Comparison

FingerCAD vs Zone before you Phone

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

Head to head
About

FingerCAD

Create detailed technical drawings on your portable device using finger-based CAD tools. Design anything from buildings to mechanical parts, with features like automatic vertex acquisition and 3D VR exploration. Export designs in standard formats for further use.

Highlights
  • Finger-assisted CAD drawing
  • Technical drawing capabilities
  • 3D VR exploration
  • DXF, OBJ, PDF export
  • Automatic vertex acquisition
  • Layer management
  • Area calculation
Features
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"FingerCAD" is the first CAD application for technical drawing with fingers assisted by computer for portable devices. With "FingerCAD" you can draw houses, bridges, planimetry of apartments, mechanical components, geometrical figures, everything that can be designed with a common PC CAD. Useful for the engineers on construction site, for architects, surveyors, designers, students etc.. The design possibilities with "FingerCAD" are endless and all this using only your portable device, during a travel or comfortably seated or standing at work. The ease of use makes it very useful and versatile. The final design can be saved using standard formats (ex. DXF) and can be sent via e-mail or printed. The zoom and pan, the customization of the drawing, the common cad tools, autosaving and the ability to continue operations even in subsequent sessions of use (at boot "FingerCAD" will load automatically the design saved in the previous session of use), possibility to add measurements and free text makes it truly unique. Each CAD object is treated as a separate object; You can then go back in time by removing the objects from last to first (also in next sessions of work), select and remove the undesired parts / incorrect objects. The "automatic acquisition of nearest vertices" facilitates the drawing of adjacent graphics objects and the function "2x" allows you to draw walls (double line) automatically (you can specify the thickness of the wall as desired). The three RGB components, alpha transparency, the freehand drawing, the ability to fill an object with colors, the color palette, the color picker, in addition to the common functions of a CAD give you the ability to add manual graphical effects at the overall design (also using freehand drawing). MODIFY, COPY AND MOVE for CAD objects (also from one layer to another one). AUTOMATIC CALCULATION OF THE MEASUREMENT OF THE AREA OF A GENERIC POLYGONAL 3D SURFACE. Virtual Reality Exploration: you can walk in the 3D model and observe it using first person view (Finger3D + FingerCAD). HIGH PRECISION OF DRAWING: using the “under finger dynamic drawing preview “ you can see exactly where for example the initial / final point of a line will be placed (observing the preview window that shows the area of drawing not visible under the finger). AUTO-PAN for work area: if you reach the border of the screen, FingerCAD shifts automatically the work area so you can continue to draw longest lines - you have not to use the "zoom out" to draw long lines. .OBJ 2D and 3D export routine: export the CAD design for 3D modeling softwares such as Finger3D, Blender, Maya 3D, etc... or print it using 3D printers DXF export/import for AutoCad, qCad, SolidWorks, LibreCAD, ... PDF export. File formats conversions: - from DXF to OBJ - from DXF to PDF - from DXF to IMAGE (JPG,PNG) 3D models can be displayed directly using the "FingerCAD 3D VIEWER". DROPBOX / iCloud Drive file sharing (IN and OUT) Ability to import DXF files from a WEB LINK and/or from an EMAIL ATTACHMENT. Ability to PRINT the design (using AirPrint). Other features: - CAD (computer assisted design) - Walls with adjustable thickness - Snap to control points - Free text - UNDO/REDO for the graphics objects, from last to first - Selection and ability to transform/move/delete selected objects - Autosave - Grid - Snap to grid - Adjustable grid - Labels indicating the finger position on the cad area - Many selectable unit of measurement - Design multi-layer and multi-floor - The selected objects can be moved or copied from one layer to another layer or from a floor to another floor - Preview of other layers in the current layer - Scale and rotate - Extend - Trim - Mirror - Send with an email the generated .dxf, .obj, .pdf files - Ability to share .dxf, .obj, .pdf with other installed apps - DXF part library (architecture, communication, electrical, electronics, mechanical, misc, processing, templates, zipf_libs)

About

Zone before you Phone

Features
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Take back control where it matters most. Distracting apps disappear automatically — based on where you are. Walk into the library, and Instagram is gone. Step into the gym, and TikTok stops mid-scroll. Come home, and work emails fade into the background. No timer to set. No willpower to summon. The right apps go quiet in the right places, every time. WHY THIS WORKS Most blockers fight you in the moment — exactly when willpower is weakest. This one doesn't. You make the decision once, calmly, ahead of time. Then the place itself does the rest. MADE FOR REAL LIFE — Study spots: keep social media out of your library, lecture hall, or favorite café — The gym: no scrolling between sets — Work and home: separate the two with a single line on the map — Bedroom: turn off the dopamine drip before sleep — Family time: bring quiet to the rooms where people matter, not screens HOW IT WORKS Drop a pin on the map. Choose how wide the area should be. Pick which apps go quiet when you arrive — or when you leave. That's it. The app runs gently in the background and reacts the moment you cross the line. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU Your location never leaves your device. Nothing is uploaded. Nothing is tracked. Nothing is shared. Everything runs on Apple's secure on-device geofencing — the same technology behind reminders. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS, NO NONSENSE Open it, set things up, get on with your day. No sign-up. No subscription pop-ups. No advertising. Just a quiet tool that helps you build the habits you want. Made for people who already know what they want to change. Sometimes the missing piece isn't motivation — it's the right kind of friction in the right place.

Screenshots

FingerCAD4 screens
Zone before you Phone4 screens

Verdict

The call

FingerCAD and Zone before you Phone are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

FingerCAD costs $2.99 and Zone before you Phone $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FingerCAD versus Zone before you Phone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingerCADZone before you Phone
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating1.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca NataliniFlorian Schimanke

In-app purchases

None

FingerCAD

No in-app purchases

None

Zone before you Phone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FingerCAD free?
FingerCAD costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zone before you Phone free?
Zone before you Phone costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do FingerCAD or Zone before you Phone have ads?
Neither FingerCAD nor Zone before you Phone shows ads.

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