StitchPal vs Cross Stitch Workshop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StitchPal
This app helps cross-stitchers manage their projects. Users can add patterns, track progress with photos, and share their work with friends. It aims to make the crafting experience more enjoyable and organized.
- Add cross-stitch patterns
- Track project progress
- Take progress photos
- Share projects with friends
- Easy-to-use interface
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StitchPal is the cross stitcher's ultimate companion! Add your patterns, track your progress, share with your friends! StitchPal is a fun, easy way to track your cross stitching. Take photos of your progress, follow along as you complete your pattern. Make your projects more fun with StitchPal!
Cross Stitch Workshop
Explore hundreds of beautiful embroidery designs with this app. Easily view color palettes, zoom for perspective, and use rulers for precise stitching. Discover the art of cross-stitching.
- Hundreds of embroidery designs
- View color palette while stitching
- Zoom for perspective
- Vertical and horizontal rulers
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Are you looking for something really outstanding? Maybe you are ready for something really breathtakingly great? Hmm... Let's see. Eurica! Just download the Cross Stitch Workshop app and you will find what you were looking for! This brilliant app has hundreds of awesome designs who were created with passion and a gentle touch of purest art. Features: — Gigantic collection of beautiful embroidery designs. — Easily view the color palette while stitching the needlework. — Bring the whole design in appropriate perspective by zooming. — Vertical and horizontal ruler is here for you Meet the truly art of cross-stitching now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StitchPal at 4.7 against Cross Stitch Workshop's 4.0. StitchPal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Cross Stitch Workshop's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. StitchPal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Cross Stitch Workshop sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StitchPal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StitchPal has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of StitchPal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cross Stitch Workshop's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | StitchPal | Cross Stitch Workshop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Davis | Andrey Baryshnikov |
Customer experience
StitchPal
Cross Stitch Workshop
In-app purchases
StitchPal
- Remove banner ads$0.99
- StitchPal Premium$2.99
Cross Stitch Workshop
- Plant II$2.99
- Christmas Shop$2.99
- Cat Gifts$2.99
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- Kitty$2.99
- Birdhouses$2.99
- Colorful Street$2.99
- Crown$2.99
- Plant$2.99
- Balcony$2.99
- Amphora$2.99
- Penguins$4.99
- Feather$4.99
- Christmas Candy$4.99
- Blue Red Flowers$4.99
- Mandala III$6.99
- Christmas Tree$6.99
- Red Forest$6.99
- Eyrie$6.99
Questions
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