Cross Stitch vs Spread Blast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cross Stitch
Create beautiful pixel art by painting by number. Select from hundreds of images or import your own photos to design unique cross-stitch artworks. Enjoy a relaxing and fun experience with innovative painting modes.
- Hundreds of pre-made pictures
- Import photos to create art
- Paint by number system
- Simultaneous 3x3 plaid stitching
- Up to 300x300 stitches
- 128 color options
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Cross Stitch: Pixel Art comes with hundreds of beautiful pictures, you can select max 300*300 stitches and 128 colors to start your cross stitch artwork. Select the color and tap to place stitches, paint by number, it is simple, relaxing and fun. You will get the feeling of actual cross stitching with this relaxing app. Endless cross stitch options with built in import tool. Innovative painting mode: you can simultaneously stitch 3x3 adjacent plaids, plaids that are not in the current color will be ignored without any mistakes. Cross Stitch: Pixel Art can be played anytime and anywhere! Now import a photo and start creating your unique cross-stitch art work! Terms of use: https://knitting-games.web.app/crossstitch-tc-ios.html
Spread Blast
Drag and drop colored shapes onto a grid to group similar colored balls. Group 100 or more to blast them and clear levels by collecting the target number of beads.
- Drag and drop shape placement
- Group similar colored balls
- Blast groups of 100+ balls
- Collect beads to clear levels
- Multiple levels to complete
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How to play: - Drap and drop colored shapes onto the grid. - Group similar color ball. - Group 100 or more to blast them - Keep an eye on the goal and collect that many beads to clear the level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spread Blast at none against Cross Stitch's 12. Cross Stitch's advantage is ratings volume (688 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Spread Blast asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cross Stitch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cross Stitch has 688 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cross Stitch ships an update every 2 weeks, Spread Blast every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Cross Stitch | Spread Blast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (688 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 688 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 尚辉 曾 | Rocketship Studios LLP |
Customer experience
Cross Stitch
Spread Blast
Bugs and requests
Cross Stitch
Reported bugs
9 issues- Completed pictures show as incomplete
- Pattern won't open after app update
- Ads not loading, preventing bean collection
- In-progress photos don't update accurately
- Clicking wrong cell triggers error messages
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- Artwork doesn't load properly
- Repeated pictures appear even after deletion
- One-finger drag causes unwanted zoom
- Unclear meaning of 'L1' indicator on completed pictures
Requested features
10 requests- Add more pictures and expand content library
- Implement checkmarks for purchased and completed pictures
- Option to minimize or hide side menu
- Full-screen picture display mode
- Add more cat breeds (Bengals) and horse pictures
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- Animation or reward upon project completion
- Ability to delete completed pictures
- Larger text/pattern sizes for accessibility
- Restore previously removed pictures
- Better in-progress photo accuracy
Spread Blast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cross Stitch
- Premium Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- Premium 6 Monthly Plan$34.996 Months
- Premium Yearly Plan$59.991 Year
- 3,000 beans$2.99
- 5,000 beans$3.99
- 6,000 beans$3.99
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- Block Ads$5.99
- 10,000 beans$6.99
- 12,000 beans$6.99
- 24,000 beans$9.99
- 36,000 beans$14.99
- 50,000 beans$19.99
Spread Blast
No in-app purchases
Questions
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