QuiltingCalc vs Sew Awesome 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuiltingCalc
This app offers eight essential quilting calculators to simplify fabric calculations. It helps with conversions, determining fabric needs for backing, borders, and binding, and calculating piece cuts from larger fabric pieces. It also includes specialized calculators for common quilting blocks and triangles.
- Fabric measurement conversion (yards/inches, meters/cm)
- Backing and batting yardage calculation
- Piece cutting from larger fabric
- Binding fabric calculation
- Border fabric calculation
- Square-in-a-square block dimensions
- Triangle calculations for blocks
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Robert Kaufman Fabrics and Quilter's Paradise have joined forces to bring you a collection of eight essential quilting calculators. With these calculators you'll be able to quickly convert between yards and inches, meters and centimeters; learn how much fabric you need for backing, batting and borders; and determine how many rectangular pieces can be cut from a larger piece. There are even calculators for square-in-a-square, set-in and corner triangles. Here's a brief description of each calculator: Fabric Measurement Converter: Converts between inches and yards in decimal form, and yards in fractional form. (With metric equivalents.) Backing and Batting Calculator: Determines how much material from a bolt of fabric is needed to make the backing for a quilt. Piece Count Calculator: Shows the number of fixed-sized pieces of fabric that can be cut from a larger piece. Pieces to Area Calculator: Indicates how much fabric is needed in order to cut a given number of fixed-sized pieces. Binding Calculator: Tells you the amount of fabric required to bind your quilt, based on the quilt’s dimensions and the binding strip width. Border Calculator: Shows the amount of fabric required to create borders, based on a quilt’s dimensions and the width of the borders. Square-in-a-Square Calculator: Works out the key dimensions of a square-in-a-square block. Set-in and Corner Triangle Calculator: Determines the size of the square piece you’ll need to cut in order to create both unfinished set-in triangles and unfinished corner triangles.
Sew Awesome 2
This utility app helps sewers meticulously track their sewing accessories, from fabrics and threads to machines and notions. It offers reference charts for common sewing terms and conversions, along with helpful tools like a ruler and flashlight. Pro users can enhance item details with images and PDFs.
- Track sewing fabrics, threads, and notions
- Manage sewing machine and feet details
- Store sewing patterns and measurements
- Reference charts for sewing terminology
- Needle and button size converters
- Upload custom charts (Pro)
- Integrated ruler and flashlight tools
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-- TRACK ACCESSORIES -- Sew Awesome 2 helps seamstresses and sewists track all of their sewing accessories, including: - Sewing fabrics - Sewing Machines - Sewing Machine Feet - Thread - Sewing Patterns - Sewing Measurements (of friends or clients) - Buttons / Sewing Notions - Sewing Needles - Sewing Hardware All data is stored in the cloud, so it is available across multiple devices. Store detailed information about each of the sewing categories above. Pro users can add pictures and PDFs to each item. -- REFERENCE FEATURES -- The reference section includes commonly used sewing terminology and reference charts, including: - sewing machine diagrams - sewing machine needle size converters between American and European standards - needle types and diagrams - button size charts - fabric yardage charts - upload custom charts (pro feature) -- TOOLS -- Use the ruler and flashlight to help you when you're on the go! Please join our Facebook Group to help provide requirements and suggestions for additional functionality: https://www.facebook.com/groups/654693952089514 Terms of use: http://www.colorworkapps.com/eula.html Privacy Policy: http://www.colorworkapps.com/privacypolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: QuiltingCalc at 4.3 against Sew Awesome 2's 3.6. QuiltingCalc also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (66% vs 53%). Sew Awesome 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Sew Awesome 2 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. QuiltingCalc asks for nothing beyond the download.
QuiltingCalc holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuiltingCalc has 147 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of QuiltingCalc's written reviews are positive against 53% of Sew Awesome 2's.
QuiltingCalc ships an update every 2 months, Sew Awesome 2 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuiltingCalc | Sew Awesome 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (147 ratings) — better | 3.6 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.8% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 147 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Handmade Interactive LLC | Colorwork Apps |
Customer experience
QuiltingCalc
Sew Awesome 2
Bugs and requests
QuiltingCalc
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes on startup or during use
- Freezes on title/loading screen indefinitely
- Black screen errors when exiting app
- Back button ('<') doesn't function
- Cannot return to previous screens to modify inputs
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- Binding calculator hangs after width selection
- Square-in-square calculator doesn't allow navigation back
- Fabric width validation errors with numbers already entered
- Border 3 validation errors appearing incorrectly
- Inconsistent yardage calculations for same inputs
- App won't open - shows blank screen with spinning wheel
- Incompatibility with iPad 2 and older iOS versions
- Recent update broke previously working functionality
- Two-digit number input not accepted in pieces-to-yardage calculation
Requested features
12 requests- Metric to imperial conversion tool
- Landscape mode and full iPad support
- Default settings for binding strip width (2.5") and border type
- Wide-backing fabric support (108 inch)
- Quilt size templates (baby, lap, throw sizes)
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- Sashing calculation feature
- Backing fabric piecing diagrams with instructions
- Ability to calculate multiple quilts without exiting app
- Inches to centimeters converter
- Ability to enter dimensions larger than fabric width
- Save/store previous calculations
- Tutorial or help documentation within app
Sew Awesome 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QuiltingCalc
No in-app purchases
Sew Awesome 2
- Sew Awesome 2$2.991 Month
Questions
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