PathPix Max vs Stitch Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PathPix Max
This app offers extremely large and challenging logic puzzles for experienced players. Solve over a million squares across 102 giant puzzles, including a special art section. Features varying difficulty levels and rewarding images or quotes upon completion.
- 102 GIANT-sized puzzles
- Special Art section with 12 masterpieces
- Over 1 million squares of puzzling
- Easy, Medium, and Hard areas
- Check button to remove incorrect paths
- Puzzles range from 7360 to 15,540 squares
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Can't get enough PathPix? Like big challenges? PathPix Max will keep you playing for a LONG time! It includes 102 GIANT-sized puzzles plus a special Art section with 12 art masterpieces for you to solve. Over 1 million squares of PathPix puzzling pleasure await you here. Easy, Medium and Hard areas in every puzzle. Images from around the world and wise or witty quotes will reward your correct solutions. Stuck? Use the check button and remove incorrect paths. These puzzles are BIG! Puzzles range in size from 7360 squares (46x160) to 15,540 squares (140x111), with an average size around 10,000 squares (100x100). Each puzzle is a giant canvas - puzzle your way through it to paint the finished picture. Needless to say, PathPix Max is for experienced solvers ONLY!!! New to PathPix? Not sure which PathPix to buy? Here's the lineup: There are many different PathPix apps for your iPhone and iPad. All puzzles are different. ---PATHPIX LITE: Wondering if PathPix is for you? Start here. It's free! ---PATHPIX: Hooked? This is the next step, with 189 graduated levels, ranging from small, easy puzzles to large, advanced level puzzles. ---PATHPIX PRO: Are you an expert? Looking for a LOT of puzzles? Then PathPix Pro is for you, with 320 puzzles ranging from Medium difficulty to Extreme. ---PATHPIX ZEN: Relaxing and addictive! 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. ---PATHPIX JOY: Keep smiling! 99 puzzles = many happy hours of PathPix fun. Small to large, easy to advanced - you'll find it all here. ---PATHPIX MAGIC: Magic of all kinds! 99 puzzles, small to huge, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX LAUGH: Lots more puzzles to tickle your funnybone. 202 puzzles, each with a silly joke or quote related to the puzzle picture. Small to large, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BOO: Silly - spooky - scary - fun! 99 puzzles for Halloween and other dark nights. ---PATHPIX XMAS: 99 puzzles with a Christmas theme to get you in the mood for the holidays. Whether you are looking for sentiment or silliness, you will find it here. ---PATHPIX LOVE: All you need is love! 99 puzzles, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX MAX: Some of the biggest PathPix puzzles ever. 114 GIANT-sized puzzles, over a million squares total! ---PATHPIX ART: MAXimum fun - 150 HUGE puzzles based on famous paintings, including the biggest PathPix puzzles ever made. ---PATHPIX THANKS: 99 puzzles for Thanks Giving. Easy to Expert. ---PATHPIX EDGE: Live on the edge! None of these puzzles are rectangular. 180 puzzles, all different shapes, from teeny to gigantic, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX ALICE: The original Alice comes to life as you puzzle your way through 42 truly gigantic, colorful, and FUN illustrations for Lewis Carroll's masterpiece novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puzzles are based on the classic Tenniel illustrations. Complete book included. ---PATHPIX TIME: 99 forward-looking puzzles to welcome the New Year and beyond. Small to large, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX HEX: PathPix with a difference: the paths wander about on a grid of 6-sided cells (hexagons) . Warning: twisty paths make for tricky puzzles! 179 puzzles, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BUBBLE: Classic PathPix on special grids with squares and rectangles of different sizes. Paths can be wild and wacky. The theme is Water, oceans to raindrops. 160 puzzles, easy to expert. PathPix Max is based on the PC game "PathPix" by Kris Pixton and KpixGames.
Stitch Studio
Transform any photo into a detailed cross-stitch pattern on your iPhone. Choose resolution and color count, then stitch cell by cell with intuitive gestures. Earn coins by completing projects to unlock new design packs.
- Photo to cross-stitch pattern conversion
- Adjustable resolution and color count
- Intuitive swipe and tap controls
- EZ Mode for mistake-free stitching
- Curated design packs
- Progress tracking and XP system
- Automatic iCloud sync
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Stitch Studio brings the calm, focused joy of cross-stitch to your iPhone. Import any photo and watch it transform into a pattern you can complete - one satisfying stitch at a time. CREATE FROM ANYTHING Import any photo and convert it into a cross-stitch pattern. Adjust the resolution and palette size to control how detailed or minimal your design looks. Smarter palettes keep dark tones true - dark reds, navy blues, and browns stay as real colors instead of collapsing to black. Unlimited previews let you tune the settings and see the result before you commit to a new project. STITCH AT YOUR OWN PACE Your canvas zooms to four levels so you can work with fine detail or take in the whole picture. Swipe to fill cells, tap to place individual stitches, and undo by stroke or by single cell - whichever suits your style. Rich haptic feedback makes every stitch feel satisfying. Play one-handed with Left-Hand Mode, which flips the in-game controls to your other side in both portrait and landscape. Prefer a relaxed, mistake-free experience? Unlock EZ Mode with coins to skip wrong-color taps and stitch without ever placing an error cell - it stays unlocked for that image, even if you re-download or regenerate it. DESIGN PACKS Browse more than 80 curated packs of ready-to-stitch designs, with new ones added regularly - Midnight Cats, Pop Art, Interesting Portraits, Ancient Egypt, Mythical Creatures, Mushroom World, Landscapes, Cartoon Animals, and many more. Tap any design to view it full screen and swipe through the entire pack before you spend a thing. Mark your favorites, sort and filter your collection, and earn coins by completing projects to spend on new packs. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Each project tracks your time played, completion percentage, and stitch history. Earn XP as you stitch, level up, and hit milestones that reward bonus coins. When a project is finished, watch a full replay of every stitch animating into place in the exact order you placed them - then share it with anyone you like. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE Stitch Studio is fully translated into German, Spanish, and French, from menus to in-game controls, so you can stitch in the language you are most comfortable with. MADE TO RELAX Everything in Stitch Studio is designed to be calming and distraction-free. A redesigned Settings screen puts every option within reach, with clear info buttons that explain each one and easy-to-grab sliders with satisfying haptic ticks. Works in portrait and landscape, with configurable haptic intensity. Automatic iCloud sync keeps your coins, level, stats, and projects backed up across devices and re-installs. Free to download with no ads and no subscriptions. Create one custom design per day for free, and earn coins by completing projects. Coin packs are available if you would rather not wait - but nothing in the app is ever locked behind them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stitch Studio at Free against PathPix Max's $3.99. Stitch Studio also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months). PathPix Max's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (105 vs 5). On rating, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Stitch Studio is free to download; PathPix Max costs $3.99 up front. Stitch Studio sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. PathPix Max asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PathPix Max against 5.0 for Stitch Studio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PathPix Max has 105 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of PathPix Max's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stitch Studio's.
PathPix Max ships an update every 17 months, Stitch Studio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PathPix Max | Stitch Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (105 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 98.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kris Pixton | Max Ehrlich |
Customer experience
PathPix Max
Stitch Studio
Bugs and requests
PathPix Max
Reported bugs
1 issue- Crashing multiple times a day
Requested features
8 requests- Gigantic versions of puzzles (1000+ x 1000+)
- More colorful puzzles
- A whole game based on famous artwork
- Soundtrack
- Show completion time for each solved puzzle
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- More holiday-themed puzzles
- More PathPix Max games
- Loopical Max game
Stitch Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PathPix Max
No in-app purchases
Stitch Studio
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 250 Coins$1.99
- 500 Coins$3.49
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- 1000 Coins$4.99





