Comparison

CADSketch vs TechDraw AI

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

Head to head
About

CADSketch

Features
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CADSketch turns freehand drawing into precise 2D geometry — and then into 3D parts — on iPhone and iPad. Sketch with your finger or Apple Pencil. CADSketch recognizes lines, arcs, and circles and cleans them up with a constraint solver, so rough strokes become exact, well-proportioned geometry. Close a profile and it extrudes into a solid you can orbit in 3D. • Draw and auto-constrain — strokes snap to clean lines, arcs, and circles; drag a point and edges snap to horizontal, vertical, or parallel • Extrude closed profiles into 3D solids, viewed as wireframe or shaded • Sketch on a face to add material or cut into a part, with the direction and result shown clearly • Import DXF drawings as sketches; export parts as STL for 3D printing • Turn text into sketches and emboss it onto a surface • Build multi-part assemblies with mates • Drag points to edit; the geometry re-solves live No account, no sign-in, and your work stays on your device.

About

TechDraw AI

Transform photos of objects into precise 2D technical drawings with dimensions and views. Ideal for furniture, fashion, machine parts, and more, it allows for easy measurement and export. Create professional blueprints directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Photo to technical drawing conversion
  • Dimensioned 2D views (front, top, side, isometric)
  • Supports furniture, fashion, machine parts, sheet metal, woodworking, and 3D printing
  • On-screen measurement and scaling
  • Export to PNG and PDF
  • Edit dimensions without restarting
  • No account required
Features
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Turn a photo into a technical drawing. Point your phone at a product, measure it on screen, and TechDraw AI drafts a dimensioned 2D technical drawing on a proper ISO or ANSI sheet: front, top, side and isometric views, a filled in title block, and the callouts your trade actually needs. SIX KINDS OF DRAWING, EACH SET UP FOR THE JOB Furniture. Photograph a table, cabinet or chair and get a shop drawing the bench can build from, with joinery detail at the joints and a parts list. Clothes and Fashion. Lay the garment flat, shoot it, and get a technical flat ready for a tech pack, with seam lines and callouts at the standard points of measure. Machine Parts. One caliper measurement anchors the scale, and the drawing comes back with tolerance callouts, hole diameters and surface finish symbols. Sheet Metal. Brackets, panels and enclosures drawn with material thickness, bend lines, bend direction and a flat pattern showing the developed length. Woodworking. Shelves, jigs and projects with a cut size for every part, a cut list, and small parts printable at 1:1 as a template. 3D Printing. Dimension a printed part to check it, remake it in CAD, or document the design, with wall thickness and mating clearances called out. MEASURE ON THE PHOTO Drag a line across any edge and type its real size. One known dimension sets the scale for the whole drawing, so everything else comes back proportionally correct. The measurements are burned into the image the model sees, and that is what makes the numbers real rather than guessed. Add up to three photos of the same object from different angles for a more precise drawing. MORE THAN DRAWINGS Text to drawing. Describe a part and its sizes in a sentence and get a dimensioned drawing, no photo needed. Ask AI to edit. Say what to change, like "make the hole 12 mm", and the drawing is updated as a new version. Drawing to photo. Turn a technical drawing back into a photoreal product image, same geometry, real materials. EXPORT AND SHARE Full resolution PNG and a true size PDF you can print. With Pro, export the whole sheet as DXF, DWG or SVG for AutoCAD, Fusion, SolidWorks, Illustrator or a laser cutter. Save to your photo library or share straight from the app. FIX A WRONG NUMBER WITHOUT STARTING OVER Tap any dimension text that came back wrong and type the right one. The fix is saved as a new version, and the original stays there if you want it back. WORKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Czech and Slovak. NO ACCOUNT, NO SIGN UP There is no login. Open the app and make a drawing. Nothing to remember, nothing to verify. TECHDRAW AI PRO A weekly allowance of drawings and renders. Sheets without a watermark, full resolution PNG and a PDF you can print at true size, DXF, DWG and SVG export, and priority rendering when the queue is busy. Subscription name: TechDraw AI Pro Subscription length: 1 week, auto-renewable Price: €9.99 per week, after a 3 day free trial Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings at any time. Any unused portion of a free trial period is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.techdrawai.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CADSketch4 screens
TechDraw AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CADSketch at none against TechDraw AI's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. TechDraw AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. CADSketch asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CADSketch versus TechDraw AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCADSketchTechDraw AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB49 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperDan NewcomeMeltFlex s. r. o.

In-app purchases

None

CADSketch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TechDraw AI

Subscriptions1
  • TechDraw AI Pro3 Days trial$9.997 Days

Questions

Is CADSketch free?
CADSketch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TechDraw AI free?
TechDraw AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CADSketch or TechDraw AI have ads?
Neither CADSketch nor TechDraw AI shows ads.

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