Easy Build Pro vs PlanStudio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Build Pro
This app helps construction professionals with on-site planning and measurements. It accurately calculates missing measurements, perimeters, and areas for any shape, and allows for easy sharing of marked-up plans.
- Accurate scale and measurement
- Calculate missing measurements
- Measure perimeters and areas
- Share marked-up plans
- Onboard calculator
- Supports metric and imperial units
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The most accurate scale and measurement app. Having troubles with your plans on-site? Easy Build is your answer. Getting frustrated with squaring up your set out? Can’t find or calculate a measurement? With a couple of taps, Easy Build will find your missing measurement. Easy Build provides an inbuilt perimeter and area measuring tool, there will be no more dramas calculating those odd-shaped builds with no area on the plan. Easily share marked-up plans with colleagues or trades by exporting directly to email, print or iTunes. Work more efficiently. Easy Build makes take-offs for quotes quick, easy and accurate. You will wonder how you ever have done without it. Easy Build will save you time and money! √ Very easy to use √ Upload your PDF drawings by directing the file from your email or Itunes account. Open it in the 'Easybuild' app and recreate your project. √ Measure perimeters and areas accurate and fast no matter the shape √ Measure in diagonals quick and easy √ Mark and measure in those missing measurements ready for site √ Colour code different areas for a clear explanation √ Quickly and accurately place anchor points with the help of a magnifying glass √ Onboard calculator available √ Draw custom lines and rectangles √ Create pen and highlighter marks with the simple drag of a finger √ Quickly add and edit your own text annotations √ Fast and responsive, even for complex PDFs √ Export annotated PDFs direct to email, print or iTunes √ Create and save as many projects as you like √ Supports both Metric and Imperial units Update for the Lite version coming soon. This will fix the crashing with the new version iOS when trying to open the sample PDF. If you have purchased this. Thank you and please delete the Lite Version to prevent confusion when using "Open In" Visit us online! www.easybuildapplication.com Like us on Facebook EasyBuild app.
PlanStudio
Easily create spatially accurate evacuation signs and diagrams directly from your tablet. Mark up building plans with pre-configured icons and drafting tools, then publish finished signs with a single press. Compliant with Australian legislation.
- Spatially accurate plans with geotagging
- 100+ pre-configured icons for safety
- Compliant with Australian legislation
- Secure cloud storage
- Multiple sign templates
- Full suite of drafting tools
- Push-button publishing of signs
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Locatrix has developed technology to give certifiers, fire engineers and other competent persons a way to immediately create spatially accurate evacuation signs/diagrams. PlanStudio provides a simple and easy way to mark-up a building or structure and create spatially accurate evacuation signs/diagrams with the press of a button. A mobile app for drafting, editing, viewing and adding mark-ups to CAD drawings directly from your tablet. Onsite engineers can increase their productivity and revenue by connecting their work to cloud storage and directly create evacuation signs and diagrams. Traditional drafting software is complex and difficult to use, a manual mark-up often requiring transferring onto a sign template by a third party. PlanStudio is easy enough for a novice with robust, powerful features that will please any expert. Key features include: • Geotagging for spatially accurate plans • 100+ pre-configured icons for WHS and Emergency Management • Compliant with all relevant Australian legislation and standards • Secure online cloud repository • Multiple sign templates • Full suite of drafting tools compatible with iOS and Windows • All legislative updates for the app • Push button publishing of finished Evacuation • Signs via Locatrix
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Easy Build Pro at 62% against PlanStudio's 0%. Easy Build Pro also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). PlanStudio's advantage is price (Free vs $14.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months). On 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
PlanStudio is free to download; Easy Build Pro costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Easy Build Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easy Build Pro has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Easy Build Pro's written reviews are positive against 0% of PlanStudio's.
Easy Build Pro ships an update every 11 months, PlanStudio every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easy Build Pro | PlanStudio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (28 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Easy Build Application Pty Ltd | Concept Safety Systems PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Easy Build Pro
PlanStudio
In-app purchases
Easy Build Pro
No in-app purchases
PlanStudio
No in-app purchases









