Comparison

iDesign vs Stundennachweis

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

Stundennachweis

Features
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Stundennachweis tracks working time the way freelancers and small studios need it: fast, keyboard-driven and without an account. TRACK IN SECONDS • One line: Client › Project › Module › Type, note, Enter. Done. • Continue as before: the last context is preselected, a single keystroke starts the timer. • Create new clients, projects or modules right in the field, without leaving the flow. • Add time afterwards with tolerant input: 1:30, 90, 90m or 1.5h. From, To and Duration complete each other. • Timer in the menu bar with elapsed time, pause and resume. Global hotkey from anywhere. • Idle detection asks what to do when the Mac was idle. JOURNAL AND CALENDAR • Daily journal with inline editing, duplicating and full-text search. • Month and week calendar with hours per client and day, filter with a click. REPORT AND EXPORT • Period presets, filters on every level, grouping by client, project, module or type. • Totals as h:mm and decimal hours, amounts by rate, comparison with the previous period. • Billing status per position, open items per client at a glance. • Export as a print-ready PDF timesheet with letterhead and logo, as an Excel workbook with selectable columns, as CSV or JSON. BILLING THE WAY YOU AGREED IT • Rates per client, project or module, inherited downwards. • Billing in hours or days, rounding grid per client, project budget with warning. • Tracked minutes always stay exact; only what gets billed is rounded. YOUR DATA • Everything lives locally on your device. For syncing you choose: iCloud (your private database, no access for the developer) or tightrelay, our own sync service on servers in the EU — which also covers Windows and Android. Without syncing, everything stays on the device. • No account, no analytics, no ads, nothing passed on to third parties. • German, English, French, Italian. Free 14-day trial. Then either a one-time unlock (no subscription; app offline and syncing via iCloud) or the sync subscription, which unlocks the app as well: • Sync monthly — CHF 2.00 per month • Sync yearly — CHF 20.00 per year The subscription syncs through tightrelay across every device of your sync account, including Windows and Android. It renews automatically until you cancel in the App Store; manage and cancel in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://www.baertschisoftware.ch/stundennachweis/datenschutz

Screenshots

iDesign4 screens
Stundennachweis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stundennachweis at every 3 days against iDesign's every 3 months. iDesign's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). 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 Stundennachweis sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDesign ships an update every 3 months, Stundennachweis every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iDesign versus Stundennachweis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDesignStundennachweis
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (87 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings87 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTouchAware LimitedMatthias Baertschi

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
3 purchases

Stundennachweis

Subscriptions2
  • Sync monthly$1.991 Month
  • Sync yearly$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version$34.99

Questions

Is iDesign free?
iDesign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stundennachweis free?
Stundennachweis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iDesign or Stundennachweis have ads?
Neither iDesign nor Stundennachweis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDesign or Stundennachweis?
iDesign ships an update every 3 months, and Stundennachweis every 3 days. Most recently, iDesign was updated on November 1, 2026 and Stundennachweis on November 10, 2026.

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