Comparison

DraftPlanar vs Workly

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

Workly

Features
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Need a work order form you can fill out on the job and hand to the customer? Workly turns the customer, the job, your labor hours and parts into a clean, printable work order PDF — no blank paper forms, no spreadsheet. Fill in the order number and date, the customer's details and the job description, add labor and parts lines, set a tax rate if you charge one, and tap Make Work Order PDF. • CUSTOMER AND JOB — customer name, phone, email and address, plus a job description and notes. Add your business name and contact details at the top if you like. • LABOR AND PARTS LINES — each line has a description, quantity or hours, and a rate or price; the amount is calculated for you. Up to 60 lines, continued onto extra pages when needed. • TOTALS DONE FOR YOU — labor subtotal, parts subtotal, optional tax and a bold total. • SIGNATURE LINES — spaces for the customer's and the technician's signature, each with a date line. • PRINT, SHARE OR SAVE — print on the spot, share the PDF, or save it to Files. Honest scope: Workly makes one work order at a time on US Letter pages; it doesn't keep a customer list, track payments or add a logo. Amounts are shown in your own currency, and decimal commas like 12,50 are read correctly. Signatures are signed by hand on the printed copy. Everything is made on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded, and no account is needed. Try it free — 3 work orders. A one-time $4.99 purchase unlocks unlimited work orders. No subscription, no ads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

DraftPlanar4 screens
Workly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Workly at every 3 days against DraftPlanar's weekly. Workly also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). DraftPlanar's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Workly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DraftPlanar ships an update weekly, Workly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DraftPlanar versus Workly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraftPlanarWorkly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDraft Planar LLCJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DraftPlanar

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$179.991 Year
One-time1
  • 3-Month Project Pass$49.99
1 purchases

Workly

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is DraftPlanar free?
DraftPlanar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workly free?
Workly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DraftPlanar or Workly have ads?
Neither DraftPlanar nor Workly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DraftPlanar or Workly?
DraftPlanar ships an update weekly, and Workly every 3 days. Most recently, DraftPlanar was updated on October 12, 2026 and Workly on October 10, 2026.

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