User Reviews: Sew Help Me

Sew Help Me
Sew Help Me
David Saunders

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  • Like it a lot so far!

    So far so good! I love having the patterns and the fabric in the same app, as I’ve been using one that does only the fabric and that doesn’t sync with the cloud AND doesn’t work on the iPad! So this is great. One question - I spent a lot of time loading patterns yesterday. They weren’t there today! I think the glitch is that unless you put a purchase date, the app doesn’t register the pattern in the system even after hitting save. Take a look at that feature - I might be wrong but I couldn’t think of anything else, and that’s what they all (the missing ones) had in common. Thanks!

    Developer Response

    Hi. Glad you are enjoying the app. If you don’t put a purchased date then the app assumes you have not bought it. It is thus classed as a “Wishlist” rather than an “Owned” item. In order for the item to appear in the list the “Wishlist” button must be selected.
  • I really wanted to like this app

    I really wanted to like this app but the fabric entries I made with my phone wouldn’t show up on my tablet and vice versa. I emailed for assistance without any response.

    Developer Response

    I have responded on 3 occasions to this customer offering assitance, on each occasion within 3 hours of receiving her emails. But I have received no response from her. I don't know why she has not engaged. I have received no mailbox full/delivery failure warnings, so it simply appears that she has not read my responses or possibly she has an overzealous spam filter. In any event, the problem described is likely unique to her devices and not related to the app. I have reported this rating as a concern to Apple as being factually incorrect. I have copies of the emails sent. EDIT Customer has now made contact on alternate email address. Hopefully problems can now be resolved
  • A Few Glitches but a Great App

    I get the feeling this app is very new. So I’ll not let a few minor glitches annoy me (a few “cancel’ buttons don’t work (working now in full version), ‘library’ misspelled). Overall it organizes my sewing exactly how I wish it to be organized.

    It was a little difficult to set up but really not bad and it has many customizations.

    I think the only thing I would change (or will ignore) is that type and composition of fabric are a bit confusing. Oh and I do wish, when I paid for the full version that what I’d set up had transferred over.

    Price is right on and I look forward to getting my sewing organized. Very happy & well done!

    Developer is extremely responsive & sent me some tips on usage regarding fabric composition and they were great ideas courtesy of his advisor/wife. Loving it.

    Developer Response

    Thanks for taking the time for feedback. You are right. the app is very new!  "Library/Libary" typo will be fixed in next version due out soon (apologies for the irritation - I can't believe I missed it!).  The Cancel button problem seems to be an IOS issue which appears to occur on changes in orientation. Not found any fix to date and hoping IOS updates may address it. My wife (and advisor on all things sewist!) wanted to differentiate between various compositions of similar fabric types. Say polyester/cotton, but in varying % for example. So rather than having 10 different Polyester/cotton types, she can have one type but with various compositions. Hence the composition field. It's optional, so can simply be ignored if not wanted.  I've just tested the data transfer for upgrade from Lite to Full again now. It appears to work OK here. But it can take quite a few minutes (sometimes 15+) for iCloud to transfer the data across.

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