Comparison

eDrawings vs Grain SA

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

Grain SA

Features
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Mobile survey data capturing for authorized users of the Grain SA platform. The app makes capturing pig farm data more efficient and works online and offline. Features include: • Open and submit surveys in your account • View your completed survey history • Mobile data registration for grain producing business entities • Authorized veterinarians gain access the Passive Disease Surveillance surveys. • Authorized business development managers gain access to Farm Visit- and Mentorship surveys The Grain SA is an integrated platform that offers stakeholders in the South African grain value chain a protected environment to share information and facilitate interactions that create value and drive competitiveness, sustainability and food safety in the grain industry. Our app is free to download and use by authorized users. Authorization is granted by the Grain SA administration. Administration can be contacted at members@grainsa.co.za. Don't forget to synchronize unsynced actions before updating the app.

Screenshots

eDrawings3 screens
Grain SA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Grain SA at Free against eDrawings's $1.99. Grain SA also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.2 vs 16.0). eDrawings's advantage is chart position (#39 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, Grain SA monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
eDrawings versus Grain SA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereDrawingsGrain SA
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#39 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation4SIGHT SYSTEMS (PTY) LTD

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

Grain SA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

eDrawings

No in-app purchases

None

Grain SA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eDrawings free?
eDrawings costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grain SA free?
Grain SA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do eDrawings or Grain SA have ads?
Neither eDrawings nor Grain SA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eDrawings or Grain SA?
eDrawings ships an update every 3 months, and Grain SA monthly. Most recently, eDrawings was updated on September 23, 2026 and Grain SA on September 8, 2026.

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