Comparison

Embroidery Design Doodler 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

Embroidery Design Doodler

Easily create custom machine embroidery designs by doodling, sketching, or tracing. This app offers drawing tools for various stitch types and intelligent pathing for seamless stitching. Output designs compatible with all embroidery machine brands.

Highlights
  • Doodle, sketch, or trace designs
  • Create running, satin, and fill stitches
  • Applique creation
  • Easy-to-use pathing for uninterrupted stitches
  • Automatic branching for cleaner results
  • Machine-friendly embroidery output
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Design Doodler- Machine Embroidery Fun for Everyone Looking for an easy way to create your own custom embroidery designs – without digitizing? The “Design Doodler” will allow you to doodle, sketch, or trace your own machine-friendly embroidery designs! This fun, feature-packed program incorporates a drawing tool allowing you to create running, satin, fill stitches, appliques, and more. This is a companion iPad app for The Deer’s Embroidery Legacy “Design Doodler” software. Visit us to find out more about it at https://www.digitizingmadeeasy.com/embroidery-software-design-doodler/ Creating embroidery designs has never been easier by implementing our “easy-to-use pathing” for connecting multiple objects as one uninterrupted stitch. We’ve also incorporated an intelligent “Automatic Branching” feature to help reduce unnecessary trims and produce cleaner, faster results on your embroidery machine. The Deer’s Embroidery Legacy “Design Doodler” will allow you to Doodle any artwork into machine-friendly embroidery designs. This fun, feature-packed program incorporates a drawing tool allowing you to create running, satin, fill stitches, appliques, and more. Creating embroidery designs has never been easier by implementing our “easy-to-use pathing” for connecting multiple objects as one uninterrupted stitch. We’ve also incorporated an intelligent “Automatic Branching” feature to help reduce unnecessary trims and produce cleaner, faster results on your machine. Then with Design Doodler desktop software you can output your designs in embroidery formats that will run on all brands of home and commercial embroidery machines making this software “Embroidery Fun for Everyone.”

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 Embroidery Design Doodler's 2.9. Ditto Patterns also leads on ratings volume (203 vs 36) and device support (3 vs 1). Embroidery Design Doodler's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (35% vs 19%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ditto Patterns has 203 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Embroidery Design Doodler's written reviews are positive against 19% of Ditto Patterns's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Embroidery Design Doodler versus Ditto Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmbroidery Design DoodlerDitto Patterns
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (36 ratings)4.0 (203 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews — better19.2% of reviews
Number of ratings36203 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDress Crest Embroidery Company LimitedNEWCO JODITO LLC

Customer experience

Embroidery Design Doodler

All ratings36 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative52.8%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative57.5%

Ditto Patterns

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

Bugs and requests

Embroidery Design Doodler

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
Show 12 more
  • 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

Embroidery Design Doodler

No in-app purchases

None

Ditto Patterns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Embroidery Design Doodler free?
Embroidery Design Doodler 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, Embroidery Design Doodler or Ditto Patterns?
Ditto Patterns is rated higher. Embroidery Design Doodler averages 2.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Ditto Patterns averages 4.0 from 203 ratings.
Do Embroidery Design Doodler or Ditto Patterns have ads?
Neither Embroidery Design Doodler nor Ditto Patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Embroidery Design Doodler or Ditto Patterns?
Embroidery Design Doodler ships an update every 2 months, and Ditto Patterns every 2 months. Most recently, Embroidery Design Doodler was updated on July 25, 2026 and Ditto Patterns on September 10, 2026.

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