Comparison

eDrawings vs WEG Data 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

WEG Data Viewer

Access technical documents for WEG products, including data sheets, drawings, and manuals for electric motors, automation equipment, and ink. Easily search for specific information within a wide range of technical documentation.

Highlights
  • Search technical documents
  • Access data sheets
  • View drawings
  • Find manuals
  • Browse bulletins
  • Technical documentation for WEG products
Features
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Access technical documents for WEG products. WEG Data Viewer is a tool to easily search data sheets, drawings, test reports, manuals, bulletins and other technical documents related to electric motors, alternators, automation equipment and ink manufactured by WEG.

Screenshots

eDrawings3 screens
WEG Data Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WEG Data Viewer at Free against eDrawings's $1.99. WEG Data Viewer also leads on rating (3.1 vs 2.5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). eDrawings's advantage is review sentiment (32% vs 13%) and chart position (#47 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

WEG Data Viewer 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

WEG Data Viewer holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of eDrawings's written reviews are positive against 13% of WEG Data Viewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, WEG Data Viewer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
eDrawings versus WEG Data Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereDrawingsWEG Data Viewer
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (17 ratings)3.1 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.0% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1727 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#47 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB30 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperDassault Systemes SolidWorks CorporationWEG Equipamentos Eletricos S/A

Customer experience

eDrawings

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

WEG Data Viewer

All ratings27 ratings
Positive51.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative48.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

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

WEG Data Viewer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

eDrawings

No in-app purchases

None

WEG Data Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eDrawings free?
eDrawings costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WEG Data Viewer free?
WEG Data Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eDrawings or WEG Data Viewer?
WEG Data Viewer is rated higher. eDrawings averages 2.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while WEG Data Viewer averages 3.1 from 27 ratings.
Do eDrawings or WEG Data Viewer have ads?
Neither eDrawings nor WEG Data Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eDrawings or WEG Data Viewer?
eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, and WEG Data Viewer monthly. Most recently, eDrawings was updated on September 23, 2026 and WEG Data Viewer on August 13, 2026.

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