Magic Needle vs Needlepoint Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Needle
Transform your photos into unique cross-stitch patterns with this mobile converter. It offers tools for pattern creation, embroidery tracking, and project management, making it ideal for both beginners and experienced crafters. Create personalized gifts or enjoy your hobby with ease.
- Create cross-stitch patterns from photos
- Adjust scheme size and color count
- Select fabric and floss brands
- Track embroidery progress
- Export patterns to PDF
- Organize and track floss inventory
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Create unique cross-stitch patterns from your favorite photos using the best mobile converter on the App Store. Perfect for both novice and expert cross-stitchers. Magic Needle is a great opportunity to make a memorable gift for your family, friends or yourself! UPLOAD PHOTO, ADJUST SETTINGS, START EMBROIDERING. That’s it, nothing to add. TOP FEATURES CREATE - Adjust scheme size and number of colors - Choose from global fabric and floss brands - Control advanced settings, like stitch type and number of strands to stitch with EMBROIDER - Select floss to focus on embroidering a particular color - Quick access to color palette with floss IDs - Mark stitched area and track your progress - Use color picker to find floss in the palette - Double-tap on color in the palette to find unmarked stitches - Tap and hold on color to see how many stitches left to embroider - Get summary with a list of flosses and number of skeins to buy EXTRA - Export pattern to PDF - Dark and light mode to help you embroidering with comfort for your eyes - Organize and track your floss in the catalog - Create patterns with your custom floss list - Stitches automatically deducted from the catalog when your mark them - Choose manually crafted cross-stitch patterns in our shop Magic Needle is designed for you to enjoy your favorite hobby. Terms of Use: https://magic-needle.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://magic-needle.io/privacy Search powered by Algolia
Needlepoint Studio
Organize your needlepoint projects, track your progress with photos, and manage your thread stash. Features a stitch library and a timer for your stitching sessions. Your data is private and stored locally.
- Project tracking with progress photos
- Stitching session timer
- Thread stash cataloging
- Built-in stitch library with diagrams
- Collection value and export
- Private iCloud backup
- Customizable themes
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Learn to needlepoint, one stitch at a time. Needlepoint Studio teaches you the whole stitch library with animated, step-by-step lessons. Every stitch draws itself on the canvas, stroke by stroke, with a needle that shows exactly where the yarn goes. Play it, pause it, step through a single stitch, or slow it to half speed until it clicks. No other needlepoint app teaches this way. FOLLOW A GUIDED PATH Start with First Stitches, free for everyone. Then work through curated lessons in Beautiful Backgrounds, Texture Sampler, and Decorative Accents. Each path builds real skills in the order a teacher would give them. KEEP YOUR WHOLE CRAFT IN ONE STUDIO • Track every canvas from "kitted up" to finished, with progress photos and a before/after compare. • Time your stitching sessions and watch your streak and weekly minutes add up. A running timer stays on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Give a canvas a finish-by date and see, in plain language, whether you're on pace to make it. • Organize your fiber stash and stretcher bars: brand, color, count, and how much you have left. • Flag what you're low on, then take the whole To Buy list to the shop as a shopping list, so you never buy the same thread twice. KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL WORTH See the value of your collection at a glance, and export an insurance-ready CSV or PDF report: proof of everything you own, ready when you need it. CELEBRATE EVERY FINISH Finished canvases join a gallery grouped by year. Share a single project's before-and-after, or a whole year of stitching, as a card made for the feed. YOURS, EVERYWHERE, FOREVER Everything backs up privately through your own iCloud account. Get a new iPhone and your studio is already there. Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a new stitch to learn every day. Log a session with one tap or by asking Siri, and jump to any project or stitch from Spotlight search. GO PRO YOUR WAY: SUBSCRIBE, OR PAY ONCE AND OWN IT FOREVER Studio Pro unlocks the full stitch library, all learning paths, unlimited projects, finish-by pacing, collection and shopping-list export, the Year-in-Review card, and nine extra studio themes. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription (yearly starts with a 3-day free trial), or make a single lifetime purchase that's yours forever. Every plan works on all your devices and shares with your household through Family Sharing. Your data is never locked behind Pro: everything you've made stays visible, editable, and synced even if a subscription ends. Terms of Use: https://pandataps.com/terms/needlepoint Privacy Policy: https://pandataps.com/privacy/needlepoint Made for needlepointers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Needlepoint Studio at 100% against Magic Needle's 55%. Needlepoint Studio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Magic Needle's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Magic Needle sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Needlepoint Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Needlepoint Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Needle has 1.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Magic Needle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Needlepoint Studio's.
Magic Needle ships an update monthly, Needlepoint Studio weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Needle | Needlepoint Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artem Shal | Panda Taps LLC |
Customer experience
Magic Needle
Needlepoint Studio
Bugs and requests
Magic Needle
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to upload photos
- Stitching progress markers disappear unexpectedly
- Difficulty setting desired number of colors
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to edit/modify generated patterns
- Implement a PDF export option
- Improve syncing across devices
- Introduce more advanced color management tools
Needlepoint Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Needle
- Premium3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Premium3 Days trial$29.496 Months
- Premium3 Days trial$41.991 Year
- Simple pattern$0.99
- Export to PDF$1.99
- Medium pattern$1.99
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- 1 pattern$2.99
- Advanced pattern$2.99
- 3 patterns$5.99
- 7 patterns$9.99
Needlepoint Studio
- Studio Pro$9.99
Questions
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