Draft Paper vs Hail
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
Hail
This app helps sales teams and roofers find leads and close deals. It offers offline canvassing, access to property and repair data, and storm tracking to identify high-opportunity areas. Team collaboration features allow for real-time updates and lead status sharing.
- Offline canvassing
- Prospect tagging and tracking
- Roof permit data access
- Hail storm tracking
- Team collaboration
- Real-time lead updates
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Hail Pro gives you the data and tools to find the best leads and close more deals. Perfect for roofers and sales teams who want to track deals maximize their canvassing ROI. OFFLINE CANVASSING - Work anywhere, even without cell service - Tag and track prospects in real-time while door-knocking - Never lose a lead due to poor signal coverage - Seamless sync when you're back online ROOF PERMITS - Access historical repair data - Identify homes most in need of roof work at a glance - Permit dates, repair history, and property details HAIL MAPS - storm tracking and hail maps - Find the most profitable areas to canvass after storms - Historical storm activity overlays - Move confidently to high-opportunity locations TEAM COLLABORATION - Share notes and lead status across your entire team - Tag parcels as leads, sold, or ineligible for easy follow-up - Real-time updates Subscription required Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Draft Paper at free with in-app purchases against Hail's subscription. Draft Paper also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (16K vs 4). Hail's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (67% vs 51%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Hail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Draft Paper holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draft Paper has 16K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of Draft Paper's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hail's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Draft Paper ships an update every 2 weeks, Hail every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draft Paper | Hail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.8% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giles Goddard | HailPro LLC |
Customer experience
Draft Paper
Hail
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
Hail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Draft Paper
- All Features$9.99
Hail
- Hail Pro Monthly1 Month trial$20.001 Month
- Hail Pro Annual1 Month trial$200.001 Year
