Almost perfect
When it works, it works amazing! Cuts my pattern making time into a fraction of what it was. However, it is very rare to find a pattern the software will read. So grateful when it does but wish it wasn’t so hard to get it to work.
App and website do not work anymore
Well, this was a waste of money. I can‘t use the app anymore, can‘t contact customer support because the website doesn‘t work
Confusing app
Having to navigate through the app by phone and iPad brings frustrations. Also its not easy to navigate. Hard to find how to edit in my patterns (Ditto) and just basically a headache trying to accomplish things. I guess it may be easy for those who use it on a daily basis but if not its like a learning endeavor all over again. I would love to see it improved in time. Thank you for listening.
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Frustrating
calibrated but projectorlightgoes out when i try to send pattern pieces. Have rebooted several times. two hours later still no success. I have not timetopiddle today. And seems todo this a lot Honestly has been a waste of my time and money.
Calibration
Cannot get it to calibrate my patterns,
Ditto
It is a very good idea but ost of the time it doesn’t work
Very dissatisfied
The pattern did not adjust to measurements entered. The breast ruching location is way higher than needed for anyone older than a teen. The instructions for completing neckline were something that would work for a curved neckline, however the pattern had a v neckline. It should have had an entirely different way to finish the neckline.
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BYOP broken
I got my device yesterday and have tried every troubleshooting step I can think of. I cannot get the yellow “uploads” box to appear on my app on any device I own. I have tried it on my Apple devices and my husband’s Android devices.
I really want to make my baby cloth diapers. There are no patterns for this on the pattern store, but even if there were, the Ditto is advertised as being able to use your own patterns. It is very frustrating to be so excited to make something for your baby and not be able to because something was advertised falsely.
Please fix this.
I really want to make my baby cloth diapers. There are no patterns for this on the pattern store, but even if there were, the Ditto is advertised as being able to use your own patterns. It is very frustrating to be so excited to make something for your baby and not be able to because something was advertised falsely.
Please fix this.
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Ditto App
When I open the ditto app it opens full screen on my iPhone then it won’t close with a swipe. All other apps swipe closed but not this one for some reason. I have to turn my iPhone off & on again.
Enable local storage
I’m guessing the BYOP feature is subscription based after 5mb because you’re storing the patterns in the cloud. An attempt to justify a paid feature that should be inherently free to the device. I’d recommend allowing us to store them on whatever device the app is on free and then using the subscriptions for fabric, and patterns, and unique elements like cricut. The projector was 799 and charging for a perpetual subscription to use your own patterns with the device you already paid hundreds is tasteless and greedy. The software is fine but for principle alone it’s 3 stars for me. I was lucky enough to get mine on sale but I can see why the reputation is poor on this machine.
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Bad product
Brought my ditto projector almost a week ago and boy am I sorry I didn’t find a better product other than this one. At first everything seemed to go smoothly then I got to the part where you connect to the WiFi well that’s when everything just went down hill. I have tried everything to get this piece of junk to connect and to no avail. Why do I call it junk well that’s because you can’t use it until it is actually connected to the internet. You write in to support and never get a response back from them. There is no phone number to call into either. Unfortunately now I have to bring it back to Joann and pay an additional 25.00 for restocking it. Lesson learned
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Extremely Disappointed
The pattern selections for the customizable patterns are unfortunately very unattractive. The app itself is not user friendly. For the cost I expected so much more. I would not recommend spending money on this overpriced, overhyped gadget.
Updated review
I previously gave this 2 or 3 stars but I’m upgrading to 5. A year or so ago I had endless trouble connecting to WiFi. Even a replacement projector didn’t work. I finally set Ditto aside for months. Don’t know if bugs were fixed or my new mesh system made the difference but I now connect on the first try! I was always delighted with how Ditto patterns fit. Now I’m delighted with consistent hardware performance. Goodbye tissue paper adjustments!
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DO NOT BUY
Horrible customer service will not respond. I loved my ditto until it stopped pairing with all devices son is very it savy he couldn’t figure it out said it was defected started looking into it this is happening to ALOT of people with the same horrible customer service totally disappointed I used this for my lively hood and through out all my paper patterns
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Huge learning curve
Since they’re trying something new, there’s a huge learning curve because no one has ever tried it before. That’s my issue. Calibrating the projector with the mat every use is draining because calibration takes twenty tries to get right unless you just skip. The pros are that you can customize the patterns to your measurements with the touch of a button. That’s the big draw to me. Obviously a pattern projector is amazing, but the customization is my favorite thing. I used to wish for an invention like this when I was cutting out patterns or when my cats destroyed meticulously cut patterns. Anyways hope this helps.
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Landscape only?
I just got the Ditto. I use this for bag making and garments. The app is terrible, not user friendly, and the pattern instructions are seriously lacking. Who make a phone app that only works in landscape mode?!? I like using my phone, not an iPad, not my Mac. My phone! For something so expensive, you would think they would develop the app for mobile UI/UX. And the patterns instructions are not designed for mobile either. It’s not a great experience for such a niche concept. I highly recommend you get a product design team to help you improve user experience. I should be able to purchase and upload patterns and stitch them in the app, not have to go to a third party. It’s a lack planning.
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Connecting to WiFi
The projector will not connect to WiFi causing me not to be able to use it. I’m sorry I even bought it and now it’s a waste of money and space
Ok, would have kept the money
I know you can bring your own patterns in beta form, but it is not very user friendly, you have to download or pay for a third party app to fix the pdf file so you can upload. Also, the ditto brand patterns don’t have a neckband on any of the patterns. You are expected to turn under the neckline and stitch down.
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Love the convenience of having patterns FIT.
Fitting is so important and I know that when I use my ditto that
My patterns will fit
My patterns will fit
Could easily be better if they worked out some kinks
So much potential in this product! I just hope they invest a little bit more into the software. I will come back and update if they improve it.
Right now this is a 3 star app mostly because of frustrations with connection and calibration. I know a lot of this is out of the developer’s hands (e.g. WiFi strength, keystoning, etc.) but what isn’t out of their hands is the resilience of the app. The app frequently crashes if everything is not set up perfectly. For example, if my overhead lights are on, sometimes I get a message that says to make sure lighting is even, but other times the app will just hang indefinitely.
Also the calibration verification shapes are consistently off by a quarter inch in at least one corner. If I simply had an “advanced” or “fine tuning” mode, I could skip almost all of this frustration. Once in workspace mode, it’s not too bad. A little hard to figure out what’s going on since it’s slow to respond and there is no visual feedback for presses. But otherwise pretty good, actually. It’s just that all the steps in order to get to the actual workflow get in your way. I still think it’s probably better than tissue patterns, though.
Also, finally, I have to repeat what other people have said about the website. The filtering options are abysmal. This wouldn’t be so much of a problem if the website wasn’t also sooooo slow. There are something like 10 men’s shirts that all look nearly identical in the main pictures, so you’re left to try to open up each one separately to figure out what the differences are, and the website often loses your place.
Right now this is a 3 star app mostly because of frustrations with connection and calibration. I know a lot of this is out of the developer’s hands (e.g. WiFi strength, keystoning, etc.) but what isn’t out of their hands is the resilience of the app. The app frequently crashes if everything is not set up perfectly. For example, if my overhead lights are on, sometimes I get a message that says to make sure lighting is even, but other times the app will just hang indefinitely.
Also the calibration verification shapes are consistently off by a quarter inch in at least one corner. If I simply had an “advanced” or “fine tuning” mode, I could skip almost all of this frustration. Once in workspace mode, it’s not too bad. A little hard to figure out what’s going on since it’s slow to respond and there is no visual feedback for presses. But otherwise pretty good, actually. It’s just that all the steps in order to get to the actual workflow get in your way. I still think it’s probably better than tissue patterns, though.
Also, finally, I have to repeat what other people have said about the website. The filtering options are abysmal. This wouldn’t be so much of a problem if the website wasn’t also sooooo slow. There are something like 10 men’s shirts that all look nearly identical in the main pictures, so you’re left to try to open up each one separately to figure out what the differences are, and the website often loses your place.
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