Comparison

iDesign vs DWG FastView Pro

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

Head to head
About

iDesign

Create professional 2D vector drawings, illustrations, and technical designs on your iPad or iPhone. Offers precise touch-based editing with unique offset controls and a full suite of advanced tools for graphics and technical design.

Highlights
  • 2D vector drawing and design
  • Precise touch-based editing
  • Advanced path editing
  • Technical drawing tools
  • Shape libraries
  • Layer management
  • iCloud sync with XDesign
Features
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Precision 2D vector drawing and design on the iPad & iPhone. Make professional quality designs, illustrations and technical drawings on the move using your fingers at last! iDesign has unique features and offset controls which allows you to draw accurately with your finger not getting in the way or blocking your view. Full feature compatibility and automatic sync of designs via iCloud with XDesign (Mac version). User Guide (PDF) available at www.touchaware.com/apps/idesign/userguide FEATURES - A universal app for both iPad and iPhone which adapts to the native screen size of the device. - An unobtrusive icon based visual and context driven user interface with a full screen board view - Toolbars and panels with easy access to frequently used functions for a fast work flow Standard Tools & Functions - Line, polyline, square, rectangle, circle, arc, ellipse, polygons, stars & path tools - Copy and paste selected shapes and groups - Group and ungroup shapes hierarchically to create complex designs - Edit points, convert shapes to path, close shapes, add and remove points, break, weld, explode and join - Precise rotation with ability to rotate at user defined center - Object alignment tools - Fill color and pen color swatches with opacity controls, custom RGB mixer - Stroke width, line style, line caps and corner join styles, arrow ends and dash patters - Text insertion with fonts, styles, sizes, paragraph alignments, multilingual, rotate/resize - Set a background image for tracing/marking over it - Insert images, copy, paste, move, resize and position them accordingly - Multilevel Undo/Redo for all edit operations - Create multiple layers to organize & separate design components - Connector tools for drawing charts and flow diagrams Unique Features for Touch Based Editing - Offset handles for moving and positioning without your finger blocking the view - Nudge controls, allows precise movement of selected shapes or selected points - Delta transformations to apply incremental values by keyboard Advanced Tools for Graphics Design - Advanced path editing options for corner, smooth and symmetric control points, straighten and curve segments - Text to path conversion - Boolean operations on shapes, unite, intersect, subtract, exclude - Freehand drawing, auto smoothened paths - Gradients / color blends Advanced Tools for Technical Drawing - Circle and Arc tool based on center, start/end point, radius and angle of arc - Dimensioning tools, length as well as angular with customisable settings - Support for Feet+Inches+Fractions (U.S & older unit system)
- Architectural formatting option for Dimensions
- Dynamic grid supporting feet, inches and inch fractions at different zoom levels Units & Board Setup - Support for standard and custom board sizes. - Set a drawing scale - Full set of standard unit systems. - Unit aware Grid with customisable settings - Snap to grid, snap to object and points - Unit aware rulers Shape libraries to organise and reuse shapes - Add, remove and organise shapes in your own libraries - A set of standard shapes for creating floor plans included Export/Import & Print - Export designs to JPEG, PNG, PDF & SVG formats - Import SVG files - Share your designs with other iDesign users via Email - Dropbox support for Export, Import - AirPrint Support iDesign is available as a monthly or yearly subscription and includes a free trial period that begins once your purchase has been confirmed with your Apple ID account. At the end of the trial your subscription will start and renew automatically. Your Apple ID account will be charged for the upcoming period unless you disable auto-renew or cancel your subscription in your Account Settings at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Terms of Use: http://www.touchaware.com/apps/termsofuse Privacy policy: http://www.touchaware.com/apps/privacy

About

DWG FastView Pro

This application allows users to view and edit 2D/3D CAD drawings in DWG and DXF formats. It offers free creation, browsing, and editing capabilities without requiring registration or an internet connection for local files. Users can also export drawings to PDF and image formats for easy sharing.

Highlights
  • View and edit 2D/3D DWG/DXF files
  • Free drawing creation and browsing
  • No registration or internet required for local files
  • Export to PDF, BMP, JPG, PNG
  • View and Edit modes
  • Technical support
Features
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DWG FastView Pro is fully compatible with 2D/3D DWG drawings, which can smoothly open DWG drawings from GstarCAD, AutoCAD and other CAD platforms, also can view CAD design in .dxf format etc. Let’s see its 5 highlights: (1) Creating, browsing and editing are totally free; There is no limit to how large the file is. Directly browse documents of local storage from DWG FastView. Also, it’s free to create new drawings. (2) No registration & Offline drawings Do you find it boring and time-wasting that some other CAD APPs ask you to register and log in? Now, simply download DWG FastView and use it immediately with no NO REGISTRATION needed. Besides, without internet, you are able to save your masterpieces in the local workspace. At the same time, drawings from E-mail or Network Disk like Dropbox or WebDAV can be opened, viewed, edited, shared as well with Internet. (3) Support export to PDF, BMP, JPG and PNG, and share it to anyone freely. Transfer CAD drawings into PDF format and customize its paper size, orientation, color and so on. You can also convert CAD drawings to image format-BMP, JPG, PNG. And all of them can be viewed and shared by DWG FastView. (4)View Mode and Edit Mode satisfy diverse needs; To satisfy your SIMPLY NEED to OPEN and VIEW .dwg, we create View Mode, providing simple tools for FASTER VIEW .dwg. Besides, Edit Mode is better at professional and practical drawing. (5)Helpful and responsive technical support. There are four ways to get technical support 1. Click the “Rate” button to share your valuable comments and suggestions with us 2. Click the “Feedback” button to send your tech problem to us via email 3. Directly send email to support.mc@gstarcad.net to let us know your technical question 4. Follow the latest news or contact us through Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DWGFastView Twitter: https://twitter.com/DWGFastView Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/suzhou-gstarsoft-co-ltd

Screenshots

iDesign4 screens
DWG FastView Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iDesign at Free against DWG FastView Pro's $9.99. iDesign also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 39%) and ratings volume (87 vs 16). DWG FastView Pro's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads 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

iDesign is free to download; DWG FastView Pro costs $9.99 up front. iDesign sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. DWG FastView Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DWG FastView Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iDesign has 87 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of iDesign's written reviews are positive against 39% of DWG FastView Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDesign ships an update every 3 months, DWG FastView Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iDesign versus DWG FastView Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDesignDWG FastView Pro
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating2.6 (87 ratings)3.5 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.2% of reviews — better39.0% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.58.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTouchAware LimitedGstarsoft Co., Ltd

Customer experience

iDesign

All ratings87 ratings
Positive37.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative55.2%
Written reviews474 reviews
Positive50.2%
Neutral11.2%
Negative38.6%

DWG FastView Pro

All ratings16 ratings
Positive56.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative31.3%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive39.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative51.4%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

iDesign

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$79.99
None

DWG FastView Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDesign free?
iDesign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DWG FastView Pro free?
DWG FastView Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iDesign or DWG FastView Pro?
DWG FastView Pro is rated higher. iDesign averages 2.6 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while DWG FastView Pro averages 3.5 from 16 ratings.
Do iDesign or DWG FastView Pro have ads?
Neither iDesign nor DWG FastView Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDesign or DWG FastView Pro?
iDesign ships an update every 3 months, and DWG FastView Pro every 2 months. Most recently, iDesign was updated on October 21, 2026 and DWG FastView Pro on November 1, 2026.

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