Comparison

FingerCAD vs Årshjul

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

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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)

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Årshjul

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Plan a whole year, then explain it in ten seconds. Årshjul lays the twelve months out as a wheel, so the shape of the year is visible before anyone has read a word: the quarter that is overloaded, the empty stretch in July, the two campaigns landing in the same week. Built for consultants, project managers, marketing and communications leads, school and nonprofit teams, and anyone who has to walk a room through next year on an iPad and then look it up on an iPhone afterward. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Create tracks for projects, teams, or areas of responsibility, and place activities across the year • Switch between the wheel and a chronological list: the same plan, read two ways • Present straight from the iPad in the meeting, with no sign-in and no browser tab • Hand the plan over as a PDF or PNG for the board packet, the staff handbook, or the wall IMPORT AND EXPORT • Open versioned Årshjul files and JSON • Import and export CSV and iCalendar • Export to PDF and PNG • Warnings appear before an import changes your plan. Nothing is altered silently. FOURTEEN DAYS OF FULL ACCESS Everything is open from the first launch. No account, and no payment request before you have tried it. After fourteen days, creating and editing require a subscription. Reading and exporting your own wheels keeps working either way, so you never lose access to work you have already done. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. INSTEAD OF A BROWSER TOOL OR A TEMPLATE A browser-based year wheel wants an organization account and a login — in the meeting, from every colleague, every time. A PowerPoint or Miro template looks right once and then has to be redrawn by hand every time a date moves. Årshjul is a real app on all three Apple platforms: it opens immediately, needs no account, keeps the plan on your own device, and lets the same plan leave as CSV or iCalendar when someone else needs the dates. LOCAL FIRST No account. No tracking. Your plans stay on your device unless you choose to share them or save an export yourself. ACCESSIBILITY Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and WCAG 2.2 AA. The plan can be read and understood without relying on color. LANGUAGES English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Dutch. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://annualwheel.pages.dev/privacy

Screenshots

FingerCAD4 screens
Årshjul4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Årshjul at Free against FingerCAD's $2.99. Årshjul also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). FingerCAD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On ads 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

Årshjul is free to download; FingerCAD costs $2.99 up front. Årshjul sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. FingerCAD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FingerCAD ships an update every 6 weeks, Årshjul fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FingerCAD versus Årshjul: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingerCADÅrshjul
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca NataliniJesper Sachmann

In-app purchases

None

FingerCAD

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Årshjul

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Wheel Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual Wheel Pro – Annual14 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is FingerCAD free?
FingerCAD costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Årshjul free?
Årshjul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FingerCAD or Årshjul have ads?
Neither FingerCAD nor Årshjul shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FingerCAD or Årshjul?
FingerCAD ships an update every 6 weeks, and Årshjul fortnightly. Most recently, FingerCAD was updated on October 13, 2026 and Årshjul on October 2, 2026.

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