Comparison

Quilt Wizard vs QuiltSandwich

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

Head to head
About

Quilt Wizard

Visualize quilt fabric combinations before you buy. Take photos of fabrics and instantly see how they look in your quilt designs on screen. Easily experiment with different blocks, layouts, and fabric choices to gain confidence in your quilting projects.

Highlights
  • Build fabric stash from photos
  • Choose from 100+ quilting blocks
  • Sashing and border options
  • Incorporate existing blocks
  • Block rotation, flipping, duplication
  • Two quilt layouts: straight, on point
  • Configurable quilt size
Features
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Which fabrics for this project ? Isn't it too bright ? Too dull ? I wish I could see it in the block ! Gain confidence in your quilt fabrics shopping with Quilt Wizard ! Take pictures of fabrics right on the spot, and immediately try them in your quilt project on screen. No need to carry snippets of fabrics with you when shopping, you can see straight away on your device how your choice of fabrics will perform on your quilt. Here is how it works : (1) Take pictures of your fabrics at home and keep them available into your photo library. From the application, select fabrics from the photo library or take a new picture with the camera. (2) Choose fabrics and blocks to compose your quilt on the screen. Create a block, fill it with selected fabrics. Create as many blocks as necessary. Rotate, flip, duplicate blocks, to suite your design. (3) Assemble the quilt with the blocks you have designed. (4) Take photos of fabrics at the shop or quilt show. Leave a note so you can remember where you have seen this fabrics. Incorporate it into your existing block design, and immediately see the result on screen. Not looking good ? Try another fabrics ! Designing a quilt will only take few minutes !! Features : - Build your fabrics stash from the Photo Library or built-in camera - Choose from a list of most popular quilting blocks (100+). - Sashing and border options. - Incorporate your already sawn blocks into your project - Block rotation, flipping and duplication. - Choose from two quilt layouts : straight, or on point blocks layout. - Zoom in and out your quilt and block design while editing. - Configurable quilt size. - Design multiple quilts at the same time. See the user guide at http://blog.wattlebird.com.au

About

QuiltSandwich

This app simplifies quilt making by calculating fabric yardage and generating cutting diagrams. It helps visualize fabric usage, adjust for different methods, and design custom quilts from images.

Highlights
  • Fabric yardage calculation
  • Cutting diagrams for fabric pieces
  • Adjustable seam and shrinkage allowances
  • Design custom pixel quilts from images
  • Organize projects with Quilt Planner
  • Fabric stash management
  • Triangle calculators
Features
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Take a holiday from quilt math! Put away yardage and formula charts and just create. QuiltSandwich figures the amount of fabric needed for all the layers of a quilt sandwich with cutting diagrams for each piece!   Use QuiltSandwich to — See how to fold and cut fabric to get all the pieces needed before cutting Check yardage after adjusting to your favorite methods Change a quilt’s size Figure yardage for die cutting Easily share quilt plans and design notes   WHY QuiltSandwich? Here’s what quilters tell us — “I really like this app. Just used it to get cutting layouts for a purchased pattern—wasn’t sure I’d been given enough fabric…” “Love this app. I use the calculator portion all the time for back size and cutting dimensions and also binding.” “This is easy to use and the QuiltSandwich Team is quick with replies and help should you need it…” More QuiltSandwich features: Download a free pattern from the web site, then edit the fabrics and piece sizes to fit your project. Design your own Pixel Quilt from a favorite image! Begin with the app Color Hints Mosaic to transform your image into a mosaic as realistic or abstract as you chose. Next, share to QuiltSandwich, setting the size of the pieces (the mosaic tiles) to get a quilt top at the size you want. That’s it! QuiltSandwich has three main tools and a handful of utilities:   QUILT PLANNER organizes a project’s pieces and fabrics into an at-a-glance summary. Plus — Color Mix helps you check the color balance by showing you the mix of colors in proportion to each other. Journal captures your quilt projects so you keep the quilt’s story and pictures after giving the quilt away. AirDrop lets you share your patterns to another iPhone or iPad with QuiltSandwich.   YARDAGE CALCULATOR figures yardage using finished sizes and creates a cutting diagram that shows how to fold and cut the fabric and get all the pieces. Plus — Includes sashing, borders, batting, backing and binding. Just a tap adjusts the cutting diagram for one way design fabrics. Allowance adjustments for seam, shrinkage and squaring-up.   FABRIC STASH keeps images of project fabric organized with the project. You can even add fabrics before assigning them to a project.   NOTIONS is filled with helpful utilities — Shopping List for pieces that don’t yet have a fabric or whose yardage is ‘short’. Fabric List PDF with all the fabrics in a quilt project, noting pieces that do not yet have a fabric assigned. Pattern PDFs is the full set of quilt documents — Cutting Diagrams, Fabric List and Journal — to Share by email, view in iBooks, or print. Triangle Calculators are unique! They calculate dimensions for corner, setting, and right triangles. Size it! finds the percentage needed to enlarge or reduce a quilting design or appliqué pattern using current and desired sizes. Pixel Quilt How-to Guide. Reference Tables with mattress sizes, common batting sizes, and conversion tables. Links to How-to guides. Manager for images saved in the app.   We wish you happy quilting with QuiltSandwich!

Screenshots

Quilt Wizard4 screens
QuiltSandwich4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quilt Wizard at 3.0 against QuiltSandwich's 2.3. Quilt Wizard also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 56%) and ratings volume (31 vs 9). QuiltSandwich's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $5.99). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Quilt Wizard costs $5.99 and QuiltSandwich $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quilt Wizard holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Quilt Wizard's written reviews are positive against 56% of QuiltSandwich's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quilt Wizard ships an update every 3 months, QuiltSandwich every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Quilt Wizard versus QuiltSandwich: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuilt WizardQuiltSandwich
Price$5.99$4.99 — better
Rating3.0 (31 ratings) — better2.3 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews66.4% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick DiligentNNN Software

Customer experience

Quilt Wizard

All ratings31 ratings
Positive45.2%
Neutral12.9%
Negative41.9%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive66.4%
Neutral9.7%
Negative23.9%

QuiltSandwich

All ratings9 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Bugs and requests

Quilt Wizard

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes when attempting to save images to photo library
  • Blank design pages appear frequently
  • Blocks change unexpectedly when adding multiple similar blocks
  • Touch sensitivity causes unintended changes
  • Imported fabric photos zoom in and show only small portions
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  • Color accuracy issues with imported fabric photos
  • Incompatibility with iOS 11 and newer versions
  • App freezes during quilt storyboard creation
  • Unable to add fabric photos easily with multi-step process
  • Duplicate blocks created instead of unique variations
  • Blank block design option non-functional

Requested features

20 requests
  • Hexagonal and non-square block shapes (hexagons, tumblers, apple core)
  • Custom block design tool from scratch
  • Increase maximum grid size beyond 9x9
  • Fabric yardage and cutting calculations
  • Print quilt designs and individual blocks
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  • Companion app for iPhone in addition to iPad
  • Ability to rotate individual blocks
  • More border and sashing size options
  • Ability to scale and crop imported fabric images
  • Custom block library to save and reuse designs
  • Fabric organization by color, name, or tags
  • Sync fabric libraries across devices
  • More traditional block patterns (Sister's Choice, Irish Chain, Disappearing Nine Patch, etc.)
  • Brick and non-square layout patterns
  • Ability to add appliqués on top of designs
  • Unselect all fabrics with one button
  • Freeform design grid for custom patterns
  • Ability to add borders inside quilts, not just edges
  • More granular control over patch sizes within blocks
  • Support for more than three colors per block

QuiltSandwich

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quilt Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

QuiltSandwich

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quilt Wizard free?
Quilt Wizard costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuiltSandwich free?
QuiltSandwich costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quilt Wizard or QuiltSandwich?
Quilt Wizard is rated higher. Quilt Wizard averages 3.0 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while QuiltSandwich averages 2.3 from 9 ratings.
Do Quilt Wizard or QuiltSandwich have ads?
Neither Quilt Wizard nor QuiltSandwich shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quilt Wizard or QuiltSandwich?
Quilt Wizard ships an update every 3 months, and QuiltSandwich every 2 months. Most recently, Quilt Wizard was updated on November 10, 2026 and QuiltSandwich on November 1, 2026.

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