FingerCAD vs Scanner Prime!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Finger-assisted CAD drawing
- Technical drawing capabilities
- 3D VR exploration
- DXF, OBJ, PDF export
- Automatic vertex acquisition
- Layer management
- Area calculation
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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)
Scanner Prime!
Transform your mobile device into a powerful scanner. Easily capture documents, receipts, and photos, convert them to PDF, and edit them with annotation tools. Organize your files with a robust manager and sync across devices.
- Scan documents and photos from camera
- Convert to PDF and edit/annotate
- Automatic edge detection and cropping
- Organize files in notebooks and folders
- Sync across devices via iCloud
- Supports over 40 file formats
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Scan quick and easily real-world objects such as documents, notes, receipts, books, magazines, id cards, business cards, whiteboards and even your photos, etc., and add them to your digital PDF notebooks. Scanner transforms your iPad and iPhone into a potent mobile scanner with these main features: · Scan directly from your iPad or iPhone's camera. Utilize the flash either automatically or manually. · It's a PDF converter as well, convert from MS Office, iWork, Text and other documents to PDF. Edit and anotate them! · Automatically detects the edges of documents or manually adjust and crop them. · Scan in color or black and white. · Rearrange the pages of your document and crop them before saving the project. · Scanner provides a tactile, ink-on-paper experience due to the intuitive, quick, and pixel-perfect precise control of your Apple Pencil. It also offers handy features such as tilt and pressure sensitivity, and support for palm rejection. · Use enhanced seven Ink tools to annotate, write, and sketch on your scans including Marker, Pen, Pencil, Monoline, FountainPen, Watercolor, and Crayon. · Veritable file manager to organize your scans in notebooks, folders, and subfolders. Duplicate, delete to trash, or rename your documents with ease. Supports more than 40 file formats. (MS Office, iWork, Zip, JPEG, PNG, RTF, etc!) · Personalize the cover of your notebooks or folders. · Send, sync and share PDF documents from/to iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, etc. · Set up a security app passcode to protect your documents. · iCloud syncs your scans across all devices. Scan a document on your iPhone or iPad and it will automatically update to iCloud Drive. All of your devices, including your computer, will synchronise. · Includes a robust PDF editor with edition, search and annotation tools. · Supported document and file formats manageable in Scanner: · Supported document and file formats manageable in Scanner: - Text, Books and Documents: Pages (.pages), Numbers (.numbers), Keynote (.key), HTML (.html), Markdown files (.md), Tex Document (.tex), TrueType Collection Font (.ttc), TrueType Font (.ttf), XLS (Excel files) (.xls), PPT (PowerPoint files) (.ppt), PPTX (PowerPoint files) (.pptx), XLSX (Excel files) (.xlsx), Zip Archive (.zip), PDF Document (.pdf), RTFD Document (.rtfd), Plain Text Document (.txt), Microsoft Word document (.doc, .docx), RTF Document (.rtf) - Video: MP4 (.mp4), iTunes video (.m4v), H.264 Images, 3GPP (.3gp), 3GPP2 (.3g2), QuickTime movie (.mov) - Audio: MP3 (.mp3), AC-3 audio, AIFC audio (.aifc), AIFF audio (.aiff), AMR Audio (.amr), Sun/NeXT audio (.au), Enhanced AC-3, Apple m4a (.m4a), Core Audio, WAVE audio (.wav) - Images: HEIC (.heic), Adobe DNG (.dng), HEIF (.heif), Image File (includes .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpeg-2000), SVG Document (.svg) · And much more! Get it now for FREE and try it for yourself! Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scanner Prime! at 100% against FingerCAD's 16%. Scanner Prime! also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). FingerCAD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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
FingerCAD costs $2.99 and Scanner Prime! $2.99 up front. Scanner Prime! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. FingerCAD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scanner Prime! holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of FingerCAD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scanner Prime!'s.
FingerCAD ships an update every 6 weeks, Scanner Prime! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FingerCAD | Scanner Prime! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 271 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianluca Natalini | Kairoos Solutions SL |
Customer experience
FingerCAD
Scanner Prime!
In-app purchases
FingerCAD
No in-app purchases
Scanner Prime!
- Premium - Unlock All Features3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Scanner App Lifetime Upgrade$3.99









