Comparison

Crochet Chart vs Cross Stitch Pattern Maker

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

Head to head
About

Crochet Chart

Design custom crochet patterns with a variety of shapes and over 70 symbols, including Brioche and Tunisian stitches. Create your own colors, add custom symbols, and import images to trace or convert. Organize projects with files and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Design freeform charts in various shapes
  • 70+ crochet symbols (Brioche, Tunisian)
  • Create custom colors and symbols
  • Import images to trace or convert
  • Organize projects with files
  • Sync projects via iCloud/Google Drive
  • Generate PDF charts and high-res images
Features
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Use Crochet Chart to design your own crochet patterns in any shape you like. Use the initial setup to place guides in a circle, rectangle, oval or spiral. Choose from 70+ symbols including Brioche and Tunisian Crochet. Create your own colours and add them to your palette and design or add your own symbols. Place symbols automatically aligned in a circle, square or line the quickly build your designs. Organise your projects the way you like using files, and sync them with other devices using iCloud or Google Drive. Add any image to your chart to convert it to a symbol, or to trace and alter an existing design. Some other features are: • Use the legend to swap colours in your chart, or to change the default description • Generate a PDF document containing your chart and the legend of used symbols • Save a high resolution image • Group and duplicate symbols for easy and faster designing • Add notes and images to your charts • Place symbols aligned on a circle, rectangle or line • Tap and hold on a aligned group for options • Create your own colours • Lock the guides and change the rotation snap degrees • Lock your chart to prevent unwanted changes This version is free to give you the ability to try Crochet Chart before buying. Please upgrade to the Pro Version if you want to unlock all features and create as many charts as you like! Please send an email to help@knitting-chart.com if you encounter any problems or have a question! Take a look at the app Knitting Chart if you also want to draw square charts in a grid.

About

Cross Stitch Pattern Maker

Design custom cross-stitch and needlepoint patterns from scratch or by importing images. Features include a vast color palette, image effects, and a mark-up tool to track your progress. Easily export and organize your creations.

Highlights
  • Import images for pattern creation
  • Over 400 colors available
  • Image effect slider for reproduction
  • Color replacement tool
  • Mark-up tool for progress tracking
  • Export patterns to phone library
  • Organize patterns with folders
Features
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Cross Stitch Pattern Maker is your new app to create and design x-stitch, needlepoint, or patterns and canvas. Its minimalist design and user-friendly interface make the cross stitch pattern creation very easy. Import an image or start from scratch to design your first pattern. At any point, you can resize the pattern, change the background color, replace a color, or edit the background image. With our image effect slider, you can directly transform a background image to make it easier to reproduce as a cross-stitch model. The app contains more than 400 colors to choose from. Once finished, use the mark-up tool to keep track of your progress when stitching your new pattern. You can also export your pattern to your phone images to share it easily. Help and tutorials will guide you in your first steps within the cross stitch Pattern Maker app. What are you waiting for... let's create your first pattern! Happy stitching! Cross Stitch Pattern Maker key points: --------------------------------------- x - Dark and Light modes x - 400+ Colors to create amazing cross stitch patterns x - Cross Stitch Mark-up tool x - Image importer with opacity and cross stitch effect converter x - Color Replacement x - Background color picker x - Help and tutorial to learn how to use the app x - Export to your phone photo library x - Folders to organize your pattern by in-progress / finished x - Create patterns up to 200x200 stitches x - Ideal for x-stitch, needlepoint or crossstitch / cross stitch

Screenshots

Crochet Chart4 screens
Cross Stitch Pattern Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Crochet Chart at none against Cross Stitch Pattern Maker's shown. Crochet Chart also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (73 vs 14). Cross Stitch Pattern Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (37% vs 26%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crochet Chart sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cross Stitch Pattern Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crochet Chart holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crochet Chart has 73 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of Crochet Chart's written reviews are positive against 37% of Cross Stitch Pattern Maker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crochet Chart ships an update every 2 months, Cross Stitch Pattern Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Crochet Chart versus Cross Stitch Pattern Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrochet ChartCross Stitch Pattern Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (73 ratings) — better3.4 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews26.5% of reviews37.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.1 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet Hein van CleefSylvain Huon

Customer experience

Crochet Chart

All ratings73 ratings
Positive65.8%
Neutral8.2%
Negative26.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive26.5%
Neutral20.6%
Negative52.9%

Cross Stitch Pattern Maker

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive37.0%
Neutral22.2%
Negative40.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crochet Chart

One-time1
  • Crochet Chart Pro$8.99
1 purchases

Cross Stitch Pattern Maker

One-time1
  • Pro Version$3.99

Questions

Is Crochet Chart free?
Crochet Chart is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cross Stitch Pattern Maker free?
Cross Stitch Pattern Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crochet Chart or Cross Stitch Pattern Maker?
Crochet Chart is rated higher. Crochet Chart averages 3.7 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Cross Stitch Pattern Maker averages 3.4 from 14 ratings.
Do Crochet Chart or Cross Stitch Pattern Maker have ads?
Cross Stitch Pattern Maker shows ads; Crochet Chart does not.
Which is updated more often, Crochet Chart or Cross Stitch Pattern Maker?
Crochet Chart ships an update every 2 months, and Cross Stitch Pattern Maker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Crochet Chart was updated on September 26, 2026 and Cross Stitch Pattern Maker on September 21, 2026.

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