Draft Paper vs Ember Workshop
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
Ember Workshop
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Walk a trade fair floor. Walk away with decisions, not just a pile of business cards. Ember for Sourcing captures everything from a booth, even offline, then helps you decide who is worth pursuing. Business card OCR, voice notes with structured extraction of MOQ, price, and lead time, product photos and videos, all synced when you have signal. At the hotel, two AI personas (Spark imagines the opportunity, Hammer challenges it) help you decide pursue, pass, or follow up on each supplier. Four reasoning lenses push on relationship durability, factory verification, market testing, and cost model realism. Export the whole trip as CSV plus media, ready to share with your team or your freight forwarder. Built for small importers and founders scouting products at trade fairs. Free, no subscription, no ads. Ember Workshop also includes Ember for Founders, a decision support tool for validating business ideas. Capture ideas, challenge assumptions, gather evidence, and decide what deserves to be built, using the same Spark and Hammer framework. Ember uses AI and can make mistakes. Verify important information before making decisions. Ember does not provide legal, financial, medical, or other professional advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ember Workshop at none against Draft Paper's 1. Draft Paper's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Ember Workshop asks for nothing beyond the download.
Draft Paper ships an update weekly, Ember Workshop every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draft Paper | Ember Workshop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Giles Goddard | Polina Belinskaya |
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
Ember Workshop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Draft Paper
- All Features$9.99
Ember Workshop
No in-app purchases









