Draft Paper vs Velocity Built
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
Velocity Built
This app bridges the gap between office estimates and field execution by converting labor estimates into actionable daily crew targets. It allows for real-time adjustments to crew size, schedule duration, and production rates directly on the jobsite to protect labor budgets.
- Converts labor estimates to daily crew targets
- Real-time adjustments for crew size, duration, and rates
- Three planning modes: Crew, Schedule, Rate
- Works offline without an account or data collection
- Supports various units of measure (CY, SF, LF, EA, Tons)
- Plain-language crew directives
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Velocity: Labor productivity with direction. Eliminate the office-to-field communication gap. Velocity instantly converts complex labor estimates into clear, daily crew targets your foreman can act on. Protect your labor budget by toggling crew size, schedule duration, and production rates in real time right on the jobsite. THREE PLANNING MODES • Crew — enter your scope, budgeted hours, and crew size to get the daily target and duration • Schedule — enter your deadline to get the required crew size and daily target • Rate — start from a man-hour or man-day production rate to get budgeted hours and duration BUILT FOR THE FIELD • Works in CY, SF, LF, EA, or Tons • 8 and 10-hour shift support • Plain-language crew directives you can hand straight to the foreman • Everything calculates on your device — works with no signal, no account, no data collected One-time purchase. Unlimited use. No hidden subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Velocity Built at 5.0 against Draft Paper's 4.4. Velocity Built also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Draft Paper's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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. Velocity Built asks for nothing beyond the download.
Velocity Built holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draft Paper has 16K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Draft Paper ships an update every 2 weeks, Velocity Built every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draft Paper | Velocity Built |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giles Goddard | David Wilson |
Customer experience
Draft Paper
Velocity Built
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
Velocity Built
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Draft Paper
- All Features$9.99
Velocity Built
No in-app purchases
