Comparison

Sew Help Me Lite vs Stash Hub

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

Head to head
About

Sew Help Me Lite

Organize your sewing projects, fabric stash, and patterns. Develop ideas into projects, create shopping lists, and store photos of your creations. Features a detailed search and links to favorite resources.

Highlights
  • Organize fabric stash and patterns
  • Develop ideas into projects
  • Link patterns to fabrics
  • Create shopping lists
  • Store photos of creations
  • Detailed search functionality
  • Sync across devices with iCloud
Features
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The complete sewing and dressmaking organiser.  Organises your fabric stash and patterns.  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 and keep notepads iCloud enabled to sync across all your devices.  No adverts. No subscriptions. No logins.  No data-mining. This "Lite" version is limited to 5 items so you can try before you buy. Get the full paid-for version of Sew Help Me to remove the 5 item limit of the "Lite" version. Just a single one-off lifetime purchase.

About

Stash Hub

Digitally organize your sewing supplies, including fabrics, patterns, and notions. Manage projects, track measurements, and create shopping lists to streamline your sewing workflow. Visualize projects with mockups and prevent duplicate purchases.

Highlights
  • Digital sewing stash organization
  • Fabric, pattern, and notion management
  • Project and shopping list tracking
  • Magic Input for online listings
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Measurement recording
  • Magic Mockup visualization
Features
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Stash Hub is a purpose built app to digitally store your entire sewing stash. Everything at your fingertips, wherever you are. Keep all your fabrics, patterns, measurements, notions and shopping lists in one place to help you manage your projects and organise your sewing life. Never order the same thing twice! Awesome Features: - Easily save your fabrics, patterns, projects, notions, measurements, vouchers and shopping lists - Add extra information about each item along with pictures, links and attachments - Use Magic Input to create records directly from online shop listings - Quickly find what you’re looking for with search & advanced filters - Browse your whole collection with eases (no rummaging required!) - Record and update the measurements of yourself, family and friends - View interesting stats about your stash - Use Magic Mockup to combine fabrics & line drawings to easily visualise your projects without learning any new skills - Easily share your projects to social media - Keep a shopping list handy for your next trip to the shops or online sale - Access your stash on web by going to https://web.stashhubapp.com This app is currently under active development and we welcome and questions or feedback. Contact us: hello@stashhubapp.com Stash Hub offers two auto-renewing subscription options: £3.49 per month £34.99 per year These prices are for United Kingdom customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Terms and Conditions: https://stashhubapp.com/terms-and-conditions/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stashhubapp.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Sew Help Me Lite4 screens
Stash Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stash Hub at 96% against Sew Help Me Lite's 50%. Stash Hub also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Sew Help Me Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). 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. Stash Hub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Sew Help Me Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stash Hub holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stash Hub has 98 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Sew Help Me Lite's written reviews are positive against 96% of Stash Hub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sew Help Me Lite ships an update every 2 months, Stash Hub every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sew Help Me Lite versus Stash Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSew Help Me LiteStash Hub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.9 (98 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews96.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings298 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB118 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDavid SaundersDouglas Todd

Customer experience

Sew Help Me Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Stash Hub

All ratings98 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive96.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sew Help Me Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Stash Hub

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Magic input fails with many websites
  • Pattern data disappearing after entry
  • Recent update breaks website compatibility
  • Inconsistent synchronization across devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • Search functionality for patterns
  • Photo uploads for notions category
  • Embroidery designs section
  • User roles and admin permissions for shared accounts
  • Inspiration picture storage in projects section
Show 3 more
  • Drag and drop sorting for entries
  • Improved magic input for patterns
  • Additional currency and date format options

In-app purchases

None

Sew Help Me Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Stash Hub

Subscriptions2
  • Stash Hub Premium1 Month trial$3.491 Month
  • Stash Hub Premium1 Year trial$32.991 Year

Questions

Is Sew Help Me Lite free?
Sew Help Me Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stash Hub free?
Stash Hub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sew Help Me Lite or Stash Hub?
Stash Hub is rated higher. Sew Help Me Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Stash Hub averages 4.9 from 98 ratings.
Do Sew Help Me Lite or Stash Hub have ads?
Neither Sew Help Me Lite nor Stash Hub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sew Help Me Lite or Stash Hub?
Sew Help Me Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Stash Hub every 5 days. Most recently, Sew Help Me Lite was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stash Hub on November 3, 2026.

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