Comparison

eDrawings vs Vuforia View

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

Head to head
About

eDrawings

View native CAD files, including SolidWorks, DWG, and DXF, on your mobile device. Utilize augmented reality to visualize 3D models in real-world settings. Easily share designs via email for enhanced collaboration.

Highlights
  • View native CAD files (SolidWorks, DWG, DXF)
  • Augmented Reality (AR) for 3D model visualization
  • Email-enabled file sharing for collaboration
  • Multi-touch gestures for navigation
  • Support for configurations, drawing sheets, and exploded views
  • Open files from various sources (email, cloud, web)
Features
Currently charting
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eDrawings® is the only CAD viewer on iPad, iPad mini, iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to view native eDrawings files as well as native SolidWorks® parts, assemblies and drawings files. In addition, eDrawings allows convenient viewing of DWG and DXF files. eDrawings includes Augmented Reality (AR). This allows you to view your 3D models in 1:1 scale into the real world. By simply activating the device’s camera, you can bring your virtual 3D designs in a real context and see them in situ, sitting on your desk or on your conference room table or even in the palm of your hand, through your iPad, Pad mini, iPhone or iPod Touch’s screen. Move around the room and see your design from any perspective. eDrawings is the email-enabled communication tool that dramatically eases sharing of product design information. You can load and send files via email to collaborate more effectively with everyone involved in product development, including people who are not regular CAD software users to interpret and understand 2D and 3D designs. Multi-touch gestures let you pan, zoom, and rotate models easily. eDrawings also supports configurations, drawing sheets, and exploded views for eDrawings files published from SolidWorks® and all other supported CAD software. Features: * Intuitive and easy-to-use user interface * Visualize your 3D models in real context with Augmented Reality (AR) * Open 3D (EASM, EPRT, SLDASM, SLDPRT, IGES, IGS, JT, STEP, STP, IFC), 2D (EDRW, SLDDRW, DWG, DXF) and associated files from any source: email attachments, cloud storage services (Dropbox™, SkyDrive®, Google Drive, YouSendIt®, and others), web and FTP sites, networks, and iTunes® File Sharing. * Zoom, pan and rotate your 2D or 3D CAD data using multi-touch * Animate 3D standard views as well as 2D drawing views. * Browse your assembly components tree, configurations and drawing sheets * View your designs in full screen and double tap to fit it on screen * Adapt the scale of your 3D model in AR mode * Freeze the background in AR mode with viewpoint lock to prolong AR experience without holding up your device. * Sample files included For more information, visit: http://www.edrawingsviewer.com

About

Vuforia View

Access and share augmented reality experiences rich with 3D content and IoT data on mobile devices and digital eyewear. This tool brings products to life and empowers your workforce with immersive user interactions created in Vuforia Studio.

Highlights
  • Access AR experiences
  • Share AR experiences
  • Rich 3D content integration
  • IoT data integration
  • Mobile and digital eyewear support
  • Model Target detection and tracking
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Vuforia View allows users to access and share Augmented Reality experiences, that are rich with 3D content and IoT data on mobile devices and digital eyewear across the enterprise. Vuforia View brings products to life and empowers your workforce with immersive user interactions that are created in Vuforia Studio, a rapid authoring environment for scalable AR experiences. Download Vuforia View today to experience the value that Vuforia Augmented Reality can bring to your business. Getting started is easy: 1) Open the Vuforia View Gallery 2) Select an experience 3) Enjoy Improved detection and tracking of Model Targets

Screenshots

eDrawings3 screens
Vuforia View3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vuforia View at Free against eDrawings's $1.99. Vuforia View also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.5). eDrawings's advantage is chart position (#30 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and 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

Vuforia View is free to download; eDrawings costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vuforia View holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 34 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 32% and 31% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, Vuforia View every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
eDrawings versus Vuforia View: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereDrawingsVuforia View
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (17 ratings)4.3 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.0% of reviews — better31.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1734 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#30 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDassault Systemes SolidWorks CorporationPTC Inc.

Customer experience

eDrawings

All ratings17 ratings
Positive35.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.7%
Written reviews247 reviews
Positive32.0%
Neutral13.4%
Negative54.7%

Vuforia View

All ratings34 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative68.8%

Bugs and requests

eDrawings

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Crashes when opening large files
  • Incompatibility with iOS 14 and newer devices
  • Inability to open personal files

Requested features

6 requests
  • Measuring tool
  • Sectioning tool
  • Ability to hide/show parts
  • Support for more file formats
  • Cloud storage integration
Show 1 more
  • Annotation and markup tools

Vuforia View

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

eDrawings

No in-app purchases

None

Vuforia View

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eDrawings free?
eDrawings costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vuforia View free?
Vuforia View is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eDrawings or Vuforia View?
Vuforia View is rated higher. eDrawings averages 2.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Vuforia View averages 4.3 from 34 ratings.
Do eDrawings or Vuforia View have ads?
Neither eDrawings nor Vuforia View shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eDrawings or Vuforia View?
eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, and Vuforia View every 2 months. Most recently, eDrawings was updated on October 19, 2026 and Vuforia View on October 21, 2026.

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