Cross Stitch Workshop vs Cross Stitch Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Cross Stitch Journal
This app helps you manage your cross stitch projects from initial idea to finished piece. Track progress, record stitching details, and visualize your accomplishments with various charts and summaries. It also includes a fabric calculator and data import functionality.
- Track projects from start to finish
- Record date, time, and stitches
- Built-in stitching timer
- Project progress and status charts
- Fabric size calculator
- Data import from spreadsheet
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Cross Stitch Journal is the best app for tracking your cross stitch projects from start to finish. When you find a design that you would like to stitch, create a project in the Wishlist. From there the project can be moved from the Wishlist through the Have Chart, Ready to Start, Started, and Finished stages as you collect supplies and stitch your project. The list of Finished projects can be used to documents all your stitching accomplishments. Features - Track projects from start to finish - Record date, time and stitches every time that you stitch a project - Use the built-in timer to record times when you start and stop stitching - Started project summary shows completed stitches, percentage complete, and number of remaining stitching days to completion - Project charts show project progress over time - Project status charts show percentage complete for each started project - Summary charts show projects stitched over a certain time period. - Dashboard view shows the number of projects in each stage - List projects in each stage (I think this belongs at the top of the list along with other general uses like track projects and record stitching days) - Project logs show when a project was stitched - Fabric calculator can be used to easily calculate fabric size for any fabric count - Pause projects to remove them from project lists. - Archived projects are permanently removed from project lists. - Deleted projects also remove logs for that project. - Previous data tracked using the Cross Stitch Journal spreadsheet can be imported into the app. Cross Stitch Journal can be used for free to track up to three projects. Unlocking the app will allow you to track an unlimited number of projects. Unlocking will also allow you to import data from the Cross Stitch Journal spreadsheet. Download Cross Stitch Journal and start tracking your cross stitching today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cross Stitch Journal at 4.8 against Cross Stitch Workshop's 4.0. Cross Stitch Journal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). Cross Stitch Workshop's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Cross Stitch Workshop sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cross Stitch Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cross Stitch Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cross Stitch Journal has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Cross Stitch Workshop's written reviews are positive against 83% of Cross Stitch Journal'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 November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Cross Stitch Workshop | Cross Stitch Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrey Baryshnikov | Blitstitch Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Cross Stitch Workshop
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In-app purchases
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
Cross Stitch Journal
- Unlock Full Application$5.99
Questions
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