Comparison

FingerCAD HD vs Yojimbo for iPad

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

Head to head
About

FingerCAD HD

Create detailed technical drawings, from architectural plans to mechanical components, directly on your portable device. This app offers a suite of CAD tools for precise design, with features like automatic measurements, object manipulation, and 3D model exploration. Designs can be exported in standard formats for further use or printing.

Highlights
  • Technical drawing with fingers
  • Architectural and mechanical design
  • Automatic measurements
  • Object manipulation (move, copy, modify)
  • 3D model exploration (Virtual Reality)
  • DXF, OBJ, PDF, and image export
  • Cloud file sharing
Features
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"FingerCAD HD" is the first CAD application for technical drawing with fingers assisted by computer for portable devices. With "FingerCAD HD" 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 HD" 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 HD" 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 HD + FingerCAD HD). 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 HD, Blender, Maya 3D, etc... or print it using 3D printers DXF export/import for AutoCad, qCad, SolidWorks, etc... 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

Yojimbo for iPad

Access and manage your Yojimbo data on your iPad. This companion app syncs wirelessly with Yojimbo for macOS, allowing you to view articles, lists, documents, and sensitive information offline.

Highlights
  • Syncs with Yojimbo for macOS
  • Offline data access
  • Handles encrypted entries
  • View articles and documents
  • Access passwords and receipts
Features
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Take your Yojimbo data with you, anywhere, right on your iPad. Yojimbo for iPad is a companion app that syncs effortlessly over WiFi from Yojimbo for macOS (version 4.0 or later required; sold separately), letting you take all of your Yojimbo data anywhere. Yojimbo for iPad even handles your encrypted entries. Imagine catching up on articles, reviewing shopping lists, traveling with digital confirmation documents, and having all your passwords and receipts safely at hand, no matter where you are, whether or not you have network access. If you use Yojimbo, you'll want Yojimbo for iPad.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Yojimbo for iPad at Free against FingerCAD HD's $6.99. Yojimbo for iPad also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1) and review sentiment (21% vs 12%). FingerCAD HD's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Yojimbo for iPad is free to download; FingerCAD HD costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FingerCAD HD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yojimbo for iPad has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 12% of FingerCAD HD's written reviews are positive against 21% of Yojimbo for iPad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FingerCAD HD ships an update every 2 months, Yojimbo for iPad every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FingerCAD HD versus Yojimbo for iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingerCAD HDYojimbo for iPad
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.3 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews12.1% of reviews20.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings120 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca NataliniBare Bones Software, Inc.

Customer experience

FingerCAD HD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive12.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative82.8%

Yojimbo for iPad

All ratings20 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive20.8%
Neutral14.9%
Negative64.4%

Bugs and requests

FingerCAD HD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Yojimbo for iPad

Reported bugs

26 issues
  • Sync fails to complete
  • App crashes on sync
  • App crashes frequently
  • Email sharing window stays open
  • Sync breaks after iOS updates
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  • App crashes on Library icon tap
  • Menu animation choppy
  • Password display formatting issues
  • Items take forever to load
  • Sync issues after updates
  • Sync errors (unreadable)
  • App quits on launch
  • Sync doesn't work after first time
  • Email page dead (cannot cancel/send)
  • Sync issues with Mac pairing
  • App not finding Mac on network
  • Syncing only new notes, not modified
  • Unencrypted notes on iPad when encrypted on Mac
  • Syncing issues with Bonjour/corporate networks
  • PDFs not rendering on iPad
  • Interface bugs on rotation
  • Search field layout in Landscape
  • Syncing only when Mac is running and on same network
  • App is sluggish
  • Files copied over are empty
  • App quits within seconds of launch

Requested features

20 requests
  • iPad/iPhone app functionality
  • Ability to add/edit content on iPad
  • Cloud sync (iCloud, Dropbox)
  • iPhone version
  • Retina screen update
Show 15 more
  • Password protection for the app
  • Add computers by IP# for pairing
  • Ability to change sorting
  • Universal app
  • Content search
  • Open in other apps
  • Email sharing fix
  • iCloud sync support
  • Search field layout fix in Landscape
  • Visible tags and basic info in a bar
  • Create new text notes
  • Cloud Sync (Dropbox preferred)
  • Add/change database from within the app
  • Add new items on iPad
  • UI kinks worked out

In-app purchases

None

FingerCAD HD

No in-app purchases

None

Yojimbo for iPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FingerCAD HD free?
FingerCAD HD costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yojimbo for iPad free?
Yojimbo for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FingerCAD HD or Yojimbo for iPad?
FingerCAD HD is rated higher. FingerCAD HD averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Yojimbo for iPad averages 3.3 from 20 ratings.
Do FingerCAD HD or Yojimbo for iPad have ads?
Neither FingerCAD HD nor Yojimbo for iPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FingerCAD HD or Yojimbo for iPad?
FingerCAD HD ships an update every 2 months, and Yojimbo for iPad every 10 months. Most recently, FingerCAD HD was updated on November 1, 2026 and Yojimbo for iPad on November 1, 2026.

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