# Cross-Stitch: Color by Number — user reviews > 939 indexed App Store user reviews of Cross by 炳甲 梁, rated 4.70/5 from 15,807 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cross-stitch-color-by-number/id1246165006/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cross-stitch-color-by-number/id1246165006.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13,034 · 4★ 1,458 · 3★ 501 · 2★ 222 · 1★ 592 ## What do users think of Cross? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💡 Ability to import own pictures - 👍 Relaxing and addictive gameplay - 🚀 Decent coin earning system - 👍 Saves progress and allows returning to projects **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🐛 Issues with syncing progress across devices - 🐛 Disappearing purchased content - 🐛 Glitches with completed pictures - 🔍 Difficulty finding and accessing purchased content **Commonly reported bugs** - Completed pictures showing as unfinished - Inability to access or continue in-progress pictures - Coins not awarded for completed pictures - Subscription issues and inability to restore purchases **Most requested features** - More free picture options - Ability to zoom and pan with one finger - Option to disable sound effects - Ability to view all purchased content in one place - Print completed pictures for physical cross-stitching ## Newest reviews (18 of 939) ### 2/5 — I won't pay for a game that should be free *2026-08-27, version 1.2.0* I said what I said ### 3/5 — Still not fixed *2026-08-06, version 1.2.0* Got a pop up that my problem had been addressed. NOT A tHING different. I have now lost three and a half months of sub scription as well as all the work I have completed...some 80 so far. I am incredibly disappointed and angry that the owners seem to be impossible to contact. Not everyone does the stupidity called Facebook. At this point, no update has happened, my work and money are lost, the app developers are non responsive. There should be negative stars at this point. ### 3/5 — From 10/10 to 3/10 *2026-07-23, version 1.2.0* I originally had my mom download this app on my phone back when CS came out and I saw it advertised on another app. But I noticed it had an update, so I deleted and redownloaded the app on my own account. AND THATS MY PROBLEM. I hate the current version of CS. The only good thing that came out of updating CS is that when I miss click, it doesn’t incorrectly color (and I don’t have to erase it). I can’t color without being moved, and I hate that I can’t zoom out without the image appearing over my progress (I miss the button that made the image pop up in the corner). Also, I can’t tell if it’s image quality that went down or if it’s a font change? Something is visually tripping me up while coloring. I miss the old version of CS that I was playing. I own almost 80 packs and was dreading having to redo over 600 images (bc I deleted and redownloaded the app). But now I don’t have to dread as I probably won’t have to do that unless there is an update to fix the issues I mentioned above. ### 2/5 — Quality *2026-07-14, version 1.2.0* The quality has gone so down in the last year. It doesn’t make you fix your mistakes anymore and there’s an ad every few minutes. There animals listed under the wrong labels and most of the pictures look like AI slop. ### 2/5 — I loved this app, but there’s a massive glitch *2026-07-13, version 1.2.0* I’m a big fan of the app, used it for a long time. But I’ve had a frustrating issue for several years now, and I’ve tried to report it multiple times in the app, and I’ve gotten no responses, and no updates have fixed the issue. Hopefully leaving a review on here works better. I pay for the subscription, and I often upload my own images to cross stitch in the largest size. I enjoy the process of a big cross stitch of an image I like. I used to have no issues with it, but since several years ago, there’s been a very annoying glitch. If I leave a stitch and return later, randomly, it will automatically fill in a bunch of squares in the cross stitch. There’s no rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes it’s a random speckle of correct colors filled in, sometimes it’s massive, thick lines of one color (usually white?) spanning the whole image (creating thousands of mistakes I have to unpick), or sometimes it just fills in the entire image instantly. All three of these are very, very frustrating to me. Occasionally, if I leave quickly before it saves, and enter it again, the problem will be gone. Usually, however, the problem either persists or worsens, adding even more filled-in squares. The only workaround I’ve found is to completely renew the image, restart all my progress, and just complete the entire thing in one sitting. This is not reasonable, as the stitches are huge and often take me several hours to finish, which is why I separate it out across multiple days. I just want to complete the images myself. Sometimes it lets me do it without issue, but I shouldn’t have to struggle this much just to complete my own images. I really hope the developers see this and help me out by removing this huge glitch. ### 2/5 — Used to be a great Cross Stitch app. *2026-07-09, version 1.2.0* For whatever reason they’ve taken the little viewfinder away in the corner so I can no longer see my progress as I go unless I actually zoom out. (Just give me a button to turn it on and off) not to mention there’s literally only 8 free ones so once those are done, it’s basically impossible to be able to get more without actually spending money. The “free” gifts of coins you get as a reward while working requires you to watch a whole 30 second- 1 minute video ad in order to accept it. For 50 coins. This app has become a predatory, money-grubbing nightmare. Do better developers. ### 4/5 — Super Spiel *2026-07-07* Ich habe schon sehr viele Bilder „gestickt“. Leider lassen sich meine ersten Bilder nicht mehr aufrufen. Sie werden sofort gelöscht. Schade ist ganz besonders, daß auch viele private Bilder nicht mehr da sind. Ansonsten macht es sehr viel Spaß. ### 4/5 — Very Good *2026-07-05, version 1.2.0* It is very good but I wish the gifts didn’t require ads to claim and there are more simpler pictures but other than that this app is fun and addictive!! 🧶🪡 ### 3/5 — Moves to easy *2026-06-06, version 1.2.0* I love the pictures that is offer but the problem is when trying to color the picture moves to much. It needs to stay still and move only when used two fingers. ### 2/5 — Used to be great *2026-05-30, version 1.2.0* Frequent crashes and losing all progress in recent months is very frustrating. I’m done with this app until the crashing is fixed. ### 4/5 — Fun *2026-05-25, version 1.2.0* I’ve had this game for years and I find myself taking lots of breaks! My hand falls asleep a lot because I have to use two fingers to move the picture around. I wish we could use the stencil or a finger to move the art around and not have to use two fingers. Or have arrows we can choose to push one of those and it moves it to where we want it. Also when we come down to the last few to color, we could earn hints, so we know which way to go to find it. Like you’re getting cold or you’re getting hot. Also when we finish a picture there should be a finish folder that stores them all. That way we aren’t opening themthinking they are not done and now they are on top + finished. By not having a done file they are having us dbl guess and opening ones that are finished a messes it all up. Which by separating the two groups allows better flow. My main issue is having to use two fingers to move art around. I have to ve set my pencil down, and I have to move a pictue and they are not taking up the room of the photos in still working on. ### 2/5 — Lose progress *2026-05-09, version 1.2.0* When I exit the app some of the progress that I made on the picture goes away. For example I could be on N and it will take me back to L. There’s also been a few times where I was only a couple letters in and when I open the app back up all the progress is lost. ### 3/5 — Weird update *2026-04-03, version 1.1.22* Now that it’s one finger to drag, I am having a terrible time completing letter areas smoothly! It drags with a finger, a stylus, or an Apple Pencil when you’re meant to be coloring an area you started. TERRIBLE UPDATE! Needs to go back to 2~finger drag. ### 2/5 — Not cool *2026-03-26, version 1.1.21* I love this app, i even spend money on it. so why is the picture messed up when i start a new canvas? it literally shows the previous work i did over the new work im doing. HELLO i’m spending money, Fix that ### 2/5 — Canvas moves to easy *2026-03-22, version 1.1.21* I just downloaded this game again. When trying to color a row, the canvas moves way to easy. It takes longer to try to finis one row. ### 4/5 — Suddenly not working *2026-03-12, version 1.1.21* The app is great! But for some reason on my most recent stitch it won’t let me complete a letter, it wasn’t like that when I created it but after coming back to the app after not playing in awhile, my recent project won’t let me work on it and it just stays greyed out. It’s a bummer because I really like this app ### 4/5 — Ein Spiel Problem *2026-03-09* Mein den meisten Kreuzstich Bildern gibt es die unteren Teile die man nicht ausmalen kann und wenn man es versucht wird das Spiel sofort geschlossen Das Vorherig Bild das man ausmalte legt sich über das was man am Ausmalen ist **Developer response:** We have fixed this issue in the new version. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t open *2026-02-23, version 1.1.20* I’ve played this game for years and is always go to on a night. However, the last 3 days I have been unable to open the app all together goes to the loading screen and glitches back to my Home Screen. Please sort this out as I love this game and can no longer play it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I loved this app, but there’s a massive glitch *2026-08-14, version 1.2.0* Edit: lowered my rating because it just keeps happening. It’s so frustrating. This app really was great but this glitch is disastrous and I can’t color anything myself anymore. I spend an hour working on one of the large size pictures, doing 50% of it, then I leave to do something else, only to find that it just auto-completed the rest. That is so. Frustrating. Please fix this!! It makes me so sad. I loved this app. If this glitch gets fixed I will raise my rating again because everything else about it is great. Old review: I’m a big fan of the app, used it for a long time. But I’ve had a frustrating issue for several years now, and I’ve tried to report it multiple times in the app, and I’ve gotten no responses, and no updates have fixed the issue. Hopefully leaving a review on here works better. I pay for the subscription, and I often upload my own images to cross stitch in the largest size. I enjoy the process of a big cross stitch of an image I like. I used to have no issues with it, but since several years ago, there’s been a very annoying glitch. If I leave a stitch and return later, randomly, it will automatically fill in a bunch of squares in the cross stitch. There’s no rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes it’s a random speckle of correct colors filled in, sometimes it’s massive, thick lines of one color (usually white?) spanning the whole image (creating thousands of mistakes I have to unpick), or sometimes it just fills in the entire image instantly. All three of these are very, very frustrating to me. Occasionally, if I leave quickly before it saves, and enter it again, the problem will be gone. Usually, however, the problem either persists or worsens, adding even more filled-in squares. The only workaround I’ve found is to completely renew the image, restart all my progress, and just complete the entire thing in one sitting. This is not reasonable, as the stitches are huge and often take me several hours to finish, which is why I separate it out across multiple days. I just want to complete the images myself. Sometimes it lets me do it without issue, but I shouldn’t have to struggle this much just to complete my own images. I really hope the developers see this and help me out by removing this huge glitch. ### 1/5 — Horrible update *2026-07-21, version 1.2.0* I am no longer a fan of this ap. I had to uninstall and reinstall the ap so it would work. I lost ALL of my works and coins. The screen is too touchy. When filling in colors the screen suddenly moves. Touch the screen an it enlarges. There needs to be a lock button to prevent it from moving. I like to use my own photos, but when I select it to be large and use 20 colors, it automatically uses all of the colors. ### 1/5 — why is everything ai? *2026-07-17, version 1.2.0* used to have this app and loved it, only deleted it because i was having storage issues. redownloaded and went to buy a pack, why is almost everything ai slop? highly disappointed. went to look at recent reviews and saw apparently the quality has tanked recently. not even going to try and use, especially after seeing a review claiming malware came from an ad on here. ### 1/5 — New version SUCKS *2026-07-09, version 1.2.0* The old version was WAY better. I paid for ad free and used it everyday, but the new version isn’t the same. They changed how the images look and how you can color. You can’t make any mistakes, it basically just lets you drag your finger across all the boxes and colors the ones it wants. It’s completely unenjoyable now, this was my favorite app. I ended up deleting the app entirely because the new version SUCKS. Change it back! ### 1/5 — Copyrighted *2026-06-06, version 1.2.0* You will delete all of your ads ### 1/5 — Fix this thing! *2026-05-22, version 1.2.0* I’ve been using this app for some years, on my iPad mini. I considered it a 4-1/2 to 5.0 star app. Now it’s breaking down. I assume it needs upgrading to continue to work on the current iOS systems (18.something or 26.4). First the app became clunky, then it began freezing, and not saving my ‘coloring.’ Now it’s basically dead in the water. WILL YOU PLEASE FIX THIS APP!! ### 1/5 — Crashes *2026-04-16, version 1.1.22* This app is now constantly crashing. I keep losing my work. I also can’t start a new picture because the game crashes before it brings up a new picture. Very disappointed! ### 1/5 — Terrible updates! *2026-03-07, version 1.1.21* Updates have ruined this app! I need the old version look so I can get back to my daily sessions! The quality of the pictures are awful! And it glitches out and turns pink. I miss the 1.0 versions. ### 1/5 — Crash *2026-03-06, version 1.1.21* This game crashes often so you lose all of the work that isn’t saved. Very aggravating! ### 1/5 — It makes my device heat and uses too much battery *2026-02-06, version 1.1.15* I hope you can fix this so i can continue to use the app ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — But… *2026-05-31, version 1.2.0* I hate that it cost in game money but other than that, I love the game ### 5/5 — Игра *2026-04-26* Интересная игра wi-fi не надо прикольно ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-02-11, version 1.1.15* I would like to see a timer on the colors when they do an upgrade. I love the pictures and it would be nice to know how much thread is left on one color. It’s very soothing. I would enjoy it more. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Cross stitch color by number *2026-02-05, version 1.1.15* I think it’s a very good game. It’s a good puzzle is good for the brain and it’s a challenge so it takes a little longer to do but it’s OK because it’s good for the brain and it’s good to help you remember things and where are numbers and colors are at so keep up the good work thank you so much. ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-01-05, version 1.1.15* I would like to see a timer on the colors. I love the pictures and it would be nice to know how much thread is left on one color. It’s very soothing. Thank you! ### 5/5 — M💟 *2025-12-28, version 1.1.15* زيدو عدد الألوان 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️ ### 5/5 — Boyama yaparken resmi göremiyorum *2025-12-27, version 1.1.15* Resmin içinde girdiğim zaman ya bozuk bir data gibi görünüyor ya da dümdüz beyaz görünüyor. Lütfen düzeltebilir misiniz? ### 5/5 — Sad *2025-12-01, version 1.1.15* I miss the old version when you made a mistake the cross stitch stayed there until you erased it. Now you doesn’t even let you make a mistake.🥲 ### 5/5 — 面白い *2025-11-29, version 1.1.15* 意外と色とかの作りが細かいので、塗り終わった後の達成感があります。絵のジャンルも多くて、自分で撮った写真でもできるので、面白いです。 広告は、機内モードにすると出なくなります。 ### 5/5 — My cross stitch *2025-11-14, version 1.1.15* Why didn’t my cross stitch work today I had to redo down load it and it made me start over --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*