Cricut Design Space Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience15.7% of reviews
Neutral10.0% of reviews
Negative experience74.3% of reviews

~ Based on 2,199 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Cricut Design Space

Is Cricut Design Space Safe?

Cricut Design Space appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Cricut Design Space is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 745,615 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 745,630 App Store ratings for Cricut Design Space.

Is Cricut Design Space Legit?

Cricut Design Space appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Cricut Design Space is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Frustrated

Update:
Thanks for the response. I always use the “Free” filter however it doesn’t seem to work very well. I’ve learned to pay attention to the little symbol representing cricut access.

I’m frustrated because I worked on a design, cut it and used it. Then a few days later I was going to cut it again, suddenly I had to pay $6.99 to use the font I chose. How does this happen? I enjoy creating with my cricut but it’s not very helpful or fun to have to redesign something over and over again. Maybe you can fix this flaw in your program. It’s not the first time this has happened.
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Response from developer

We’re really sorry for this frustrating experience. Fonts may become unavailable or show a purchase prompt if they’re part of Cricut Access, were previously available through a subscription, or were purchased under a different account. We understand how confusing this can be when a saved project worked before. Here are a few things that may help: - Open the original project and check the font name in the text editing menu. - Make sure you’re signed in to the same Cricut account you used when creating the original design. - Check whether the font is marked as a Cricut Access font or requires a separate purchase. - If you have the original text saved as an image or converted to a compatible cut-ready format, you may be able to reuse it without selecting the font again. Design Space is free to use, and Cricut Access is optional. You can also use the “Free” filters when browsing fonts and images to find options that don’t require a subscription or purchase. If the same font was previously available to you and is now unexpectedly asking for payment, please contact Cricut Support through help.cricut.com so they can review the specific font and your account. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

Unusable

With the most recent update, crucial tools like Undo are now completely missing, rendering the app unusable. I’ve exhausted every possible fix or workaround but it’s just gone. I have to end my subscription until this gets fixed.

iPhone app not as user friendly anymore

The app used to work pretty well on my phone, but lately, I’m having issues with moving certain parts of my designs. I can’t even select it by tapping on it. It makes creating designs away from home/on the go difficult.

Glitchy/Annoying

I would love to use this app without the updates, it has become annoying to work with. Full of bugs and glitches, close outs in the middle of projects. Super frustrating!!

Greedy

Have had a cricut for the past 10 years and always LOVED it. All kinds of fun stuff to do with the machine. Had not used it for a year or 2 and so much has changed since the last time. Seems that the company has been overtaken with greed and have made the app soo unbearable to deal with unless you pay them a monthly subscription, which they shove in your face in between every single button you press. It didn’t used to be that way. I actually would sign up here and there for a month because I didn’t despise it like I do now. And they even made changes that make it to where you have to use more vinyl and waste it so you’ll have to buy more from them I guess, little tiny changes that they hope people won’t notice but it’s obvious what they doing. GREEDY. Paid for a machine that I can barely use without freaking out unless I subscribe. Seems to be the new normal with everything. Now I know what they meant when they said you’ll own nothing and be happy, except I ain’t happy! I don’t even want the useless machine anymore. Return it and get me a temu one that uses a Chinese app that don’t hold my wallet hostage. Bye Felicia
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Really really slow app

Its hard to do anything properly since it is so laggy! I keep clicking on things multiple times since they don’t respond and then it messes up my stuff

Lots of glitches

I don’t know what has happened to this app but it has gone way down hill since the last time I used it a few months ago. Every time I try to do anything with the font it backs me back out to the canvas before I have even selected something. It also does not work as smoothly as it used to. Now it is harder to hit the undo button and when trying to select, move pr resize anything it take multiple tries to get it to respond. Very disappointing to be paying a subscription for something and have these issues when it worked wonderfully before.
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Sehr einfache und verständliche Nutzung, leider nur noch sehr eingeschränkte Nutzung

Ich habe mir, ach langem Überlegen, eine Cricut Plottermaschine gekauft. Anfangs konnte ich die Cricut App sehr gut nutzen und war nur leicht eingeschränkt in der Nutzung. Nach einem Update ist es mir leider nur nach sehr langem Suchen möglich, einzelne Dateien zu verwenden…alles andere muss schon bezahlt werden. Ich verstehe natürlich, dass die App nicht komplett kostenlos sein kann, allerdings kostet der Plotter schon einiges und um diesen Nutzen zu können, ohne Einschränkungen, werden nochmal 9€/ Monat verlangt….das finde ich sehr schade… Ich bin aktuell mehr am Suchen in der App, was ich verwenden kann, als am Plottern selber…
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Response from developer

Es tut uns sehr leid, dass Ihre Freude an Ihrem neuen Cricut-Plotter durch diese Erfahrung getrübt wird. Design Space ist kostenlos nutzbar, und ein Cricut-Access-Abonnement ist optional. Sie können beim Suchen nach Bildern und Schriftarten den Filter „Kostenlos“ verwenden, um leichter Inhalte zu finden, die kein zusätzliches Abonnement erfordern. Cricut Access bietet eine größere Auswahl an Designs, Schriftarten und zusätzlichen Funktionen, ist aber keine Voraussetzung für die grundlegende Nutzung Ihres Plotters. Vielen Dank, dass Sie Ihre Erfahrungen mit uns teilen. Wir hoffen, dass Sie bald wieder mehr Freude am Gestalten und Plotten haben. Weitere Tipps und Hilfestellungen finden Sie unter help.cricut.com.

Worst app ever. Please quit supporting this company. Apple has allowed them to pay for a 4.7 rating.

This app is absolutely terrible. It’s not user friendly and consistently deletes projects my wife has spent hours working on. I’m so tired of seeing my wife so frustrated. I genuinely wish I could meet all the pos who have made her so miserable in person so I could in turn make them as miserable. I hate cricket and all the mf who created this trash.
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Frustrated

I’m frustrated because I worked on a design, cut it and used it. Then a few days later I was going to cut it again, suddenly I had to pay $6.99 to use the font I chose. How does this happen? I enjoy creating with my cricut but it’s not very helpful or fun to have to redesign something over and over again. Maybe you can fix this flaw in your program. It’s not the first time this has happened.
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Response from developer

We’re really sorry for this frustrating experience. Fonts may become unavailable or show a purchase prompt if they’re part of Cricut Access, were previously available through a subscription, or were purchased under a different account. We understand how confusing this can be when a saved project worked before. Here are a few things that may help: - Open the original project and check the font name in the text editing menu. - Make sure you’re signed in to the same Cricut account you used when creating the original design. - Check whether the font is marked as a Cricut Access font or requires a separate purchase. - If you have the original text saved as an image or converted to a compatible cut-ready format, you may be able to reuse it without selecting the font again. Design Space is free to use, and Cricut Access is optional. You can also use the “Free” filters when browsing fonts and images to find options that don’t require a subscription or purchase. If the same font was previously available to you and is now unexpectedly asking for payment, please contact Cricut Support through help.cricut.com so they can review the specific font and your account. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

NO AI

I have so many things I could say about this app some good some bad right now I'm going to talk about AI. I do not want to be forced to use AI. I don't want AI in the little menu when I have a item selected I don't want that little chat bubble. you are a crafting company and you are taking away artists that actually can draw and AI is a cheat. It ruins the environment. It takes away jobs. It hurts peoples health. This is absolutely not OK.
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Completely Unusable

The app crashes constantly. It takes 30 seconds to a minute to do any command. And of course like every other loser cricut has decided to buy into the AI assistant bull. I would have loved to work on projects during breaks at work but it’s pointless because it takes so long and I’d have to start over anyway because the app crashes every time I try to use it.
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SLOWWWWW

This is the slowest app I have ever used. It is so laggy. It is not something that should be used on an iPhone.

New updates are trash

Who ever approved the changes need to be fired

Crashes constantly

I’ve never seen an app that’s so unstable. This app crashes more than a drunk driver with treadless tires. I don’t even have complex designs either. Completely useless. It makes me wish we never went with Cricut.

Windows 11 Cricut Design Space Is a Slow, Bloated, Unusable Nightmare!

⭐ 0/5

Cricut Design Space for Windows is absolutely horrific! It takes forever to load, constantly runs slowly, and makes even the simplest projects unnecessarily frustrating. Half the battle is getting the software to function long enough to actually design something!

Why isn’t there a Cricut Design Space Lite?

Not everyone pays for Cricut Access, and not everyone wants or needs hundreds of premium features cluttering up the software. Those of us who use our own designs, SVGs, and images should have access to a lightweight version that doesn’t consume so much RAM and struggle with basic tasks.

I shouldn’t need a high-performance computer just to upload an SVG, resize an image, or cut vinyl!

Instead of constantly adding paid features, Cricut should focus on making its software faster, more stable, and actually usable.

Give customers a Design Space Lite option with basic design, upload, print-then-cut, and cutting functions. No unnecessary extras, no constant lag, and no bloated interface.

We purchased the machines. We should be able to use them without fighting the software every step of the way!
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Help

After the most recent update, Design Space will not open on my IPhone 16 Plus Max. The website is no help for me either, just telling me to delete the app and reinstall it. After several times of that I am still where I started, not getting in.

Frequent UI Redesign = Feature Loss

Another update another UI redesign where functionality is moved and lost. You used to be able to Combine/Weld/Slice shapes and images but now only Text works? Why? And while we are at it the upload image “Remove Background Automatically” used to work great 5 years ago now it’s always a little fuzzy on the edges unless manually removal is used. There used to also be an option to sharpen edges in manual edits of images.
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Marca de registro

Marca de registro muito pequena para impressão, perde muita folha e a arte fica super pequena, deveriam rever isso, a silhouette tem um ótimo espaço vão perder para a concorrente

Response from developer

Agradecemos por compartilhar sua experiência. Por favor, tente estas opções: - Confira as configurações de tamanho da página e do material no Design Space antes de preparar o projeto. - Ative a opção “Remember this selection” na seção “Load Type”, caso precise manter uma configuração específica de tamanho da base. - Se possível, teste o mesmo projeto em um computador para verificar se as opções de configuração e visualização são diferentes. Agradecemos por nos alertar sobre esse problema.

Resolution loss is a major problem

I am having major issues with this app degrading pristine issues and making them two pixels which is very frustrating. It’s at the point where it won’t cut in a clean line. This is not a recent issue, and I’m kind of shocked it’s still not fixed after all this time. The smooth tool is also gone after the most recent update.
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