Vectorworks Remote vs StageDocs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vectorworks Remote
Control your Vectorworks desktop software from your mobile device. Navigate, present, and view your designs remotely using various presentation and navigation tools. Requires Vectorworks 2015 or later installed on a Mac or Windows computer.
- Remote connection to Vectorworks desktop
- Presentation remotes (pan, walkthrough, flyover)
- Visualization remotes for Renderworks
- Navigation remotes for Design Suite
- Interactive design viewing and navigation
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The Vectorworks Remote app connects your mobile device to your Vectorworks desktop using a remote connection plug-in. Presentation remotes for pan, walkthrough, and flyover are available for all Vectorworks products. Visualization remotes are available for Renderworks and navigation remotes are available for Vectorworks Design Suite products (Design Suite, Architect, Spotlight, Landmark). Interactively use the remotes to view, navigate, and present designs without having to be at your desktop. Vectorworks Remote requires Vectorworks 2015 software or later to be installed on either a Mac or Windows operating system. To learn more, visit http://vectorworks.net.
StageDocs
Calculate bridle and beam properties for rigging applications. Features include interactive geometry adjustment, precise input, and load verification for various truss types. Generate detailed calculation protocols.
- Simple and sloped bridle calculations
- Interactive bridle geometry adjustment
- Precise value input for positioning
- Real-time beam calculation
- Load verification for trusses
- Calculation protocol export (PDF)
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StageDocs® is a small rigger app that helps with the bridle and beam calculation. Following bridles can be calculated: - Simple 2-leg bridles - Sloped 2-leg bridles or brails/breasting lines Bridle features: - Change bridle geometry with you fingers by just moving apex point - Innovative bridle grid based on bridle leg length discretisation - Precise positioning by exact value input - Consideration of basket length, beam geometry and available steel lengths Calculation of straight beams - Realtime calculation of results - multiple supports - multiple point forces - Load verification of trusses (Eurotruss, Expotruss, Global Truss, Prolyte, more will follow..., paid feature) - Basic verification of slinging influence to truss (paid feature) - Calculation protocol (pdf) of truss verification (paid feature) Terms of Services: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StageDocs at 50% against Vectorworks Remote's 0%. StageDocs also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Vectorworks Remote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. StageDocs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Vectorworks Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vectorworks Remote ships an update every 3 months, StageDocs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vectorworks Remote | StageDocs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vectorworks, Inc. | Jameo UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) |
Customer experience
Vectorworks Remote
StageDocs
In-app purchases
Vectorworks Remote
No in-app purchases
StageDocs
- Rigger monthly$3.991 Month
- Rigger yearly$29.991 Year
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