Kesim: Cut List Optimizer
Plywood cut plans, less waste
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: optional iCloud backup, so your cut lists survive a lost phone. Works in inches or millimetres, and every layout it gives you can actually be cut on a table saw.
Tell Kesim the parts you need and the material you have. It works out how to get them out of the least stock, then shows you the exact order of saw cuts that produces the layout.
Built for people who cut sheet goods on a table saw, a track saw or a panel saw.
WHY THE LAYOUTS ACTUALLY WORK
Guillotine cuts only. Every cut runs edge to edge, because that is what a saw physically does. A denser layout that needs a cut to stop halfway across the sheet is worthless to the person holding the saw, so Kesim never produces one.
Real kerf accounting. The blade turns a few millimetres into dust at every pass. Kesim subtracts a full kerf between neighbouring parts and squares off your edge trim before placing anything. Ignoring that is the classic way to finish a job one part short.
Grain locking. A part whose grain must run one way is never quietly turned to make the numbers look better.
WHAT YOU GET
• A layout for every sheet, with the yield and the cost
• A step-by-step cut sequence — rip, then crosscut, in order
• An offcut rack: save the leftovers worth keeping, and the next job cuts from material you already own before it opens a new sheet
• Sheet goods and linear stock — plywood, MDF, glass and sheet metal, or pipe, timber, extrusion and moulding
• Inches with fractions or millimetres, whichever your shop uses
• PDF and CSV export, so the plan goes to the shop printer
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Your projects are stored on your device and never sent to us — we run no servers. Optional iCloud backup keeps a copy in your own iCloud account, and it is off until you turn it on.
FREE AND PRO
Free plans jobs of up to 10 parts, which covers a shelf or a small box.
Kesim Pro — monthly, yearly with a free week, or a one-time lifetime purchase — unlocks jobs beyond the free limit, the offcut rack, PDF and CSV export, several stock sizes per job, and a more thorough search.
Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings.
Privacy policy: https://kesim.app/privacy
Support: https://kesim.app/support
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Information
- Seller
- BURAK KADAN
- Size
- 1.7 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Kesim Pro — Lifetime $39.99
- Kesim Pro — Yearly $24.99
- Kesim Pro — Monthly $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026, Burak Kadan
