A drawing management apparatus includes a receiver, a searcher, and a presenter. The receiver receives input of information concerning a specific subject and information concerning a purpose of a design change to be made to the specific subject. The searcher searches for a pair of drawings which have characteristics similar to characteristics of the specific subject and which are constituted by a drawing to which a design change has been made in accordance with the purpose and a drawing to which the design change has not yet been made, on the basis of the information concerning the specific subject and the information concerning the purpose of the design change. The presenter presents the searched pair of drawings to a user.