Mini Zendo vs Cross
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini Zendo
Create custom meditation sessions with customizable start and end bells. Offers inspiring quotes from Zen teachers to encourage a consistent practice. Designed to help users build an easy meditation discipline.
- Customizable meditation sessions
- Start and end bells
- Inspiring Zen quotes
- Build meditation discipline
- Supports multiple religions
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Mini Zendo allows you to create up to 6 different meditation sessions, depending on time availability, and thus helps create an easy meditation discipline. The session starts with a bell, and ends with a bell. The quotes are from Zen teachers, but the shinto torii reminds us to accept all religions. As your session ends, you can read an inspiring quote by Suzuki Roshi and Thich Nhat Hahn... Following a steady practice, is difficult...Mini Zendo is here to help!!
Cross
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Cross-Stitch Copilot helps you keep your place in PDF cross-stitch patterns on iPhone and iPad. Open a chart you already own, mark the stitches or areas you have finished, and continue from the page and position where you stopped. Make a new pattern from a photo, follow your progress, and organize DMC floss in the same app. STITCH FROM PDF AND IMAGE CHARTS Keep your original PDF pattern visible while you work. Zoom into small symbols, move between pages, and mark completed areas directly on the chart. For stitch-by-stitch tracking, place a grid over a chart page, check its alignment, and mark individual cells. Your last PDF page, zoom level, and position are saved for the next session. You can also import a PNG or JPG chart, including a clear scan of a printed pattern. Review the detected grid and legend before using cell counts. The imported chart stays available as a reference while you stitch. FIND THE SYMBOL YOU NEED On a configured PDF page, select a chart symbol to highlight suggested matches. Check them against the original pattern before marking stitches complete. Focus on one symbol, see which cells are finished and which remain, and undo a mark when you need to correct it. You can mark a single cell or a matching area as you work. CREATE A CROSS-STITCH PATTERN FROM A PHOTO Turn a photo of a pet, landscape, drawing, or another subject into a new chart. Crop the image, choose the chart size and color settings, and preview the design before creating it. Each cell in the generated pattern represents one color and one symbol, so you can follow and mark the chart as you stitch. SEE WHAT YOU HAVE FINISHED View completed and remaining stitches, project completion, and recent activity in one place. Set goals and follow your stitching history. When a project has enough data, see an estimated finish time. Add notes and progress photos to remember how the work grew from the first stitches to the final details. KEEP FLOSS AND MATERIALS ORGANIZED Review DMC thread colors, record the floss you own, and make a shopping list for what you still need. For imported charts, check the pattern's own color key and confirm suggested symbol-to-thread matches before relying on material totals. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Your marks and project progress save as you work. Export a backup and restore it when needed. No account is required to begin. From a first cross-stitch kit to a detailed multi-page PDF, Cross-Stitch Copilot brings your pattern, symbol search, stitch counter, progress tracker, and floss list together in one calm workspace. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://stitch-copilot.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mini Zendo at none against Cross's 1. Cross's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 7 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cross sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mini Zendo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mini Zendo ships an update every 7 months, Cross every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Zendo | Cross |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martine Habib | Mikhail Andrewywvich Chekalin |
In-app purchases
Mini Zendo
No in-app purchases
Cross
- Premium forever$34.99









