Comparison

eDrawings vs DXF Simple Viewer

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

DXF Simple Viewer

Quickly view and manipulate 2D or 3D DXF and DWG files. Supports various file types, export options, and graphic operations like panning, zooming, and rotating. Easily manage layers and adjust entity appearance.

Highlights
  • Open DXF and DWG files
  • Export to PDF, SVG, IGES, PNG, JPEG
  • Load 2D and 3D entities
  • Load files from ZIP/RAR
  • Toggle layers and change colors
  • Panning, zooming, and rotating
  • Orthogonal or Perspective view
Features
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DXF Simple Viewer is a great light app to quickly view DXF and DWG files. Features: - Open DXF files, both ascii or binary supported. - Also open most DWG files. - Export to PDF, SVG, IGES, PNG, JPEG, includes controls for adjusting size. - Load files with 2D and 3D entities. - Load a file within a ZIP or RAR file. - Toggle show/hide layers and change colors. - Graphic operations for Panning, zooming, & rotating (3D). - Option to increase the pixel width of all 2D entities. - View your model in Orthogonal or Perspective mode (3D). Please contact us for support, questions, feature request or any other inquiry. support@boviosoft.com

Screenshots

eDrawings3 screens
DXF Simple Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

eDrawings and DXF Simple Viewer both sit at 2.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 32% of eDrawings's written reviews are positive against 14% of DXF Simple Viewer's. eDrawings also leads on chart position (#46 vs unranked) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). DXF Simple Viewer's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

eDrawings costs $1.99 and DXF Simple Viewer $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for eDrawings against 2.4 for DXF Simple Viewer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of eDrawings's written reviews are positive against 14% of DXF Simple Viewer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
eDrawings versus DXF Simple Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereDrawingsDXF Simple Viewer
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating2.5 (17 ratings) — better2.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews — better13.6% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#46 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDassault Systemes SolidWorks CorporationVictor Bovio

Customer experience

eDrawings

All ratings17 ratings
Positive35.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.7%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral13.5%
Negative54.8%

DXF Simple Viewer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive13.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.4%

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

DXF Simple Viewer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

eDrawings

No in-app purchases

None

DXF Simple Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eDrawings free?
eDrawings costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DXF Simple Viewer free?
DXF Simple Viewer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eDrawings or DXF Simple Viewer?
eDrawings is rated higher. eDrawings averages 2.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while DXF Simple Viewer averages 2.4 from 5 ratings.
Do eDrawings or DXF Simple Viewer have ads?
Neither eDrawings nor DXF Simple Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eDrawings or DXF Simple Viewer?
eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, and DXF Simple Viewer every 3 months. Most recently, eDrawings was updated on October 31, 2026 and DXF Simple Viewer on October 29, 2026.

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