Comparison

Drawing On Map vs HanFlow PDF

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

Head to head
About

Drawing On Map

Annotate maps with drawings, notes, and shapes. Plan routes, mark locations, and share your creations easily. Supports Apple Pencil and iCloud sync for seamless cross-device use.

Highlights
  • Draw directly on maps
  • Pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser tools
  • Shapes, text, and photo annotations
  • Save and share annotated maps
  • Apple Pencil support
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Draw on any map. Plan trips, mark places, add notes. This app lets you draw and write on maps. Mark a meeting spot, draw a route, highlight an area, or add notes. Everything stays on the map so you can find it later. Easy drawing tools Use pen, pencil, highlighter, or eraser. Add shapes like lines, rectangles, arrows, and circles. Pick any color. Make lines thick or thin. Add text or photos. Your maps will look clear and easy to read. Saving and sharing Save your map with all your drawings and notes. Share it with friends or coworkers. Great for giving directions, planning trips, or showing project locations. Works with Apple Pencil Draw with Apple Pencil for smooth, precise lines. iCloud Sync Your maps sync across all your Apple devices. Start on iPhone, continue on iPad. Features: * Draw directly on maps * Pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser * Lines, rectangles, arrows, circles * Text, Photos * Many colors and line sizes * Save and share your maps * Apple Pencil support * iCloud Sync across devices

About

HanFlow PDF

Features
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HanFlow PDF — a fast, ad-free PDF reader with a document scanner Clean and quick, with only the features you need. No ads. The interface follows your device language. ■ Document scanning · Auto-capture — hold steady over a page and it captures by itself · Book mode — one shot of an open book becomes two separate pages · Shoot at an angle; the edges are found and the perspective corrected · Five looks: document, black & white, photo and more · Photos you already took go through the same process into one PDF ■ Free features · Reading: pinch zoom, immersive mode, single-page or continuous scroll · Page thumbnails, in-document search with highlighting · Light / sepia / dark background — easier on the eyes · Annotation: highlighter, pen, text notes, eraser (4 colours, 3 widths) · Page bookmarks, favourites, sort by recent/name/size and grid view ■ Premium features (unlocked with an in-app subscription) · Text recognition (OCR) — pull text out of scans, or make a searchable PDF · Save a new PDF with your annotations · Merge PDFs — combine several files in the order you choose · Page editing — rotate, delete, reorder, extract selected pages · PDF ↔ images, text extraction, rotate all, page numbers, watermark, compress · Share / export ※ One licence works with the HanFlow PDF desktop program as well ■ Private by design · No ads · Documents are never collected or transmitted, and nothing is shared with third parties for advertising or analytics · Scans and PDFs are processed on your device — nothing is uploaded · "Open with HanFlow PDF" from Files, mail and messengers Scan what is on paper, and read your PDFs the light way. ■ Subscriptions and terms · Auto-renewable subscription. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Prices are shown on the purchase screen in the app. · Manage or cancel: Settings ▸ your Apple ID ▸ Subscriptions · Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy Policy: https://hanflowpdf.com/app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Drawing On Map3 screens
HanFlow PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drawing On Map at none against HanFlow PDF's 3. HanFlow PDF's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, 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

Both are free to download. HanFlow PDF sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Drawing On Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing On Map ships an update weekly, HanFlow PDF every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Drawing On Map versus HanFlow PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing On MapHanFlow PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer327APPS, LLCQuantum Materials Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Drawing On Map

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

HanFlow PDF

Subscriptions3
  • Mobile Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Mobile Yearly$8.001 Year
  • All in One Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Drawing On Map free?
Drawing On Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HanFlow PDF free?
HanFlow PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drawing On Map or HanFlow PDF have ads?
Neither Drawing On Map nor HanFlow PDF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawing On Map or HanFlow PDF?
Drawing On Map ships an update weekly, and HanFlow PDF every 4 days. Most recently, Drawing On Map was updated on October 20, 2026 and HanFlow PDF on October 25, 2026.

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