How to Convert Acres, Hectares and Square Feet on iPhone

Convert by measuring, not by typing a number in

A generic unit converter wants you to type a number in first, which means you measured it somewhere else and are now trusting a second tool with it. LandMeasure skips that step entirely: tap or walk the shape once, and every unit after that is a Settings toggle away, computed fresh from the same corners each time — nothing gets rounded twice.

Steps in LandMeasure

Measure a plot with Measure Area (tap corners on the map, or walk the boundary), then tap the green checkmark to save it.
Open Settings > Units > Area.
Pick a unit: Square Meters (m²), Square Feet (ft²), Square Yards (yd²), Hectares (ha), Acres (ac), Square Kilometers (km²) or Square Miles (mi²).
Go back to the project: the saved Area figure now shows in the unit you picked, instantly.

Worked example: a 2,000 m² plot in every unit

Tap a 50 m by 40 m plot (2,000 m²) once, then cycle through the units to see what each one gives back:

One measurement, every area unit
Unit	Area
Square Meters (m²)	2,000 m²
Square Feet (ft²)	21,527.8 ft²
Square Yards (yd²)	2,392 yd²
Hectares (ha)	0.2 ha
Acres (ac)	0.49 ac

Distance numbers work the same trick — perimeter, paths, fence lines — under Settings > Units > Distance: Meters (m), Feet (ft), Kilometers (km), Miles (mi), Yards (yd).

Tips

Switching the unit redisplays every saved measurement across every project at once — no redoing the tapping anywhere.
The PDF Report (LandMeasure Pro) always prints hectares, square meters, acres and meters together, your Settings unit aside.
A very small or very large result just shows 0 in square kilometers or square miles. Pick a unit scaled to the plot — acres or hectares, usually.

Questions and answers

Does changing the unit change the measurement?

No. The corners and the raw area underneath stay exactly as they were; only the number and unit label on screen change. It's never re-rounding a converted figure — it recomputes fresh from the same corners every time you look.

Can I show acres and square feet at the same time?

Not in the app itself — one area unit shows at a time, everywhere. The PDF Report is the exception: it prints hectares, square meters, acres and meters all together on the page.

Is 1 acre exactly 43,560 square feet in the app?

Yes — it converts 1 acre as 4,046.856 m², which works out exactly to 43,560 sq ft, the figure surveyors have used for a very long time.

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