Comparison

iDesign vs UniChat AI

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

UniChat AI

Features
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UnichatAI gives you an AI Smart Card: one shareable page, backed by an AI Agent that answers in your words. Whether you're a creator with followers, a shop with customers, a teacher with students, a coach, a host, a freelancer or a community leader — people keep asking you the same questions. Write the answers once. Your Agent gives them to everyone, any hour, in their language, straight from what you wrote. Never invented, never off-brand. YOUR AI SMART CARD • A public page with your photos, story, services and every social link in one place • Visitors read and ask without signing in — share the link, the QR, or just a screenshot • Post updates to subscribers; pin your hours, menu, timetable or price list to the top • Public, or link-only for a private card (for your class, your guests, your family) YOUR AGENT, 24/7 • Teach it with Q&A pairs and your own notes — price lists, schedules, FAQs, course materials • Answers only from your content, with anything beyond it clearly marked as its own opinion • Read every visitor conversation, or let the AI report what people asked and what needs you • Included on every plan, with a daily free allowance on Basic • Decide whether conversations are kept — or keep nothing for full privacy BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE IN MINUTES • Snap a photo of a menu, flyer, whiteboard or page, or paste text — the AI turns it into a structured note • 25+ note types: price lists with photos, checklists, Q&A, course schedules, recipes, ledgers and more • Connect Google Drive; attach documents and let the AI summarize them into notes • Schedules with reminders that push to your phone A PERSONAL AI THAT GETS THINGS DONE • Chat, write memos and plan schedules by talking; it edits your notes live, with one-tap undo • Normal mode for quick answers; Deep Think and Explore for hard, multi-step questions • It understands photos, searches the web, does real computation and produces charts, spreadsheets and PDFs • Ask it how UnichatAI works — it answers from our official guide CHAT, TOO • Friends and groups with text, photos, voice (auto-transcribed) and video • Share notes, schedules and contacts as cards; @mention to get someone's attention • Let the AI reply to @mentions in your group and review join requests PLANS Start free. Paid plans add a larger monthly pool of AI credits — same features, same AI on every plan. Cancel anytime. Set it up in minutes. Share it anywhere. Never leave a question unanswered again. Terms of Use (EULA): https://unichatai.com/legal/eula.html

Screenshots

iDesign4 screens
UniChat AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UniChat AI at every 5 days against iDesign's every 3 months. UniChat AI also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). 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. iDesign sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and UniChat AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDesign ships an update every 3 months, UniChat AI every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iDesign versus UniChat AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDesignUniChat AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (87 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings87 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTouchAware LimitedTop Health Products LLC

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
2 purchases

UniChat AI

Subscriptions2
  • Standard$9.991 Month
  • Pro$29.991 Month

Questions

Is iDesign free?
iDesign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UniChat AI free?
UniChat AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iDesign or UniChat AI have ads?
Neither iDesign nor UniChat AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDesign or UniChat AI?
iDesign ships an update every 3 months, and UniChat AI every 5 days. Most recently, iDesign was updated on October 21, 2026 and UniChat AI on October 25, 2026.

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