships an update every 2 days, Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Roughups versus Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoughupsAffinity Publisher 2 for iPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (581 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better47.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2581 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1.7 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrototyper LtdSerif (Europe) Ltd.

Customer experience

Roughups

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad

All ratings554 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive47.0%
Neutral13.4%
Negative39.6%

Bugs and requests

Roughups

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashing when working with large files
  • Corrupted layers and lost work
  • Printing issues and scaling problems
  • Inconsistent behavior with text formatting and layout
  • Laggy performance and freezes when scrolling through font lists

Requested features

5 requests
  • Support for right-to-left text (Arabic, Persian, etc.)
  • More templates and pre-designed layouts
  • Improved file management and renaming capabilities
  • Better support for large, complex documents
  • Enhanced keyboard shortcuts and power user features

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Roughups

Subscriptions2
  • Roughups Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Roughups Pro Annual$29.991 Year
4 purchases

Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad

One-time4
  • Free 7-Day TrialFree
  • Publisher 2 for iPad LicenseFree
  • Affinity Collection for iPad$36.99
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  • Affinity V2 Universal License$164.99

Questions

Is Roughups free?
Roughups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad free?
Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Roughups or Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad?
Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad is rated higher. Roughups averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad averages 4.6 from 581 ratings.
Do Roughups or Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad have ads?
Neither Roughups nor Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roughups or Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad?
Roughups ships an update every 2 days, and Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad every 6 weeks. Most recently, Roughups was updated on September 9, 2026 and Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad on September 26, 2026.

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