CAD HD vs CADraw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAD HD
Create intricate patterns and digital art with a variety of professional coloring styles. The generated images are suitable for use in designs, reports, social media, and documents. Enjoy a relaxing and creative digital experience on your iPhone and iPad.
- Professional coloring styles
- Pattern and paint creation
- Zoom-in and zoom-out for detail
- Smooth visual effects
- Pinch and stretch gestures for zoom
- Tap and swipe editing
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make beautiful patterns and paints with professionally designed coloring styles. drawing images can be used in designs, reports, SNS, Docs, Webs. thank you for your support ! relax and wonderful digital experience on iPhone and iPad ! * simple just tap and make * zoom-in and zoom-out for details * smooth effects How to use. pinch And stretch fingers to zoom, press hold or swipe to edit cells in collection, The Creativity Never Ends ! thanks and appreciate your encouragement with good comments.
CADraw
Create and edit precise technical drawings with a variety of tools. Supports layers, annotations, and export to common formats like PDF and DXF. Ideal for detailed design work on mobile devices.
- Draw lines, circles, arcs
- Shape editing and modification
- Angle constraints
- Endpoint and midpoint snapping
- Numeric keypad for precise input
- Layer management
- Annotation tools
- Export to PDF and DXF
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Easily draw shapes such as lines, circles, and arcs, and easily edit and modify shapes with just a touch of the shape. Angle constraints can specify commonly used angles of 5 º -90 º. Snap endpoints, midpoints, vertical points, tangents, and intersections, allowing you to draw accurately. There are also dynamic auxiliary points that provide you with dynamic assistance when drawing each line. The numeric keypad can accurately specify distances during drawing or modification. Drag the dimension edit point to convert it to horizontal or vertical dimensions. Angle annotations, radius annotations, and arc annotations can all rival the excellent performance of desktop applications in creation or editing. Layer management, displaying or hiding layers, and locking layers. Annotation management can add annotation styles, modify annotation styles, colors, line widths, and other annotation shapes. The drawn drawings can be exported as PDF files or DXF data exchange files, and can be shared on the computer and opened using AutoCAD. Thank you very much to Graziano from Italy for providing Italian language translation and Сергей Ломонос Provide Russian translation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CADraw at 2.9 against CAD HD's 2.4. CADraw also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. CAD HD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CADraw sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.39 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CADraw holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of CAD HD's written reviews are positive against 50% of CADraw's.
CAD HD ships an update every 5 months, CADraw fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAD HD | CADraw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) | 2.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JIN HWAN KIM | 诚 张 |
Customer experience
CAD HD
CADraw
In-app purchases
CAD HD
- upgrade to pro$3.99
CADraw
- Monthly subscription$1.391 Month
- per month$2.991 Month
- Annual subscription$13.901 Year
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- per year$26.001 Year
- Upgrade to the full version$69.99
- Full version$99.99








