Comparison

DraftPlanar vs Constructified

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

Head to head
About

DraftPlanar

View and annotate large PDF documents offline on your Apple devices. Compare multiple plans side-by-side, measure dimensions, and mark up drawings with precision tools. Ideal for professionals and anyone working with complex documents.

Highlights
  • Offline PDF viewing
  • Side-by-side document comparison
  • Precision measurement tool
  • Apple Pencil annotation
  • Text search and OCR
  • Layer control
  • Paste reference images
Features
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A fast PDF plan viewer for Mac and iPad, with takeoff and markup built in. DraftPlanar opens huge construction drawing sets side by side on an infinite canvas and keeps them fast: 500+ page sets pan and zoom at 60 FPS, and lines and text stay sharp at any zoom. Also on iPhone. IF YOUR PDF READER IS SLOW ON DRAWINGS A single construction sheet can hold hundreds of thousands of lines, hatches and text runs. Readers built for ordinary documents lag, blur or stall on them. DraftPlanar was built from the ground up for drawings, from reading the file to drawing it on screen, so large sets stay smooth on Mac and iPad. AT THE DESK ON MAC. IN THE FIELD ON IPAD. • Mac: lay the whole set out on a large display, use a single-letter shortcut for every tool, take off quantities precisely with a trackpad or mouse, and present to the room over AirPlay. • iPad: mark up with Apple Pencil, measure by touch with a magnifier that shows the exact point under your finger, pin notes with a photo or voice memo, and keep working with no signal. One subscription covers Mac, iPad and iPhone. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Takeoff Length chains, area and perimeter, angles with a 15° snap, and count series that total across sheets. Points snap to the PDF's own vector lines, and every sheet keeps its own scale. DraftPlanar reads the scale printed in the title block and checks it against dimensions on the drawing. Totals sit in a list beside the plan, and export to PDF or CSV. • Markup Draw and redline with Apple Pencil. The ink is vector, so it stays sharp when you zoom in. An eraser that removes only your strokes, text boxes (including Chinese, Japanese and Korean input) and text highlighting. • Copy & Export Drawing Details Select part of a PDF drawing and copy its vector lines and text, or export the selection as SVG or a one-page PDF. Vector details stay sharp; scanned regions copy as images. • Notes & Punch Lists Drop numbered notes on the exact spot on the drawing, with category, priority, status, assignee and due date. Add a photo or voice memo, filter the list, and export a punch-list PDF report anyone can read. • Search Find any word in native PDFs, in scans and photos (text recognition runs on your device), and in text you typed. • Compare Revisions Overlay two versions of a PDF page by page, so what changed stands out. • PDF Layers Turn individual layers on and off, such as architecture, structure or MEP, and filter long layer lists by name. • And more Adaptive dark mode, AirPlay presenting with a pointer, PDF export, and a built-in Feature Guide with every shortcut. 100% PRIVATE & OFFLINE - All processing happens on your device. No cloud uploads. No tracking. - Works without Wi-Fi or internet, on the job site and in the air. - No account required. PRICING DraftPlanar is free to download and includes a 14-day free trial of every Pro tool. DraftPlanar Pro unlocks importing documents, markup, takeoff and measurement, compare, search, layers, notes and export. Without Pro you can still open and view the canvases you created. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION • DraftPlanar Pro Monthly — auto-renewable, 1 month • DraftPlanar Pro Annual — auto-renewable, 1 year • Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Account Settings Measurements are approximate and depend on the PDF and its scale. Verify critical dimensions before relying on them. Terms of Use: https://www.draftplanar.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.draftplanar.com/privacy

About

Constructified

Features
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Stop building off last week's plot. Constructified puts the live drawing set on every phone and tablet on site, and it works offline, so crews build off the current sheet instead of the roll in the trailer. The drawing management tool built only for drawings. WHY CREWS USE IT Re-plots eat the morning. Someone's walking the trailer with last week's roll. A crew might already be building off a superseded sheet, and that's how rework starts. Constructified keeps one current set in everyone's hands, on the devices already on site. DRAWINGS - Live current set: the latest revision is what crews open. Superseded sheets are flagged. - Works offline: save the project or the folders you need, then open, view, and mark up sheets with no signal. Markups sync when you're back in coverage. - Auto sheet split and title OCR: upload the set and it's split into sheets and named from the title block, with no manual sorting. - Revision and current-set handling: new revisions take their place in the set without a re-plot or a trailer walk. - Markup layers: give each trade or topic its own layer so electrical doesn't bury architectural and QA notes don't bury RFIs. Turn on only what you need for the huddle. - Markups and measurements right on the sheet. SAFETY FORMS (ADD-ON) - Fill pre-starts and toolbox talks on site, even offline. - Crews sign on the foreman's phone or tablet, right where the work is. No logins for signers. - Forms sync when you're back in coverage, so safety sees them that day, not Monday. - Records stay legible. Share any completed form as a PDF with your company logo when compliance asks. TOOL INVENTORY (ADD-ON) - Scan the code on a piece of kit to see which job it's on, who has it, and when it's due back. - View your tool register with no signal. Open the Tools page once while connected first. - Stop the morning "who has the laser?" hunt. BUILT FOR THE FIELD For general contractors and subcontractors: supers, foremen, PMs, and safety leads. Creators upload and mark up, and everyone else stays current. Viewers are free, so the whole crew can see the live set. START SMALL No rip-and-replace. Try it on one new or small project and keep what works. Free to start. Made in Ontario, Canada. Questions or feedback: contact@constructified.com

Screenshots

DraftPlanar4 screens
Constructified4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Constructified at none against DraftPlanar's 6. Constructified also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. DraftPlanar sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Constructified asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DraftPlanar ships an update every 8 days, Constructified weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DraftPlanar versus Constructified: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraftPlanarConstructified
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDraft Planar LLCConstructify

In-app purchases

6 purchases

DraftPlanar

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • DraftPlanar Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Pro Plan (1 Year)$179.991 Year
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  • Pro Annual$179.991 Year
One-time2
  • 14-Day Pro TrialFree
  • 3-Month Project Pass$49.99
None

Constructified

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DraftPlanar free?
DraftPlanar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Constructified free?
Constructified is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DraftPlanar or Constructified have ads?
Neither DraftPlanar nor Constructified shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DraftPlanar or Constructified?
DraftPlanar ships an update every 8 days, and Constructified weekly. Most recently, DraftPlanar was updated on October 31, 2026 and Constructified on November 6, 2026.

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