Sew Help Me vs Sewing thread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sew Help Me
This app helps sewers organize their fabric stash, patterns, and projects. Develop ideas by linking patterns to fabrics, create shopping lists, and document your creations with photos. Find items easily with a detailed search and store notes and links to useful resources.
- Fabric stash organization
- Pattern management
- Project development
- Shopping list creation
- Photo documentation of creations
- Detailed search functionality
- Links to blogs, websites, and shops
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The complete sewing and dressmaking organiser. Organises your fabric stash, patterns and more. Develop your ideas into projects, linking patterns to fabrics. Make shopping lists for your projects. Take and keep photos of all your creations. Detailed search facility to help you find your fabrics, patterns and projects. Record links to your favourite blogs, websites and shops. Store your threads & notions and keep notepads. iCloud enabled to sync across all your devices. No adverts. No subscriptions. No logins. No data-mining. Just a small one-off lifetime purchase. Free "Lite" version also available to "try before you buy", limited to 5 items.
Sewing thread
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You can manage your sewing thread inventory. 700 items of Schappe Span #30, #60, and #90 are provided as initial data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sewing thread at Free against Sew Help Me's $3.99. Sew Help Me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On ads, device support 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
Sewing thread is free to download; Sew Help Me costs $3.99 up front. Sewing thread sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sew Help Me asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sew Help Me ships an update every 2 months, Sewing thread every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sew Help Me | Sewing thread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Saunders | Kanako Komatsu |
In-app purchases
Sew Help Me
No in-app purchases
Sewing thread
- Coffee$0.99
- Cupcake$2.99
- Flower$5.99
