Comparison

eDrawings vs SolidInsight

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

SolidInsight

View and collaborate on 2D and 3D CAD files on your mobile device without needing expensive desktop software. Measure designs, access properties, and share feedback instantly.

Highlights
  • Supports major 2D/3D CAD formats
  • View models and drawings on mobile
  • Measure design dimensions
  • Access design properties
  • Markup and share comments
  • Isolate/hide components
  • Browse assembly tree
Features
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SolidInsight is a proven professional CAD collaboration application. It supports all the major 3D and 2D CAD formats, including SOLIDWORKS, CREO / PRO-E, UG / NX, CATIA, Solid Edge, Inventor, AutoCAD and many more. SolidInsight on your phones or tablets assists you to instantly view 3D models and 2D drawings without expensive CAD editors or heavy computers. Whether you are reviewing designs with your team on the road, showing off your products to potential customers at a tradeshow, collecting design feedback from a client on a job site, or guiding a supplier on a factory floor, 3D at your fingertips gives you immediate CAD access, intuitive visual insights, and accurate properties such as mass, bounding box sizes, volumes, and other meta data. Beyond handy viewing, you can also measure models to obtain vital dimensions, capture views for quick revisits and 3D presentations. Features: * Intuitive and easy-to-use user interface * Supports all the major 3D and 2D formats as follows.sat, sab, cgr, model, session, CATPart, CATProduct, 3dxml, ifc, igs, iges, ipt, iam, jt, x_t, x_b, xmt_txt, xmt_bin, prt, asm, xas, 3dm, step, stp, par, psm, sldprt, sldasm, 3ds, bdf, jcd, obj, stl, ply, 3mf, glb, gltf, fbx, rvm, rvt, dwg, dxf. * Measure your design data * Access design properties * Isolate or hide components in the model for easy viewing * Zoom, pan and rotate your 2D or 3D CAD data using multi-touch * Browse your assembly components tree, configurations and drawing sheets * Create views,convince hiring managers, customers, partners, investors of your values in 3D. * View your designs in full screen * Markup your designs and send to others and read others’ markups * Share with stakeholders inside and outside your company * Search for parts in the model and see them automatically highlighted in the design * Sample files included Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Hoteam-SolidInsight/100075484253549/ Service Terms:https://www.solidinsight3d.com/solidInsight/privacy/agreement.html Privacy Policy:https://www.solidinsight3d.com/solidInsight/privacy/privacy.html

Screenshots

eDrawings3 screens
SolidInsight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SolidInsight at 100% against eDrawings's 32%. SolidInsight also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.4 vs 2.5). eDrawings's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#47 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads 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

SolidInsight is free to download; eDrawings costs $1.99 up front. SolidInsight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $46.99 per year. eDrawings asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SolidInsight holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of eDrawings's written reviews are positive against 100% of SolidInsight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, SolidInsight every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
eDrawings versus SolidInsight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereDrawingsSolidInsight
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (17 ratings)4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#47 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB258 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDassault Systemes SolidWorks CorporationSHANDONG HOTEAM SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

Customer experience

eDrawings

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

SolidInsight

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
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  • Annotation and markup tools

SolidInsight

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

eDrawings

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SolidInsight

Subscriptions2
  • Starter Annual Subscription$46.991 Year
  • Premium Annual Subscription$94.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock features in a design$0.99

Questions

Is eDrawings free?
eDrawings costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SolidInsight free?
SolidInsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, eDrawings or SolidInsight?
SolidInsight is rated higher. eDrawings averages 2.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while SolidInsight averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do eDrawings or SolidInsight have ads?
Neither eDrawings nor SolidInsight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eDrawings or SolidInsight?
eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, and SolidInsight every 5 weeks. Most recently, eDrawings was updated on September 23, 2026 and SolidInsight on August 15, 2026.

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