Using an iPad for diagramming however is ideal for making minor edits or simply viewing Visio diagrams. The nature of touch screens means that they are more difficult to use than a desktop Mac with mouse or touchpad because of things like hover modes for shape data, tool tips, and various other issues. It’s important to be aware however that starting a diagram from scratch on iPad is never as easy as doing it on your Mac desktop. Only our top choice SmartDraw however can export into the latest version of the Visio VSDX format so that you can easily continue editing them or send them to Visio on Windows. The apps featured here at least allow you to export diagrams in JPG or PNG format so that you can import them into other applications (although this doesn’t necessarily means you can continue editing them). Since Visio isn’t available for Mac, we’ve already looked at the best alternatives to Visio but not all of them are suitable for use on iPad.Īll of the following applications make great alternatives to Visio on an iPad and in many cases, are cheaper and easier to use than MS Visio. Using a pen on a tablet is far easier and feels more natural than using a mouse to draw process flows, flowcharts and other technical diagrams. More and more people need to draw diagrams with Microsoft Visio on the move and the best tool for doing that is with a drawing tablet such as the iPad.

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