Draft Paper vs Lawnsim Lite
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
Lawnsim Lite
This app helps you design optimal sprinkler layouts for your lawn. Simply trace your lawn's perimeter, and the app automatically places sprinkler heads. You can then fine-tune individual sprinkler settings for perfect coverage.
- Automatic sprinkler placement
- Lawn perimeter tracing
- Individual sprinkler editing
- Spray angle and radius adjustment
- Accurate lawn area measurement
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Take the guesswork out of placing sprinklers on your lawn and accurately measure the lawn area with Lawnsim. The process starts with walking the perimeter of the lawn and getting its profile into the app. Once that is done then you move to the simulator. The lawn is drawn from your profile and the app will place sprinkler heads automatically to meet your specs. You can further optimize the placement with editing controls that provide for moving, changing direction, changing spray angle and radius of each sprinkler head individually. When you are done you will know that the sprinklers are optimally placed for your lawn and you will not need to engage in the time consuming and frustrating task of moving them around on the actual lawn. The Pro version of this app provides for saving multiple lawns and emailing results otherwise Lite and Pro are the same.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Draft Paper at 51% against Lawnsim Lite's 0%. Draft Paper also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (16K vs 2). Lawnsim Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Lawnsim Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Draft Paper holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draft Paper has 16K ratings behind it against 2, 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 0% of Lawnsim Lite's.
Draft Paper ships an update every 2 weeks, Lawnsim Lite every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draft Paper | Lawnsim Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 2 |
| 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, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giles Goddard | Jeff Robinson |
Customer experience
Draft Paper
Lawnsim Lite
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
Lawnsim Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Draft Paper
- All Features$9.99
Lawnsim Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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