DrawExpress Diagram Lite

- Has not been updated in three years - Unable to snap objects to grid

I downloaded this program with the idea of wanting to write several diagrams, and I started with a ERD. Did it work? yes, sorta, did it work correctly? No First to even try to get a class object on the screen, there is no intuitive way to do this. I found a video, and it said to double tap the screen to get an editor… nothing on the screen would indicate this was the action I should take… but it was. The documentation, if you want to be kind and call it that, is a series of graphics that try to tell you how to do things without words… this does not work, not even a little bit. Again, no indication to double tap the screen to then be able to type what it says, so without a third party YouTube video, these directions do noting. Finally, in a class diagram there should be tree sections, title, attributes, and methods. There should be lines separating each section, the only thing my system would do is draw dots, or dashes. There is no documentation on what to type to get it to recognize the separator. Finally, when I tried to delete errant items it created, if the X was not true, even a slight bit off, it did not work. And there were some items I could not get it to delete at all until it was resized. It worked some of the time as intended, sometimes not. This program would easily be a 4/5 maybe even 5/5 with proper documentation, but as it, this program is not as easy to use as lesser featured programs. Will try again in the future, but it is being uninstalled today, just hours after installing it.

I’ve been looking for a diagram app for a project. Unlike other mind map/flow chart apps apps it’s customizable without having to pay and you can make floating ideas. I love the gestures! They are so convenient and responsive. Features I hope they add: Shapes (like x’s) that you can put on on top of a bubble. The ability to draw a line connected to a line and not just connected to shapes.

The divider feature not working

I originally bought the pro version of this app for visualizing ideas and that was back when there were only some basic pictures. It’s always had a very good feel for swipe and gesture. Easy and fast to use. I never thought I’d actually use the software images until I got into programming. Of course my trusty diagram app has ALLLLLLLL the built in icons I needed for Amazon Web Services. I can structure workflows, build software anatomy charts, breakdown functionality and add visuals and themes that bring the charts to life. Double tap to make a note or draw a shape. Connect by dragging fingers. Delete by making an X. Create dotted lines by double swiping a connected line. So EASY!!!!! Save and export to Dropbox and pdf! But my new FAVORITE feature of all now is the ability to make moving window selections that STAY put. Let’s say you create an idea with 5 parts. You can draw a big square around it ALL and group them. Now a dotted line appears around it giving you a nice little package container that can be labeled. Not only that, dragging this box around also moves everything in it. It’s so useful and I’m glad the dotted lines stay. I’m able to do SO MUCH with it. I’m working on a Web app for the first time using FLASK and AWS and I cannot stress how helpful this app has been for me in just seeing the anatomy of the parts. It’s like being able to build an engine and isolating each part. Maybe those are the next icons that can be added some day. Car parts. I bet techy mechanics would absolutely love this app. Any engineer really! Thank you so much! I’ve had this app since maybe the iPhone 4 or 6 but it just gets better and has come full circle into my actual career life. Keep up the great work!!!

I like the app. But I quickly discovered there are no privacy settings. I could not shut off access to my camera and photos. No privacy policy is a hard NO for me. I wish I would have noticed that right away. But now I know.

After months of looking for a tool that would allow me to use my iPad to draw diagrams (uml, mind map & system), I have finally found the one. I’ve been frustrated with others that allowed for limited flexibility or had a restrained set of features. Some make you click through many different menus to get to what you need. This one is the opposite. What I love in particular: - no frame limit - you can add elements anywhere around your diagram and can zoom in and out as much as you want - element drawing - you can easily draw the different elements you want, and they are easy to move around, scale and rotate - connector drawing - the app allows to connect easily different elements with STICKY connectors, and makes it easy to change the type of line you draw - easy text additions - it’s easy to add text to shapes, lines or anything or anywhere - easy to reorganize using the group mode What can still be improved/added - [bug] previously used colors sometimes disappear - [add] containers for elements that would move with all subelements would be great I have never written reviews before but I was so happy with this app that I went, unprompted, on the App Store to leave comment. This app is amazing! Thank you!

Not good for uml diagram.

I’ve been playing with this app on my iPad for a couple of hours so far. It has a LOT of functionality (be sure to read through the Help text). I haven’t found a way to connect straight lines to other straight lines at a perpendicular angle, though. Otherwise, it allows labeling end points on lines, a variety of arrow heads are available, and drawing shapes with my finger is easy. I would purchase the Full version, but I’m concerned that it hasn’t been updated in quite awhile. In the meantime, I’m using PureFlow and it seems capable enough (not as much time with it yet). I looked at SystemDiagram (which is open source — woohoo!) but while it looks good for some things, flow charting isn’t one of them.

You guys should keep up the good work here. I was so happy to find you on iOS however only for iPad... What about MacOS?