Comparison

dot Customizer vs Embroidery Lettering

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

dot Customizer

Create and edit custom embroidery designs with a library of built-in patterns and fonts. Send designs wirelessly to compatible machines for stitching. Suitable for all skill levels, from beginners to experts.

Highlights
  • Create and edit embroidery designs
  • Wireless design transfer to machines
  • Combine designs with letters/words
  • 260 built-in embroidery designs
  • 13 different fonts
  • Beginner and advanced modes
  • Embroidery simulation and trace functions
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dot Customizer is a free application for using with compatible embroidery machines. With this app, you can create and edit embroidery designs and send them directly to the machine for embroidering. Great embroidery fun for everyone from beginners to experts!   What you can do: · Simply choose any of the built-in designs and send wirelessly to the embroidery machine for stitching out (no need for cords or USB sticks to transfer designs). · Combine embroidery designs with letters/words to create original designs. · Add embroidery to other projects. · Create original lettering designs with your favorite fonts. Main features: · 260 built-in embroidery designs from a range of categories · 12 different English fonts plus one Japanese font (incl. Kanji) · 2 different modes including easy-to-use "Beginner level" · A variety of editing functions: copy/paste/resize/stitch density adjustment/color selection/positioning etc. · Embroidery simulation and trace functions to check the position on the fabric before stitching out   Supported OS: iOS 12.0 or later   Supported screen size: 4.7 inches or larger

About

Embroidery Lettering

Create custom text-based embroidery designs with a variety of fonts and adjustable properties. Preview your designs with a simulation before receiving them via email in your machine's format.

Highlights
  • 10 professionally digitized fonts
  • Adjustable size, spacing, and fill properties
  • Control over stitch density, underlay, and thread trims
  • Embroidery simulation for design preview
  • Email export in chosen machine format
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Embroidery Lettering allows you to create text-based embroidery designs for FREE. It has 10 professionally digitized fonts, with control over size, spacing and fill properties, such as stitch density, underlay, lock stitches and thread trims. An embroidery simulation allows you to fine-tune your design, and once it looks like you expect, Embroidery Lettering emails it to you, in your chosen machine format, ready for stitching.

Screenshots

dot Customizer2 screens
Embroidery Lettering4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Embroidery Lettering at 5.0 against dot Customizer's 3.1. Embroidery Lettering also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 23%). dot Customizer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Embroidery Lettering holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dot Customizer has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of dot Customizer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Embroidery Lettering's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
dot Customizer versus Embroidery Lettering: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterdot CustomizerEmbroidery Lettering
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDRAWstitch International Ltd.AR Robots S.A.

Customer experience

dot Customizer

All ratings14 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative59.1%

Embroidery Lettering

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

dot Customizer

No in-app purchases

None

Embroidery Lettering

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is dot Customizer free?
dot Customizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Embroidery Lettering free?
Embroidery Lettering is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, dot Customizer or Embroidery Lettering?
Embroidery Lettering is rated higher. dot Customizer averages 3.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Embroidery Lettering averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do dot Customizer or Embroidery Lettering have ads?
Embroidery Lettering shows ads; dot Customizer does not.

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