Comparison

Hive vs DrawVibe

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

Head to head
About

Hive

This app helps designers, creators, and innovators organize and manage all their creative assets in one place. It offers smart photo organization, an integrated video player, and multiple ways to save inspirations, streamlining your creative process. Effortlessly sort, categorize, and find your ideas with advanced filtering and search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Organize creative assets
  • Smart photo organizer
  • Integrated video player
  • Multiple save methods
  • Web capture
  • Multi-level folder system
  • Advanced search and filter
Features
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Hive is a private visual reference library for designers, illustrators, photographers, and creative teams. Save references the moment you find them—Share Sheet, clipboard, Safari, and links—then keep images, video, and files in one library you actually control. No feed. No tracking theater. Just a calm place to store and reopen what you need. Organize for real work • Folders, tags, filters, and search built for reference retrieval • Smart Folders to surface the set you need for a project • Mixed media in one place: images, video, links, and files Built for mobile creative workflows • Fast capture on iPhone and iPad • Browse and reuse references on the go • Works with an Eagle-compatible library workflow on mobile Privacy by default • Your library stays yours Hive is for people who already collect inspiration in Pinterest, moodboards, or Eagle on the desktop—and need a private, organized library on iOS. Download Hive and turn scattered references into a library you can find again. Privacy Policy: https://hive.ink/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DrawVibe

This app streamlines architectural and interior design by combining 2D layout planning with 3D spatial modeling. It allows for freehand sketching and precise dimensioning, facilitating seamless transitions from concept to construction-ready presentations. The tool supports various import/export formats and includes rendering capabilities.

Highlights
  • Integrated 2D layout and 3D spatial modeling
  • Freehand sketching and precise dimensioning tools
  • Closed area fill with brush for patterns and colors
  • Multi-layer management for drafts and fills
  • Import/export CAD and 3D model formats
  • Built-in lighting, material, and camera rendering
  • Lasso quick modeling for extruding shapes
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DrawVibe is designed for architecture and interior design, integrating 2D layout planning and 3D spatial modeling into a unified workflow: you can quickly sketch freely in space just like drawing drafts, refining proportions and mass relationships. You can also use tools such as snapping, orthogonality, dimension marking and precise transformation to define key dimensions with high-precision controllable presentation. It supports free creative design in the early scheme stage, and in the final design stage, it can polish line drafts and models to a precision that is verifiable, renderable and convenient for construction communication, without frequent switching between different software tools. Core Functions ・2D & 3D Integration: Integrate layout planning and spatial modeling in one project; easily switch between top view / elevation / perspective anytime, reducing repeated file transfer between software. ・Freehand & Precision Balance: Support quick spatial sketching for scheme iteration; provide snapping, orthogonality, dimension marking and value editing to realize seamless transition from sketch model to precise model. ・Closed Area Fill with Brush: Fill patterns, proportions and gradient effects in closed areas to express pavement, zoning and conceptual color matching; filled content supports secondary editing and adjustment. ・Layer & Project Management: Classify and manage line drafts, fills and imported content via multi-layers; projects are fully saved in .rjproject format for backup and device migration, and files can be shared with colleagues for direct opening and continuous editing. ・CAD & 3D Asset Interoperability: Import DXF as 2D base drawings; export freehand lines and dimension markings to DXF for further editing and filing in common 2D CAD software. Support importing USDZ, OBJ models as scene decorations; export USDZ for further creation in other 3D design tools. ・Lighting & Material Rendering: Built-in lighting, material and camera angle functions to preview presentation rendering effects and greatly improve design efficiency. ・Lasso Quick Modeling: Use straight line / rectangle / circle / ellipse lasso to outline contours, extrude walls, plates and columns by setting height; support opening holes and special-shaped contour modeling. ・Dual Scenes of Plan & Elevation: The lasso tool can be flexibly used on ground or elevation working plane, realizing integrated workflow of 2D layout and elevation modeling design. ・Contour Extrusion for Special Shapes: Enclose any closed contour with polyline / lasso, extrude height along normal direction to quickly create buttress walls, bay windows, special-shaped columns and other forms. ・Elevation Molding & Line Profile: Directly extrude contours on elevation working plane to create cornices, line profiles, dado and other shapes; texture coordinates adapt to corner and narrow surface details. Import & Export ・Project Package(.rjproject): Fully save all scene contents including lines, fills, layers, markings, models, lighting, etc., support cross-device migration; accessible via system files, AirDrop, email and other ways. ・Export CAD(DXF): Export freehand lines and dimension markings as standard DXF files with coordinates adapted to common 2D CAD habits, convenient for secondary editing and filing. ・3D Model: Support importing USDZ, OBJ as scene decorations; support exporting USDZ for further design in other 3D tools.(Only import supported for OBJ, export not available.) ・Import CAD(DXF): Select DXF floor plans and module materials as design base maps / references, synchronously saved and managed with freehand lines, 3D models and layer contents. Terms of Use:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy:https://yaoqiang1153.github.io/yaoqiang1153/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Hive4 screens
DrawVibe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hive at Free against DrawVibe's $9.99. Hive also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (36 vs 4). DrawVibe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#21 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

Hive is free to download; DrawVibe costs $9.99 up front. Hive sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DrawVibe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hive holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hive has 36 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Hive's written reviews are positive against 71% of DrawVibe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hive ships an update every 3 days, DrawVibe every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 27, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hive versus DrawVibe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiveDrawVibe
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.9 (36 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#21 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB135 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer易泓 刘强 要

Customer experience

Hive

All ratings36 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral10.1%
Negative12.1%

DrawVibe

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral17.9%
Negative10.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hive

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$34.99
None

DrawVibe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hive free?
Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrawVibe free?
DrawVibe costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hive or DrawVibe?
Hive is rated higher. Hive averages 4.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while DrawVibe averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Hive or DrawVibe have ads?
Neither Hive nor DrawVibe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hive or DrawVibe?
Hive ships an update every 3 days, and DrawVibe every 5 days. Most recently, Hive was updated on September 27, 2026 and DrawVibe on September 27, 2026.

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