Comparison

Deswik.Drilling vs TrueCut

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

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About

Deswik.Drilling

Features
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Deswik’s Drilling App improves efficiency and accuracy in underground development. The app provides operators with the latest survey plans, an interactive mine map, face mark-up abilities, and an operator toolbox to guide users through complex mark-ups. Keep development headings on line, reduce re-work, overbreak and underbreak, and improve standards of work through best practice mark-up. Features: β€’ Take the guess work out of the more difficult mark-ups such as laser offsets, angled drives and fillets. The Operator Toolbox includes tutorials to take operators through step-by-step best practice methods for marking up complex drives. β€’ A built-in offset calculator allows operators to enter in the face distance, the laser offsets and then be stepped through the process of marking up the face efficiently and accurately. β€’ Save time and eliminate the need to chase survey plans on the surface by accessing all the current plans for headings within the easy-to-read Dashboard. β€’ An interactive mine map allows operators to see their work location, view the levels above and below, view survey station locations, and see the design and as-builts for each level. β€’ Take photos and record data on the job, removing the need to file paper face mark-up sheets.

About

TrueCut

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Pro construction calculator. One-time purchase. No subscription. See the cut, not just the number. Every rafter, stair, crown, and baluster answer draws a live, dimensioned diagram, and "Explain this cut" walks you through the layout step by step, in the order you'd mark the stock. Free 14-day full trial, then $24.99 once. Basic feet-inch math and the baluster solver stay free forever. No account, no ads, no analytics. Built for gloves, thumbs, and full sun: a fraction-native keypad (tap 5, then 1/2, done), big keys with a haptic tick on every press, and a one-tap high-contrast Site Mode for the jobsite. THE PLEDGE β€’ One-time purchase. No subscriptions. Ever. β€’ Free 14-day full trial, disclosed up front. No payment info to start. β€’ Basic feet-inch math and the equal-spacing baluster solver stay free forever. β€’ Family Sharing on the Full Unlock. The household owns the tool. RAFTER STUDIO β€’ Common, hip, valley (regular and irregular), and jack rafters with a numbered cut list β€’ Explain this cut: ridge plumb cut, line length, ridge deduction, birdsmouth, tail, and stock length as ordered layout steps β€’ Pitch gauge: lay the phone on the roof or rafter, hold, zero, and write the pitch into the solver β€’ Plumb, level, and cheek angles shown as saw-dial settings β€’ Ridge allowance, overhang, and HAP STAIR STUDIO β€’ Riser and tread solver with a scrollable stringer diagram β€’ Explain this cut: divide the rise, set the gauges, step off the stringer, drop the stringer, check headroom β€’ Reference checks against your configured IRC, IBC, NBC, NCC, or UK Approved Document K limit presets, never a compliance ruling β€’ +1 / βˆ’1 riser stepper re-solves live so you trade riser height against run β€’ Headroom and stairwell opening checks; framing-square gauge settings on the cut sheet DECK & BALUSTER STUDIO β€’ Equal-spacing baluster solver: count, center-to-center, and the first mark off the post (free forever) β€’ On-center joist and stud layout at 12, 16, 19.2, 24" or custom β€’ Full fence takeoffs: post bays, rails, pickets or panels, gates, post-hole concrete, and 3-4-5 square-up CROWN & MITER STUDIO β€’ Spring-angle presets (38Β°, 45Β°, 52Β°) plus custom β€’ Compound miter and bevel for any corner angle, drawn as saw dials β€’ Nested vs. flat cutting guidance with a diagram MATERIALS STUDIO β€’ Concrete volume and bag counts, roofing squares, drywall and siding sheets, paint, flooring, tile, blocks, board feet, studs β€’ Arc & Circle card: circumference, area, arc length, and arch layout β€’ Lightweight estimates with waste factor and unit cost that roll up to a total LASER MEASURE β€’ Capture a distance from a supported Bosch GLM or Leica DISTO straight into the keypad and tape, over Bluetooth, on device FULL FEET-INCH-FRACTION MATH β€’ Add, subtract, multiply, divide, powers, and square roots across mixed units β€’ Decimal feet, decimal inches, yards, and full metric (m, cm, mm) β€’ Fraction resolution from 1/2 to 1/64 with smart auto-reduce β€’ Convert in place, memory slots, square-up with angle entry, and a persistent, labeled tape you can restore and edit PROJECTS, WIDGETS, AND SIRI β€’ Save cut sheets, estimates, and tape lines into named projects and share a whole project as one PDF β€’ Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your last result; a Control Center button opens the keypad β€’ Siri and Shortcuts open any studio by name SHARE THE CUT Every studio exports a dimensioned Cut Sheet PDF, with an optional layout-steps page. AirDrop or text it to your crew. PRIVACY No analytics, no accounts, no ads. The app makes no network calls of its own. Purchases are handled by Apple. App Privacy label: Data Not Collected. Reference calculation β€” verify against local code and field conditions before cutting.

Screenshots

Deswik.Drilling4 screens
TrueCut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deswik.Drilling at none against TrueCut's 2. Deswik.Drilling also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 17.0). TrueCut's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. TrueCut sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Deswik.Drilling asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deswik.Drilling ships an update monthly, TrueCut every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Deswik.Drilling versus TrueCut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeswik.DrillingTrueCut
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.2 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size180 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeswikGabriel John Fordan

In-app purchases

None

Deswik.Drilling

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TrueCut

One-time2
  • 14-Day Free TrialFree
  • Full Unlock$24.99

Questions

Is Deswik.Drilling free?
Deswik.Drilling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrueCut free?
TrueCut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deswik.Drilling or TrueCut have ads?
Neither Deswik.Drilling nor TrueCut shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deswik.Drilling or TrueCut?
Deswik.Drilling ships an update monthly, and TrueCut every 5 days. Most recently, Deswik.Drilling was updated on October 21, 2026 and TrueCut on October 19, 2026.

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