Draft Paper vs DXF Simple Viewer
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 an intuitive interface. Draw lines and shapes across multiple layers, then export to various formats for printing or further editing. Supports iCloud and Dropbox for seamless file management.
- Draw lines, rectangles, and ellipses
- Multi-layer support
- Export to PDF, JPEG, DXF
- iCloud and Dropbox integration
- Mirror, translate, rotate, scale operations
- Apple Pencil support
- Metric/Imperial units
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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
DXF Simple Viewer
Quickly view and manipulate 2D or 3D DXF and DWG files. Supports various file types, export options, and graphic operations like panning, zooming, and rotating. Easily manage layers and adjust entity appearance.
- Open DXF and DWG files
- Export to PDF, SVG, IGES, PNG, JPEG
- Load 2D and 3D entities
- Load files from ZIP/RAR
- Toggle layers and change colors
- Panning, zooming, and rotating
- Orthogonal or Perspective view
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DXF Simple Viewer is a great light app to quickly view DXF and DWG files. Features: - Open DXF files, both ascii or binary supported. - Also open most DWG files. - Export to PDF, SVG, IGES, PNG, JPEG, includes controls for adjusting size. - Load files with 2D and 3D entities. - Load a file within a ZIP or RAR file. - Toggle show/hide layers and change colors. - Graphic operations for Panning, zooming, & rotating (3D). - Option to increase the pixel width of all 2D entities. - View your model in Orthogonal or Perspective mode (3D). Please contact us for support, questions, feature request or any other inquiry. support@boviosoft.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Draft Paper at Free against DXF Simple Viewer's $3.99. Draft Paper also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.4) and review sentiment (51% vs 14%). DXF Simple Viewer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On 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
Draft Paper is free to download; DXF Simple Viewer costs $3.99 up front. Draft Paper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DXF Simple Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Draft Paper holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draft Paper has 16K ratings behind it against 5, 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 14% of DXF Simple Viewer's.
Draft Paper ships an update weekly, DXF Simple Viewer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draft Paper | DXF Simple Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) — better | 2.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.8% of reviews — better | 13.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giles Goddard | Victor Bovio |
Customer experience
Draft Paper
DXF Simple Viewer
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
DXF Simple Viewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Draft Paper
- All Features$9.99
DXF Simple Viewer
No in-app purchases
