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 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
Ember Workshop
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Turn a rough business idea into a decision you can defend. Ember helps founders capture ideas, challenge assumptions, gather evidence, and decide what deserves to be built. Spark looks for opportunity. Hammer pressure-tests weak reasoning. Together they help you: • Explore an idea through structured AI debate • Identify assumptions and unknowns • Add notes, links, photos, voice recordings, and evidence • Track confidence as evidence changes • Create decision summaries and practical next steps • Learn from previous validation decisions Ember uses AI and can make mistakes. Verify important information before making decisions. Ember does not provide legal, financial, medical, or other professional advice. Ember is free and contains no subscriptions or advertising.
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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 device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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.
| 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 | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| 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
