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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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.
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
New update has made this unusable
This app worked fine before. Now my patterns won’t load right, it’s missing symbols, ignoring the key and changing colors randomly. I’m disappointed I paid for a full year and now I can’t use it without massive frustration
Great app, super helpful!
I’ve found it very easy to use and so helpful to keep my place!
Used to be great. Just want the old app back!
This app was great and I was happy to pay for it. The total redesign ruined it and I want my money back. This is not the app I paid for at all anymore.
Update feedback
I love this app, and the new update looks great! However, I’m really finding the removal of the “move” tool painful. I markup with my Apple Pencil, and having to use two fingers means I can’t easily move around my project with a tap anymore. Please bring back the toggle between markup, movement, and symbol search!
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Brilliant Update
More intuitive, places pages together seamlessly. It’s a great update.
New update
Decided to give this app a chance after seeing so many people say great things. It was everything they said and then in the middle of my trial, it updates and erases everything I’ve done. Then on top of that, each time I try to set up my project I was in the middle of, the app crashes, which in turn erases all my progress again. Not sure why it’s happening but I’m glad I didn’t pay for the app if this keeps happening.
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The good just got better!
This is by far the most useful and customizable app for marking up cross stitch pdf charts.
It is different from the older version, but after watching their youtube videos and playing with it a bit I found it easy to use, as well as faster to markup the charts.
It is different from the older version, but after watching their youtube videos and playing with it a bit I found it easy to use, as well as faster to markup the charts.
Not Intuitive
Since the update, it’s become extremely difficult to use. I’m constantly unable to mark my stitches with no reason that I can find. Really enjoyed using it before the update changed everything.
Horrible update
I was putting dozens of hours into this app every single week. It is now basically unusable. In the entire time I’ve owned any apple products, this is hands down the worst update I have ever gotten. It won’t even let me request a refund. This is not what I paid for.
Amazing!!!!
I hadn’t done any cross stitch for about 6 years. But recently gone back to it and was worried that I’d struggle seeing a pattern these days. But this app is an absolute game changer - I use it on my iPad, can zoom in as much or little as I like. And I can mark off what I’ve done (which I never bothered doing with paper patterns) and it shows me how much I’ve done and where I finished off. The new update is brilliant too - definitely easier to use. Worth every penny. Love it!!
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Was a 5 Now a 2 UPDATE: Now a 1
I hate the update. I loved it before, though. But not now. I bought an iPad just to use it, but I need one page at a time. Only. Ever. Including stitches. Not only is single PAGE mode in the symbol menu, but the icon is the well-established copy symbol. FFS. I canceled my subscription. And it is so easy to use that it is easy to mess up. I hate it so much now.
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Update sucks balls
This worked beautifully until the update. Then they fixed it so it’s basically unusable. Great work, jerks.
