Household Helper vs StitchDirect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Household Helper
Organize your household by sharing appointments, shopping lists, notes, and tasks with family or roommates. Streamline meal planning, manage contacts, and set reminders with push notifications for seamless coordination.
- Shared appointments and reminders
- Collaborative shopping lists
- Note sharing
- Checklist creation
- Contact management
- Meal planning
- Task assignment
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Everything you need to manage your everyday life in a household with a family, a shared apartment or as a single. Share appointments, reminders, shopping-lists, notes, checklists, contacts, etc. with every member of your household and get push notifications when something changes or happens. Functions: - Movies - Meals - Appointments - Reminders - Contacts - Timers - Checklists - Shopping - Notes - Surveys - Tasks - Cash books An example on how this app could simplify your life: 1. Add all the meals you (or any member) can cook 2. Let other members fill their wish-to-eat-list 3. Automatically generate and customize an eating schedule 4. Add the ingredients directly to a shopping list. 5. Sort the things on this list to avoid running circles in the supermarket. 6. Mark what you've bought and what you didn't got, so that another member may buy the missing things somewhere else. This app is 100% free to use without any restrictions or ads. If you like the app, you can support new features and further development with a voluntary in-app purchase. This support does not bring you any benefits in the app but our deep gratitude.
StitchDirect
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The StitchDirect app opens up new creative possibilities with your bernette 59 sewing and embroidery machine. It adds mobile sewing and embroidery features to your machine, so that ideas don’t have to start at your sewing table. From the first idea to the finished embroidery design, the StitchDirect app keeps creativity moving. Edit and combine motifs on a mobile device, then send them directly to the b59 via WiFi for a seamless creative workflow. With the StitchDirect app, you can: • Upload your own photos, trace them and stitch them out on your machine • Edit and combine embroidery motifs • Draw your own motifs • Create monogram and letter designs • Stylize text with WordArt • Customize decorative stitches individually • Create your own decorative stitch patterns with the Stitch Designer • Use the integrated bernette Creative Consultant for recommendations on presser foot, needle and thread tailored to your project • Monitor your embroidery process live • Discover new embroidery designs in the OESD shop and grow your personal design library From quick DIY projects and personalized gifts to larger embroidery ideas with the Multi-Position Hoop, the StitchDirect app helps you create more freely, flexibly and intuitively. bernette For all my ideas.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StitchDirect at none against Household Helper's 5. Household Helper's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Household Helper sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. StitchDirect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Household Helper ships an update every 5 weeks, StitchDirect every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Household Helper | StitchDirect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bernhard Krenz | BERNINA |
In-app purchases
Household Helper
- A cup of coffee$0.99
- Coffee for a week$2.99
- Coffee for a month$8.99
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- Coffee for a quarter$14.99
- Coffee for a year$34.99
StitchDirect
No in-app purchases
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