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Blueprint takeoff for trades

The tape measure that snaps to the line.

PlanTape opens any blueprint PDF and measures it faster and more accurately than anything else on a phone — because it snaps to the centerline of every wall, corner and edge.

No account · No cloud · Works offline

PlanTape measuring a blueprint on iPhone, the magnetic cursor snapped to a wall centerline

A plain phone ruler measures wherever your finger lands. PlanTape finds the middle of the line for you — the same point a pro would measure from, every time.

What it does

Built for one-handed work on site.

Snaps to the centerline

A magnetic cursor locks to wall midlines, endpoints, corners and edge-intersections — with a haptic tick on lock and a sub-pixel readout. Measure the wall, not your aim.

Calibrate by pointing

Drag along any printed dimension line and type its real value. PlanTape auto-suggests the scale from the PDF and sanity-checks it against a second dimension.

Tape, area & polygon

Lengths, areas and multi-point polygons — many at once on the same plan, each with per-segment and total labels. Export a clean takeoff when you're done.

Local-first, works offline

Your plans and markups live on your device. No account, no cloud, no sign-in — measure in a basement with no signal. Share a flattened PDF or image only when you choose.

How it works

From PDF to takeoff in three taps.

01

Open a plan

Open any blueprint PDF straight from Files, Mail or another app. Vector plans unlock full snapping; scanned plans fall back to free measurement.

02

Set the scale

Point at a known dimension once. PlanTape locks the scale to the drawing — accurate everywhere on the page.

03

Measure & share

Tape, area and polygon with magnetic snapping, then share a marked-up PDF or image through the standard share sheet.

On device

See the snap.

An 11.5 square-metre area measurement with live edge dimensions on a plan
Area & polygon, with live dimensions
PlanTape's floating tool palette — tape, area, polygon, annotate and snap-target
Every tool, one tap away
The PlanTape plans library showing saved plans with scale badges, fully offline
Your plans — organised and offline

Coming soon to the App Store.

PlanTape is in beta now. Want in? Drop us a line and we'll send a TestFlight invite.

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