Comparison

Floriani SketchAStitch vs Ditto Patterns

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

Head to head
About

Floriani SketchAStitch

Transform your iPad into a sketching tool. Trace images, draw designs, and then convert your creations into digitized embroidery files for desktop software. Ideal for artists and crafters on the go.

Highlights
  • Sketch on iPad
  • Trace photos and clipart
  • Create digitized embroidery designs
  • Send designs to desktop software
  • Portable design creation
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Use the app for all sorts of Sketching right on your iPad. Trace photos, sketch skylines, clipart, or almost anything from the comfort and safety of your couch, while traveling, or at your desk. Then quickly turn your sketch into a digitized design and send it to your Floriani SketchAStitch desktop embroidery software.

About

Ditto Patterns

This app is part of a digital pattern projection system for home sewists. It allows users to customize patterns with their body measurements in real time, making sewing more adaptable and efficient. The system aims to revolutionize pattern making by offering paperless, personalized garment creation.

Highlights
  • Paperless pattern projection
  • Customizable patterns
  • Real-time body measurement adaptation
  • Algorithmic pattern intelligence
  • Pattern customization on website
  • App connects to projector
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Ditto is the first-ever digital pattern projection system for home sewists. Ditto combines digital projection with algorithmic intelligence to make patterns paperless, customizable and adaptable to any body measurements in real time. The system compresses hours into minutes and marks the first evolution in patterns in 160 years. Ditto is the future of sewing, enabling the freedom of expression, the freedom of fit and the joy of clothes reflecting who you are. Ditto gets to the fun part faster. Ditto is an ecosystem that includes: • The website where you customize and purchase your pattern • The hardware, including the projector and cutting mat • The app that connects with and sends your pattern to the projector How Ditto works: 1. Customize your pattern on the dittopatterns.com website. Your selected style with your measurements updated instantly. 2. Launch the Ditto app and calibrate with the Ditto mat 3. Project and cut your pattern Ditto comes with hundreds of customizable, original patterns that can be modified in thousands of ways to create truly individualized garments. Ditto’s expansive library of customizable patterns creates countless possibilities. Changing a neckline or sleeve, or flaring out a skirt or pant leg are just a few examples of what is possible in a few clicks within dittopatterns.com. As changes are made, the technical illustration will reflect the choices in real time, allowing the sewist to approve the design or keep editing until each garment is exactly what they envision.

Screenshots

Ditto Patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ditto Patterns at 4.0 against Floriani SketchAStitch's 1.7. Ditto Patterns also leads on review sentiment (19% vs 0%) and ratings volume (203 vs 9). Floriani SketchAStitch's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Ditto Patterns holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ditto Patterns has 203 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Floriani SketchAStitch's written reviews are positive against 19% of Ditto Patterns's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Floriani SketchAStitch ships an update monthly, Ditto Patterns every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Floriani SketchAStitch versus Ditto Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFloriani SketchAStitchDitto Patterns
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (9 ratings)4.0 (203 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews19.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9203 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRNK DistributingNEWCO JODITO LLC

Customer experience

Floriani SketchAStitch

All ratings9 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative88.9%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Ditto Patterns

All ratings203 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative19.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive19.2%
Neutral19.2%
Negative61.5%

Bugs and requests

Floriani SketchAStitch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ditto Patterns

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App and website do not work
  • Projector light goes out when sending patterns
  • Cannot calibrate patterns
  • Yellow 'uploads' box not appearing
  • Pattern did not adjust to measurements
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  • Instructions for neckline incorrect
  • App won't close with swipe
  • Projector won't connect to WiFi
  • Projector stopped pairing
  • App won't connect to projector
  • Projector doesn't find projector after password
  • App crashes frequently
  • Calibration verification shapes consistently off
  • App won't connect iPhone/iPad to projector
  • Internal server error when accessing patterns
  • Cannot import PDF patterns
  • Customizable patterns are buggy

Requested features

22 requests
  • Improve pattern readability
  • Fix app and website functionality
  • Improve app navigation
  • Enable local storage for patterns
  • Allow users to store patterns on device for free
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  • Improve pattern instructions
  • Fix BYOP functionality
  • Fix app not closing with swipe
  • Add more attractive pattern selections
  • Improve customer service response time
  • Allow phone app to work in portrait mode
  • Improve mobile UI/UX
  • Allow purchasing and stitching patterns in app
  • Add advanced calibration mode
  • Improve website filtering and speed
  • Allow importing existing PDF patterns
  • Expand pattern library
  • Include all patterns in subscription
  • Fix internal server errors
  • Allow users to use PDFs from other designers
  • Add more stylish patterns
  • Allow users more control over patterns

In-app purchases

None

Floriani SketchAStitch

No in-app purchases

None

Ditto Patterns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Floriani SketchAStitch free?
Floriani SketchAStitch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ditto Patterns free?
Ditto Patterns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Floriani SketchAStitch or Ditto Patterns?
Ditto Patterns is rated higher. Floriani SketchAStitch averages 1.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Ditto Patterns averages 4.0 from 203 ratings.
Do Floriani SketchAStitch or Ditto Patterns have ads?
Neither Floriani SketchAStitch nor Ditto Patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Floriani SketchAStitch or Ditto Patterns?
Floriani SketchAStitch ships an update monthly, and Ditto Patterns every 2 months. Most recently, Floriani SketchAStitch was updated on October 3, 2026 and Ditto Patterns on October 16, 2026.

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