Today's Quilter Magazine vs Upscale Patterns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Today's Quilter Magazine
This app offers a fresh perspective on traditional quilting with beautiful projects, expert techniques, and inspiring features for intermediate to experienced quilters. Discover designer spotlights, quilting heritage, and community news.
- Quilting projects by renowned designers
- Expert technical features for skill improvement
- Inspirational quilt photography
- Quilting news, events, and shows
- Designer profiles and heritage explorations
- Community chat and fun
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Today’s Quilter is the magazine with a fresh take on traditional quilting, on sale every 4 weeks. With projects, features, techniques and news, each issue offers intermediate to experienced quilters 100 pages of beautiful, colourful and inspirational pages of everything they love. At the heart of Today’s Quilter are projects, created by the most well-known and talented designers. Exquisitely photographed quilts start inspired creativity, while expert technical features ensure quilters are always improving their skills for stunning results. Hours of reading pleasure in the form of the latest news from the world of quilting, events and shows to visit, in-depth designer profiles, explorations of the heritage behind the quilts, plus lots of chat and fun from the quilting community! Customers can buy single issues and subscriptions using In App Purchase. Subscriptions are available on monthly or annual terms. *Please Note: Our digital edition does not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies* • Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period • You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for that product • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. This does not affect your statutory rights • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription • The app may offer a free trial. At the end of the free trial period, the full price of the subscription will be charged thereafter. Cancellations must occur 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information. The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. If you would like more information or support please visit our App support page https://www.ourmediaapps.co.uk/apps-faqs/ Our Media Ltd Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://policies.ourmedia.co.uk/privacy-policy/ https://policies.ourmedia.co.uk/website-terms-and-conditions/
Upscale Patterns
This app helps home sewists and DIY designers create half-scale sewing patterns, saving time and money. It facilitates the conversion from half scale to full scale, streamlining the pattern-making process for modern enthusiasts.
- Draft half-scale sewing patterns
- Convert half-scale to full-scale
- Reduce pattern drafting time
- Minimize pattern drafting costs
- Optimized ink usage for output
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The mobile app designed for home sewists and DIY designers. Self-drafting full-size patterns by hand can be expensive and time-consuming, and that's where Upscale Patterns steps in. Our app allows you to draft half-scale patterns, significantly reducing the time and cost involved. The real magic happens during the conversion process from half scale to full scale, where upscale Patterns becomes an indispensable tool for the modern sewing enthusiast. The app takes into consideration the usage of ink and has minimal quality output setting. Therefore it is advised to use a fine width marker for interior notations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Today's Quilter Magazine at 4.7 against Upscale Patterns's 2.3. Today's Quilter Magazine also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (59% vs 40%). Upscale Patterns's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Today's Quilter Magazine sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Upscale Patterns sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Today's Quilter Magazine holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Today's Quilter Magazine has 43 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Today's Quilter Magazine's written reviews are positive against 40% of Upscale Patterns's.
Today's Quilter Magazine ships an update every 2 months, Upscale Patterns every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Today's Quilter Magazine | Upscale Patterns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better | 2.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Our Media Limited | House of Bernard |
Customer experience
Today's Quilter Magazine
Upscale Patterns
In-app purchases
Today's Quilter Magazine
- 1-Month Subscription$6.991 Month
- 3-Month Subscription$19.993 Months
- Discounted Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
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- 12-Month Subscription Bundle$59.991 Year
- 12-Month Subscription1 Year trial$60.991 Year
- Issue 1$5.99
- Issue 5$5.99
- Issue 54$5.99
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- Complete Your Collection2 variants$69.99
Upscale Patterns
- Nu-Credits$1.49
- Nu-Credits$4.99
- Nu-Credits$9.99
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