Draft Paper vs Floor Plan App
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
Floor Plan App
Easily create detailed floor plans of any space using your device's camera and augmented reality. Measure rooms, calculate square footage, and save your designs as images, PDFs, or SVGs. Edit and add notes to your plans.
- Create floor plans in seconds
- Measure spaces with augmented reality
- Calculate square footage
- Save as image, PDF, or SVG
- Edit plans and add notes
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Create Floor Plans in seconds. Floor Plan App is the easiest way to measure and make a floor plan of any space. Save as image, PDF or SVG. Find out how many square feet in your bedroom or even your entire house. Floor Plan App uses the power of your camera and augmented reality to virtually measure your space and convert it to a plan that you can the EDIT, ADD NOTES and MORE…. WORKS ON ARKIT DEVICES: iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Floor Plan App at none against Draft Paper's 1. Floor Plan App also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Draft Paper's advantage is review sentiment (51% vs 24%) and ratings volume (16K vs 621). On price, rating, 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. Floor Plan App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Draft Paper against 4.3 for Floor Plan App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draft Paper has 16K ratings behind it against 621, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Draft Paper's written reviews are positive against 24% of Floor Plan App's.
Draft Paper ships an update every 2 weeks, Floor Plan App daily. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draft Paper | Floor Plan App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) — better | 4.3 (621 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews — better | 23.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 621 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giles Goddard | Laan Labs |
Customer experience
Draft Paper
Floor Plan App
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
Floor Plan App
From 621 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative AR camera measurement feature
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 🌍 Multi-language support
- ⚡ Quick floor plan creation
- 📐 Helpful for estimating square footage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and closures
- ❌ Broken imperial measurement conversion (treats foot as 6 inches)
- 🚫 No manual dimension input option
- 🚫 No landscape mode for tablets
- 🚫 No auto-save on crash
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
Floor Plan App
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when accessing options menu
- App crashes during floor measurement
- Measurement rounding error (snaps to next foot at 6 inches instead of 12)
- Imperial unit conversion errors
- Walls don't automatically connect
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- Camera measurements inaccurate for certain spaces
- App closes without saving work
- Laggy editor performance with multiple walls
Requested features
8 requests- Manual dimension input without camera
- Landscape mode for iPad/tablets
- Ability to draw floor plans from scratch
- Custom furniture editing
- Ability to combine multiple rooms
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- Russian language support
- Better documentation/tutorial
- Auto-save functionality
In-app purchases
Draft Paper
- All Features$9.99
Floor Plan App
No in-app purchases
