Comparison

AC Stitch Viewer vs Contax365

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

Head to head
About

AC Stitch Viewer

Features
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AC Stitch Viewer lets you open and preview embroidery design files directly on your iPhone or iPad. Support for 20+ machine embroidery formats including DST, PES, JEF, EXP, HUS, VP3, XXX, and more โ€” no desktop software needed. Pinch to zoom into fine stitch detail, pan across large patterns, and toggle jump stitches on or off. View thread colors, stitch counts, and file metadata at a glance. Check your design against 30 popular hoops before you head to the sewing machine. New in 1.2: export your design to other formats, print a PDF worksheet, and match thread colors against DMC, Madeira, Isacord, Sulky and 35+ other thread charts. Whether you're an embroidery hobbyist checking a pattern before stitching, a quilter previewing blocks, or a digitizer reviewing files on the go, AC Stitch Viewer gives you a fast, clean preview without the hassle. Key Features: โ€ข Open 20+ embroidery formats (DST, PES, JEF, EXP, HUS, VP3, XXX, EMB & more) โ€ข Export designs to DST, PES, JEF, EXP and other machine formats โ€ข Print a PDF worksheet with design info and thread colors โ€ข Match Colors โ€” find the nearest DMC, Madeira, Isacord, Sulky & 35+ brand threads โ€ข Hoop overlay with fit warning โ€” see instantly if a design exceeds your hoop โ€ข Pinch-to-zoom and pan for detailed inspection โ€ข Toggle jump stitch visibility โ€ข Fabric color presets to preview on denim, khaki, and more โ€ข Works on iPhone and iPad

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Contax365

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Your contacts deserve better than a long, messy list. Contax365 turns the contacts on your iPhone, iPad and Mac into a clean, organized and easy-to-understand address book, with smart tools that find problems for you and fix them in a few taps. CLEAN UP IN MINUTES - More than 20 cleanup tools in clear sections: duplicates, data quality, missing information, smart categories and birthdays - Smart detection of duplicate contacts, repeated numbers and similar names, with easy merging - Find contacts with no phone or email, incomplete names, and contacts that are not in any group - Add the missing international code to mobile numbers in one step, with a preview before applying - Bulk Edit: apply the same change to dozens or hundreds of contacts at once UNDERSTAND YOUR CONTACTS - A data health score with an overall completeness rating - 16 analytics sections: profile quality, field coverage, reachability, personal and business, phones per contact, countries, email domains, top companies, popular first names, alphabet map, birthdays by month, age groups, group insights and more - Tap any chart, bar or number to browse the exact contacts behind it ORGANIZE YOUR WAY - Smart groups: create, rename, merge and manage groups with ease - Create groups instantly from the families and companies the app finds for you - Fast search and smart filters, with sorting by name, company or last contact - Private favorites with a quick-access bar at the top STAY IN TOUCH - Quick actions on every contact card: call, message, FaceTime, WhatsApp and email - An activity section showing your last contact, how often you connect, when a contact first appeared and when it was last changed - Most contacted, recently contacted, recently added and recently modified lists - Upcoming birthdays, so you never miss an occasion PRIVATE AND SECURE - Your contacts stay on your device - A private section on each contact for sensitive notes, protected by a 4 or 6 character contacts code, with Face ID or Touch ID - A trash bin to bring back contacts deleted by mistake BACKUP AND EXPORT - Automatic backups and flexible restore - Export to vCard, Excel CSV, Outlook CSV or plain text MAKE IT YOURS - Theme colors: the original colors, a random palette in one tap, or your own colors and gradients from ready-made presets - Light, dark or automatic appearance - Choose which contact fields to show - Available in 15 languages, with full right-to-left support - Designed for iPhone, iPad and Mac FREE AND PREMIUM Browsing, search, analytics, favorites, exporting backups and all appearance settings are free forever. Contax365 Premium unlocks adding, editing, deleting and merging contacts and groups, Bulk Edit, the trash bin and restoring backups. Pay once and keep Premium forever: no subscription, no renewals. Already purchased? Restore it on any device signed in with the same Apple Account. Contax365: your contacts, clear and organized.

Screenshots

AC Stitch Viewer4 screens
Contax3654 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AC Stitch Viewer at none against Contax365's 1. Contax365's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Contax365 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AC Stitch Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AC Stitch Viewer ships an update every 5 weeks, Contax365 every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
AC Stitch Viewer versus Contax365: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAC Stitch ViewerContax365
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOluseun Oyebodehani zainaddin

In-app purchases

None

AC Stitch Viewer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Contax365

One-time1
  • Contax365 Premium$5.99

Questions

Is AC Stitch Viewer free?
AC Stitch Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Contax365 free?
Contax365 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AC Stitch Viewer or Contax365 have ads?
Neither AC Stitch Viewer nor Contax365 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AC Stitch Viewer or Contax365?
AC Stitch Viewer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Contax365 every 11 days. Most recently, AC Stitch Viewer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Contax365 on October 31, 2026.

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