Not AT ALL intuitive
Every section requires a tutorial, which are not very easy to follow. Once the project is set up, it’s somewhat easy to follow, but if you make a mistake, it is extraordinarily difficult to fix. I had three shaded overlap rows that showed up on a single page, and I could not figure out how to fix it. I ended up restoring an earlier progress file, and I lost many marked up stitches. Now o have to go back and manually markup the stitches I’ve already done. It’s apparent that the developers put a lot of effort into the new app, but it is so much more difficult to use.
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Too stressful
I’m sure it will be great once I figure out what to do but it’s thrown WAY too much information at me in the first 5 minutes, I can’t remember a single thing it’s said, I have no idea what any of the buttons do despite reading and crossing off a million pop ups, genuinely want to fling my iPad and call it a day
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Markup Rx-p
This app has made stitching so much faster and a lot more fun. They are very open to suggestions to improve your stitching pleasure. If you like to stitch this is definitely the app to have.
Ridiculous cost
After using the app for 3 years you suddenly do this major update and ask for a $30 AUD annual subscription because ur “continuing to work on the app”. I honestly don’t find that a good enough justification when you could have still kept a free version of the app and then subscription users could access a premium version with all the new features and layout introduced and made that one a premium version. Definitely lost me at $30 AUD a year I may as well go back to paper pattern keeping
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I have to have a free trial
There should be a clear indicator, before installing the app, that this isn’t free. I understand the need to charge, but when the button says free in the App Store, I assumed it was free.
I didn’t realize that this is a paid app. When I try to do anything it asks if I want to start a 14 day free trial. I didn’t see anywhere how much a subscription is.
I didn’t realize that this is a paid app. When I try to do anything it asks if I want to start a 14 day free trial. I didn’t see anywhere how much a subscription is.
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New Version
The new version is not user friendly like the prior one, hard to switch between Screens and takes me longer to even prep to start stitching. Last one was quicker and easier to use.
I use to love it
I use to love this app as I’ve had it for over two years, but with this new update I hate it. It was so confusing on how to use. I want an app that makes my cross stitching experience fun and simple, not something that stresses me out and makes it not fun. I miss being able to highlight the stitches I missed to see where I messed up. You now have to use two fingers to move around and I can’t move around using my Apple Pencil. I have so many spots I mark off on accident because I both of my fingers don’t register. I miss the old one because it actually helped me, while this one hinders me and makes it harder. I enjoy using my iPad for patterns because I can easily take it with me and not have to worry about losing a page or forgetting a page but I’m disappointed with the new app. I’m going to finish the rest of my subscription but if nothing changes I will probably find another app unfortunately.
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Cross Stitch game changer
I have been cross stitching for 30 years, always using paper charts and marking them up directly with pencil and then with highlighter. I spent a long time researching cross stitching apps in the last year wondering why there would be any point paying for something that I have been doing for free for so long. I finally took the plunge and wow am I so glad I did. Markup R-XP has completely changed my relationship with my craft. It makes the process of stitching - finding stitches, keeping track of where I am, - easy and enjoyable and I honestly can’t quite believe that I spent so many years without it. The added bonus of support and advice from the developer and the absolute care and attention to detail that they provide is outstanding.
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Getting there
I’m finding it much easier to fix problems when charts won’t load properly and keys can’t be read. I really like the way a chart will show in black and white until stitches are marked, then marked stitches are in colour so the chart develops along with the cross stitch. Much prettier than my old method of greying out stitches. I’m finding it very difficult to use for blackwork and backstitch, so I’m not using it for that. It crashes a lot when patterns are being uploaded and updated, hope that the latest update fixes that.
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Hate the update
I loved this app when I got it. But since the last update I hate it. They changed it completely and I am not going to use it anymore. Waste of money.
Love the upgrades
Fabulous app with a full range of easy to follow video instructions has you doing what you love - stitching - in no time at all!!
Miss the old version
Before the update, PDFs were so easy to upload and the app’s symbol and color recognition was seamless. Now it gets half the colors wrong and is basically no different than counting by hand. Cancelling my subscription. Hopefully I’ll find another app that used to work as well as this did.
Horrible update
I enjoyed Markup for over a year but the latest update made it impossible to use. The app doesn’t recognize half of the symbols on any patterns I import anymore and the user interface is not helpful. I canceled my subscription and am now looking for an alternative. I don’t understand why we had to turn something that was so simple and effective into something so needlessly complicated.
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Update is terrible
Losing the ability to have the pattern broken down into pages was such a blow. My giant pattern is now chaos. Bring back individual pages. Bring back buttons for zoom, moving the page, and mark up. Just a heartbreaking update. Went from highly functional to awkward and time consuming.
Bad Updatr
Loved the ease of the interface on previous version. Easy to toggle to the key, other pages, etc. Now I can find the key, I’m constantly marking boxes I don’t want to, and heave forbid I somehow navigate to a new layer because good grief is it impossible to find the layer with the marked squares.
The perfect tool for tapestry and crossstitch
I have it on my tablet and it works perfectly. PDF patterns are uploaded clearly and marking progress is very easy. The most recent updates have made it even better, with the whole pattern on one page, and can be magnified clearly.
Some bugs
I enjoy this app and it does make my cross stitching easier. However, I am struggling to change the color of the markup and it is making it an opaque color that can be hard to see what I marked up. It is clearly a low budget app, but other than that it works.
Horrible update
I loved this app and then it updated and it ruined everything! Worst update ever! Canceled my subscription. Hopefully I’ll find something like this used to be. Don’t waste your money, it’s awful and so confusing
Update sucks
Used to be my absolute favorite app; I've had it since highschool, for cross stitching. This new update has rendered it unusable. Truly garbage. Nothing is intuitive, picture symbols and nothing is labeled. It takes you on roundabout journeys when trying to navigate through your pattern. Setting symbols is horrible and tedious because the "PDF reading" doesn't actually work go translate the key to symbols. Can't highlight specific symbols anymore. Can't even look at a single page of your PDF chart. Do not waste your money.
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Update ruined it
It used to be amazing and I recommend it to all my friends. The update completely ruined the interface
