Comparison

Cross Stitch vs Self Care Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Cross Stitch

This app helps embroidery enthusiasts manage their projects. Track progress, plan materials from a large database, and organize your embroidery plans and works in progress with photos and notes.

Highlights
  • Project progress tracking
  • Material planning
  • Large material database
  • Custom material addition
  • Embroidery kit list
  • Photo and comment notes
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Cross-Stitch Planner is an interactive assistant in your embroidery hobby. Keep a detailed and convenient account of all your embroidery work. Calculate necessary materials. Lead embroidery progress. Write comments on projects and set photos. Application can do: - make a separate page with a photograph of the work. Distribute all your processes between the processes "In progress" and "embroidery plans." Convenient tag navigation between all your processes. - Plan the necessary materials for future embroidery. Just choose from a huge database of materials (DMC, Anchor, Kreinik, Mill Hill, Gamma, PNK Kirov, Madeira, Zweigart and much more). Didn't find the material in the database? Just add item manually. - Make a complete list of embroidery kits for both your already purchased and your future acquisitions. - Detailed embroidery tracker for each project separately and in total by day.

About

Self Care Tracker

Build and maintain positive habits with this straightforward tracker. It motivates consistent improvement and helps you achieve your personal best in life-changing routines.

Highlights
  • Habit building
  • Progress tracking
  • Motivation
  • Personal best achievement
  • Life-changing routines
Features
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This is a simple tracker that helps you build and maintain positive life-changing habits and motivates you towards consistent improvement and achieving your personal best.

Screenshots

Cross Stitch4 screens
Self Care Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Self Care Tracker at 100% against Cross Stitch's 0%. Self Care Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). Cross Stitch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Self Care Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cross Stitch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Self Care Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Self Care Tracker has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Cross Stitch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Self Care Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cross Stitch ships an update monthly, Self Care Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cross Stitch versus Self Care Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCross StitchSelf Care Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGORA StudioRoman Petrichenko

Customer experience

Cross Stitch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Self Care Tracker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cross Stitch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Self Care Tracker

One-time1
  • Free PremiumFree

Questions

Is Cross Stitch free?
Cross Stitch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Self Care Tracker free?
Self Care Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cross Stitch or Self Care Tracker?
Self Care Tracker is rated higher. Cross Stitch averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Self Care Tracker averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Cross Stitch or Self Care Tracker have ads?
Neither Cross Stitch nor Self Care Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cross Stitch or Self Care Tracker?
Cross Stitch ships an update monthly, and Self Care Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cross Stitch was updated on October 10, 2026 and Self Care Tracker on October 20, 2026.

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