Comparison

FotoShopper vs Sew Help Me

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

Head to head
About

FotoShopper

Capture product details, store locations, and prices from your photos to manage your shopping. Organize items into custom lists for any occasion, from weddings to new babies, and share them with friends.

Highlights
  • Unlimited item creation
  • Up to 5 photos per item
  • Record item details and store combinations
  • Customizable categories and shopping lists
  • Email items and lists to friends
  • Track spending and remaining balance
  • Store location mapping
Features
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Have you ever used the camera on your phone to take a picture of something you wanted to buy? Of course you have!! Then, you get home, look at your photos and realise that you don’t remember any of the details of the products, or more importantly, where you saw them! Whether you’re shopping for a new outfit; furniture for your new home; clothes and accessories for your wedding or those special things you need to buy for your new baby; FotoShopper is the answer...‘Your Personal Shopping Manager’. FotoShopper has been designed with flexibility in mind. Here is a list of the features you can find in FotoShopper:- • Create an unlimited number of items* • Take up to 5 photographs per item • Record an items Name, Description, Product Code • Add multiple store/price combinations per item • Give each item a category • Create as many Categories as you need* • Items can be added to multiple shopping lists • Send your friends an email of any item • Three different table cell sizes, offering different amounts of information • Log up to 3000 characters of notes for every item, don’t miss any detail • Create as many Shopping Lists as you need* • There is no restriction to the number of items you can add to a Shopping List* • Select the quantity to purchase and see the Shopping List total • Enter how many you have purchased and see how much you have spent so far • Keep a track of the balance you have left to spend • Create custom Shopping Lists, for example, a Wedding List • Email your lists to your friends • Sort your Shopping Lists by Item or Store • Search for items by Name, Description, Category or text within your Notes • Create as many stores as you need* • Keep the stores’ address, phone and web site details • While at a store, grab the GPS location, or use the address to find the GPS location • View the location of a store on Google Maps • Show your location relative to a store, to help you find your way back There are 4 different versions of FotoShopper available: 1. The original FotoShopper, without any pre-defined categories, its perfect for all your shopping needs. 2. Wedding FotoShopper, which includes pre-defined wedding categories, will ensure your special day goes stress free. Also, you can create detailed wedding lists, for the perfect celebration. 3. New Baby FotoShopper designed with pre-defined categories to cover all of your shopping requirements for your new baby. 4. New Home FotoShopper. With so many things you need to buy for a new home, the pre-defined item categories will come in very handy! You don’t need to buy multiple versions of FotoShopper. Just purchase the one that suits your needs the best. Remember, in the future, if needed, you can create your own categories to make Fotoshopper even more personal. FotoShopper is not another grocery shopping list application, it’s ‘Your Personal Shopping Manager’, for the really important things in life. Before purchasing FotoShopper please visit our web site, www.fotoshopper.co.uk, and check out the features features and more screenshots! FotoShopper does not require a device with a camera to function, but it does help! iPod Touch and iPad devices can load photographs stored in their internal Photo Albums (loaded via iTunes). The iPhone can use its camera to take photographs of items while you are in a store or can also load photographs from the internal Photo Album. *All subject to the available memory on your device.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Fabric stash organization
  • Pattern management
  • Project development
  • Shopping list creation
  • Photo documentation of creations
  • Detailed search functionality
  • Links to blogs, websites, and shops
Features
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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.

Screenshots

FotoShopper4 screens
Sew Help Me4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sew Help Me at every 2 months against FotoShopper's every 14 months. FotoShopper's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

FotoShopper costs $0.99 and Sew Help Me $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FotoShopper ships an update every 14 months, Sew Help Me every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FotoShopper versus Sew Help Me: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFotoShopperSew Help Me
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating—4.1 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS4.3 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB186 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFolio Web Design LtdDavid Saunders

Customer experience

FotoShopper

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sew Help Me

All ratings18 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

FotoShopper

No in-app purchases

None

Sew Help Me

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FotoShopper free?
FotoShopper costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sew Help Me free?
Sew Help Me costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do FotoShopper or Sew Help Me have ads?
Neither FotoShopper nor Sew Help Me shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FotoShopper or Sew Help Me?
FotoShopper ships an update every 14 months, and Sew Help Me every 2 months. Most recently, FotoShopper was updated on October 26, 2026 and Sew Help Me on October 24, 2026.

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