Graph Paper vs DrawPlan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Graph Paper
This app provides a minimalist digital sketchpad with a hand-drawn feel for planning, diagramming, and doodling. It offers both freehand and vector drawing tools, grid alignment, and iCloud sync for seamless workflow across devices.
- Authentic hand-drawn feel
- Blueprint and Graph Paper modes
- Freehand and Vector drawing tools
- Grid-aligned shapes and text
- Precise shape editing
- iCloud sync
- Export sketches as images
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Sketch fast. Think clearly. Graph Paper gives you a beautifully simple space to draw ideas with an authentic, hand-drawn feel — now with Blueprint Mode and Vector Drawing. Whether you're planning UI layouts, sketching diagrams, mapping rooms, or just doodling, Graph Paper keeps things delightfully minimal so you can focus on the idea, not the tool. Features • Authentic hand-drawn feel with smooth, responsive pens • Blueprint Mode with black, white, cyan and red inks • Graph Paper Mode with classic black, blue, red and green pens • Freehand and Vector tools for clean shapes or quick sketches • Grid-aligned rectangles, lines, ellipses & text • Precise shape editing with adjustable vector handles • iCloud sync across all your devices • Export your sketches as images for notes, design docs or sharing A simple, satisfying sketchpad — perfect for designers, developers, makers, planners, students, and anyone who thinks best on graph paper.
DrawPlan
Quickly sketch floor plans and layouts without a steep learning curve. Easily create lines, modify them, and organize your designs into projects. Export your plans as images or editable files.
- Fast and simple floor planning
- Create lines by tapping or drawing
- Modify lines by drawing over them
- Erase parts of lines
- Start from blank canvas or trace images
- Group plans into projects
- Export plans as images or editable files
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DrawPlan is a fast and simple floor planner for turning ideas into clear layouts without the learning curve of complex design apps. Perfect for sketching out quick concepts, for home redesigns, renovations or extensions etc. Simply tap between two points or draw in a more natural way to create a line. Everything snaps together perfectly. If you want to replace a line, or just part of a line, with a different width, just draw over it. If you want to erase part of a line, just tap the eraser tool and draw over it. Start from a blank canvas or upload an image to trace. Group plans into projects, duplicate plans to use as templates, export plans as simple images or export whole projects as editable files.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrawPlan at 100% against Graph Paper's 25%. DrawPlan also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Graph Paper's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DrawPlan holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Graph Paper's written reviews are positive against 100% of DrawPlan's.
| Parameter | Graph Paper | DrawPlan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (8 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Accidental Fish Ltd. | Elliot Wainwright |
Customer experience
Graph Paper
DrawPlan
In-app purchases
Graph Paper
No in-app purchases
DrawPlan
No in-app purchases
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