Comparison

Flatter Files vs CADraw

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

Head to head
About

Flatter Files

This app provides a digital filing system for companies to efficiently distribute drawings and documents. It allows for easy searching, automatic updates, and organized grouping of items for quick access. Users can also share external links to their content.

Highlights
  • Digital flat file cabinet
  • Efficient document distribution
  • Searchable content
  • Automatic updates
  • Grouped assemblies
  • External sharing links
  • Mobile viewer capabilities
Features
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Flatter Files is a digital flat file cabinet that allows companies to distribute their drawings and documents to viewers more efficiently by providing a simple method to search all of your content, automatically keeping everything up to date, grouping your items into assemblies for quick access, and allowing you to share an always up to date link to your drawing or document externally. With the Flatter Files iPhone and iPad Application you can now have complete viewer capabilities on your mobile device.

About

CADraw

Create and edit precise technical drawings with a variety of tools. Supports layers, annotations, and export to common formats like PDF and DXF. Ideal for detailed design work on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Draw lines, circles, arcs
  • Shape editing and modification
  • Angle constraints
  • Endpoint and midpoint snapping
  • Numeric keypad for precise input
  • Layer management
  • Annotation tools
  • Export to PDF and DXF
Features
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Easily draw shapes such as lines, circles, and arcs, and easily edit and modify shapes with just a touch of the shape. Angle constraints can specify commonly used angles of 5 º -90 º. Snap endpoints, midpoints, vertical points, tangents, and intersections, allowing you to draw accurately. There are also dynamic auxiliary points that provide you with dynamic assistance when drawing each line. The numeric keypad can accurately specify distances during drawing or modification. Drag the dimension edit point to convert it to horizontal or vertical dimensions. Angle annotations, radius annotations, and arc annotations can all rival the excellent performance of desktop applications in creation or editing. Layer management, displaying or hiding layers, and locking layers. Annotation management can add annotation styles, modify annotation styles, colors, line widths, and other annotation shapes. The drawn drawings can be exported as PDF files or DXF data exchange files, and can be shared on the computer and opened using AutoCAD. Thank you very much to Graziano from Italy for providing Italian language translation and Сергей Ломонос Provide Russian translation.

Screenshots

Flatter Files3 screens
CADraw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CADraw at fortnightly against Flatter Files's every 2 months. CADraw also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Flatter Files sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CADraw sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.39 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Flatter Files against 2.9 for CADraw. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CADraw has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flatter Files ships an update every 2 months, CADraw fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flatter Files versus CADraw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlatter FilesCADraw
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better2.9 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings210 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCMV Technologies, LLC诚 张

Customer experience

Flatter Files

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

CADraw

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral18.4%
Negative31.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flatter Files

One-time1
  • PDF Viewer Upgrade$9.99
6 purchases

CADraw

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly subscription$1.391 Month
  • per month$2.991 Month
  • Annual subscription$13.901 Year
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  • per year$26.001 Year
One-time2
  • Upgrade to the full version$69.99
  • Full version$99.99

Questions

Is Flatter Files free?
Flatter Files is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CADraw free?
CADraw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flatter Files or CADraw?
Flatter Files is rated higher. Flatter Files averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while CADraw averages 2.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Flatter Files or CADraw have ads?
Neither Flatter Files nor CADraw shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flatter Files or CADraw?
Flatter Files ships an update every 2 months, and CADraw fortnightly. Most recently, Flatter Files was updated on July 4, 2026 and CADraw on September 20, 2026.

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