# Cross Stitch Creator

> App to create and track cross stitch patterns from photos or from scratch. (iPhone/iPad app by Adam Evans.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cross-stitch-creator/id897287820 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Adam Evans](https://appshunter.io/developer/1342038151)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: $9.99
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 169 App Store ratings · 47 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.1 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2016-01-22
- Data updated: 2026-08-01
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cross-stitch-creator/id897287820/reviews.md

## What is Cross Stitch Creator?

Turn pictures of your favorite moments into beautiful cross stitch tapestries of almost any size! Cross Stitch Creator is an embroidery app that allows you to generate cross stitch patterns from pictures (or create them from scratch) and track your progress on them. You can also save patterns as PDFs to print or share with your friends! There are no subscriptions or in app purchases - after the initial app purchase you can create as many patterns and PDFs as you want.

Features:
• Generate cross stitch patterns from pictures or from scratch up to 800 x 800 stitches
• Use hundreds of different colors in a single pattern
• 489 different DMC thread colors to choose from
• Create your own color palettes to use for generating (such as colors you already own)
• Several generation parameters such as maximum number of colors allowed and dithering
• Track your progress on patterns (details below)
• Edit your patterns after generating to perfect them or build one from scratch (details below)
• See a preview of what your pattern will look like when it's fully stitched
• Print patterns from directly within the app
• Share patterns as PDFs via Email, iMessage, and more
• Help popups to guide you through using the app

Progress tracking:
• Colorize individual stitches to mark progress
• Quick and easy symbol/color lookup
• Lockable stitches
• Sortable key
• Pattern metadata such as size, date created, number of colors, percent complete...

Pattern editor:
• Clean up generated patterns or create patterns from scratch
• Tools include draw, erase, fill, and undo/redo
• Effects such as reducing the number of colors used, conforming to a given palette, and resizing/cropping
• Note: Only full stitches and backstitches are supported. Half stitches, quarter stitches, french knots, etc. are not.

Disclaimer:
Although we try our best, thread colors may not appear to be completely accurate. Perception of thread color depends on multiple factors including, but not limited to, display settings such as brightness and night shift, ambient light conditions, and neighboring colors in the pattern. Please use your best judgement in determining which colors to actually use when stitching the pattern.

## Key features

- Generate patterns from photos
- Create patterns from scratch
- Up to 800x800 stitch patterns
- Hundreds of thread colors
- Track stitching progress
- Edit patterns
- Save and share as PDF

## Recent user reviews (10 of 47)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cross-stitch-creator/id897287820/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great

*2026-01-09, version 3.10*

Love this app. When I have a question the creator answers my email quite fast. I use it for creating baskets making a pattern out of a photo. Also the freehand is good. I am quite impressed

### 5/5 — Works Pretty Well

*2024-10-05, version 3.09*

I have tried out several cross stitch apps but they were more expensive or had a subscription which I will not have. I wish this had a trial period but it looked like what I wanted and the reviews were good. So far it is a good app but there are a couple of things I may not have found yet or it does not have. Other apps you were able to mark the stitches with a color like red. That way each stitch that was finished could be seen as done. I have not found that here. IMO this would be a very good thing to have. It would make it easier to see what has been done. Also, i don’t know if this can be done here, and I know there is a ruler at the side, but I think it would be very helpful to have a guide (+ top and bottom and side to side) that would center in the middle of the picture so you could more easily see the center. And to be able to colorize it to whatever color you wanted and make it thick or thin. If the above things can already be done I hope I can find out about them. I looked on YouTube but there were no videos on this app. It would be useful for someone to put a thorough video there showing all of the things that can be done. Thanks.

### 3/5 — Good but not great

*2024-05-06, version 3.08*

There is a lot of awesome things about this app. It transfers drawings for the most part, still requires editing and cleaning up. But, one of the things that bothers me though is having to hold the square down to draw and fill in multiple squares. I can see why it could be helpful to have a toggle, but I wish it was a setting I could change. Additionally, when choosing dmc thread, the sort doesn’t save, so you have to go in and re-sort how you want it to be the next time you go to find a color. Additionally, I wish I could choose what symbols the thread use, but haven’t been able to find a way to do that yet, hope they can continue to perfect it!

### 4/5 — I love this app

*2023-10-28, version 3.07.1*

The ease of use and the many functions. I spend many hours creating patterns from scratch and would love the back stitch, french knot and diagonal stitch added to it to make it the best app for creating cross stitch on the iPad.

### 5/5 — Help

*2023-10-03, version 3.07.1*

How do I delete palletes and how do I select my palette colors by using my pattern not having the app decide where colors go?

### 2/5 — Disapointed

*2023-06-16, version 3.07.1*

When I buy this app I think I can print

### 5/5 — Just bought

*2023-06-09, version 3.07.1*

Learning but looks like it does a good job.  The pictures show the chart pattern on one page.  I understand the color key is on a separate page but I would like the actual chart to be all on one page please.

### 2/5 — Cross Stitch Creator

*2023-01-25, version 3.07.1*

Are there any plans to print the pattern in colour? I am really struggling to read the chart as it is in black and white.

### 5/5 — Great design tool.

*2022-12-09, version 3.07.1*

Wish it had different stitch types, however this is a very easy to use cross stitch designer. Update with the option to use different stitches and this would be 5 star.

### 2/5 — Decent enough app but missing a lot for the price

*2022-10-24, version 3.04*

The fact that you can’t do fractional stitches, back stitching, or French knots is quite a pain. I feel as though these things are crucial to the cross stitching craft.
The ability to copy/paste sections would be amazing and save so much time. 

You also can’t name patterns with symbols as it results in an error and you lose the entire pattern.

## Frequently asked questions about Cross Stitch Creator

### What does the Cross Stitch Creator app do?

Cross Stitch Creator allows you to transform your photos into cross stitch patterns or create them from scratch. You can generate designs, track your progress as you stitch, and save your patterns as PDFs for printing or sharing.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include generating patterns from pictures or from scratch up to 800x800 stitches, using hundreds of DMC thread colors, creating custom color palettes, tracking your stitching progress with colorized stitches and symbol lookup, and editing patterns with tools like draw, erase, and fill.

### How much does the Cross Stitch Creator app cost?

The app is a one-time purchase. There are no subscriptions or in-app purchases, meaning after the initial purchase, you can create as many patterns and PDFs as you desire without further cost.

### What kind of patterns can I create?

You can create cross stitch patterns from your own pictures or build them from the ground up. The app supports patterns up to 800x800 stitches and offers extensive color options, including 489 different DMC thread colors. You can also edit generated patterns to refine them.

### Can I print or share my cross stitch patterns?

Yes, you can save your created patterns as PDFs directly from within the app. These PDFs can then be printed or shared with friends via email, iMessage, and other sharing methods.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.10 — 2025-04-28

Added DMC colors 1-35
Include a preview of the final stitched pattern in exported PDFs

### 3.09 — 2024-09-03

Improvements:
- Removed the "hold to drag" square from the editor to support the more standard "two finger drag to move" that's used throughout iPadOS. Dragging with a single finger now applies the current tool (e.g. draws stitches), which improves the experience for Apple Pencil
- Added the ability to select which symbol to use for each color in a pattern
- Upgraded existing lower resolution symbols in older patterns to use the equivalent higher resolution symbols
- Adds stitch numbers to chunk separators in pattern PDFs
- Save the sort type used in the thread color picker

Minor bug fixes:
- Backstitches in the PDF now properly scale their line width according to the stitch size
- Colors in the PDF that are only used for backstitches now only have an entry in the backstitch section rather than both the standard stitches section and backstitch section

### 3.08 — 2024-04-22

- Added support for backstitches
- Minor speed improvements on larger patterns
- Bug fixes and improvements

### 3.07.1 — 2022-11-04

Fixed an issue where the app would crash if you attempted to open any patterns with any 10x10 chunks locked

### 3.07 — 2022-10-28

- Added a contact us button in the help pages
- Added settings to allow you to change the thicknesses of the grid lines in patterns (press the gear in the top right on the progress tracking screen)
- Added the ability to view a preview of what the pattern will look like when it's done being stitched (press the eye in the top right on the progress tracking screen or editor)
- Added rulers to the top and left sides of the pattern while tracking progress to help you see where you are in the pattern when zoomed in
- Protect against slashes in pattern names

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## More apps by Adam Evans

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All apps by Adam Evans: https://appshunter.io/developer/1342038151

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