Draft Paper vs Updraw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Draft Paper
Create floor plans, layouts, and blueprints with ease using intuitive drawing tools. Support for multiple layers, iCloud, and Dropbox integration allows for seamless workflow. Export your designs to various formats for printing or further editing.
- Draw lines, rectangles, text, and more
- Support for multiple layers
- Export to PDF, JPEG, and DXF
- iCloud and Dropbox integration
- Mirror, translate, rotate, and scale operations
- Apple Pencil support
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Draft Paper is a simple and intuitive way to make floor plans, layouts or blueprints quickly and easily. Touch and drag to draw lines and rectangles on up to 10 independent layers, then export directly to PDF, JPEG or DXF ready for printing, emailing or editing in other software. Full feature list: + Drawing: Line, Dotted Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse, Segment, Text, Erase, Measure, Presentation + Multi file iCloud support + Export to JPEG / Vector PDF / DXF + Upload / download from DropBox or any other compatible app + Mirror / translate / rotate / scale operations + Smooth, fast and intuitive zooming / panning + Multiple layers and colors + Selectable right / left handed modes. + Unlimited undo + Unlimited size drawing area + Apple Pencil support (including double tap) + Metric / Imperial (USC) units support + Designed for iPhone and iPad For full instructions please visit our website, http://draftpaper-app.com
Updraw
Create precise 2D CAD drawings on your mobile device. Add familiar shapes and apply various constraints to calculate unknown dimensions and angles. Export your designs as PDF or PNG images.
- Intuitive touch screen interface
- 2D geometry tools (lines, circles, arcs)
- Global constraint solver
- Interactive and manual solver modes
- PDF and PNG export
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Updraw is the 2D CAD tool you've always wanted in your pocket! It allows you to draw familiar shapes and add constraints to solve for unknown distances and angles. Features: • Intuitive interface designed specifically for touch screens • Familiar 2D geometry: points, lines, circles, arcs, and cubic splines • Global constraint solver calculations: distance, diameter, radius, coincident, parallel, perpendicular, angle, congruence, intersection, midpoint, symmetric, and tangent (line to arc, line to spline, circles and arcs) • Interactive and manual solver modes help to resolve constraint ambiguities • PDF and PNG image export
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Draft Paper at 4.4 against Updraw's 3.7. Draft Paper also leads on ratings volume (16K vs 446) and review sentiment (51% vs 39%). Updraw's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Draft Paper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Updraw asks for nothing beyond the download.
Draft Paper holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draft Paper has 16K ratings behind it against 446, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Draft Paper's written reviews are positive against 39% of Updraw's.
Draft Paper ships an update every 2 weeks, Updraw every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draft Paper | Updraw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) — better | 3.7 (446 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.8% of reviews — better | 39.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 446 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giles Goddard | Ben Blevins |
Customer experience
Draft Paper
Updraw
User reviews
Draft Paper
From 16K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive to use
- 💡 Useful for quick sketches and floor plans
- 🚀 Efficient for basic drafting needs
- 😊 Great value for the price
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and loss of work
- 🔧 Limited functionality compared to professional CAD tools
- 🔧 Difficulty with precise measurements and line placement
- 🔧 Lack of advanced features like text editing and color fill
Updraw
From 446 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Parametric CAD on the go
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Simple and works
- 👍 Great user-friendly interface
- 🚀 Powerful sketching tool
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes when setting scale
- 🐛 Crashes when opening
- 🐛 Deforms drawing when moving shapes
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 👎 No instructions or tutorials
Bugs and requests
Draft Paper
Reported bugs
3 issues- Saved files disappearing or becoming corrupted
- Inconsistent behavior when zooming and panning
- Inability to import/export files as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add copy/paste functionality
- Improve text editing capabilities
- Provide more precise measurement tools
- Implement ability to save multiple versions of a project
Updraw
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when setting scale
- Crashes when opening
- Deforms drawing when moving shapes
- Menus overlap with other UI elements
- Unable to delete lines
Requested features
8 requests- Add freehand drawing tool
- Implement DXF/SVG export
- Add ability to change line color and thickness
- Improve Apple Pencil support
- Provide detailed instructions and tutorials
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- Add ability to input precise measurements
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Add polygon fill options
In-app purchases
Draft Paper
- All Features$9.99
Updraw
No in-app purchases
