Pixel vs StitchDuck

Your photo, turned into a pattern you can actually make. Pixela turns any picture into a crisp pixel grid with a tidy color palette and a printable chart — so you can recreate it however you like: • Perler / Hama beads — get the bead-by-bead layout for your next fuse-bead art. • Cross-stitch & embroidery — symbols per color and a printable chart to stitch from. • Knitting & crochet — color-work charts (intarsia, tapestry, C2C, jacquard): one square per stitch/block. • Quilting & patchwork — each pixel becomes a fabric square. • Pixel art, sprites & icons — turn a photo or your own drawing/sketch into true pixels with a controlled palette; export a clean PNG. • Event & stadium mosaics — plan "pixel performances" and card stunts, seat by seat, sized in meters. • Wall decor & murals — set the centimeters per tile and get the real wall size to paint or tile. • LEGO & brick mosaics — each pixel is one brick on the baseplate. • LED matrices & low-res screens — a pixel map to wire or program each LED. • Gifts & keepsakes — turn a pet, a portrait, or a logo into a handmade piece. • Drawings, coloring pages & templates — a ready-made grid to trace, color, or hand off. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Pick a photo — Pixela builds the pattern in seconds. • Control the look — set the number of columns and palette colors with live sliders. • Color symbols — every color gets a letter so it's easy to follow (great for color-vision needs). • Printable PDF — a clean legend plus the full symbol chart, ready to print or share. • Export a clean PNG — the pure pixel art with no grid or symbols, ready to use as a sprite, sticker, or poster. • Real thread colors — see the nearest DMC floss for every color, and swap any color for the one you prefer. • Real finished size at any scale — stitches (Aida), beads, or big tiles; shown in cm or meters, so you can size a wall mural or a whole stadium mosaic. • Track your progress — mark finished cells and watch your % climb. • Pinch to zoom, tap "1:1" to see the whole thing — built for big, detailed pieces. • Works offline — everything is processed on your device. Your photos never leave it. FAIR PRICING Unlock everything with a single one-time purchase — no subscription, ever. Private by design: your photos are processed on-device and are never uploaded.

Free photo to pattern · Free pattern design · Free progress tracking · Realistic view · Symmetry drawing · Smooth 1000×1000 editing · One-tap confetti cleanup · Pro PDFs for commercial use FREE ONE-TAP PHOTO TO PATTERN Turn a photo into a cross stitch pattern in seconds, with every color matched to DMC or Anchor thread. Remove the background in one tap; cartoons and line art convert cleanly too, and pixel art is read cell by cell. FREE PATTERN DESIGN Start from a blank grid: Pencil, Fill, Shape, Text and Selection tools, plus a trace image. Fractional stitches, backstitch, French knots and beads are all there. Blend up to 4 threads into one color, custom colors included. Unlock to apply Magic Wand edits, add layers and resize the canvas. SYMMETRY DRAWING Turn on Symmetry and every Pencil or Eraser stroke is repeated in mirrored or rotated positions, with 7 modes to choose from. Drag the handle on the ruler to move the axis. REALISTIC CROSS STITCH PREVIEW The Realistic view shows photo-real stitches on Aida fabric that get fuller with more strands, plus lifelike backstitch, French knots and beads. Blended threads show each strand's color. Switch to it in the editor or in Progress; the PDF cover uses it too. SMOOTH 1000×1000 EDITING Up to 1000×1000 stitches and 256 colors; panning, zooming and stitching never lag. FREE PROGRESS TRACKING Add a pattern to Progress and tap stitches as you finish them, free. See progress per color and stitch type, and park threads with parking marks. Works with imported OXS, .xsd and .pat charts too. With an unlock, you can also find a color fast and export a progress file to pick up on another device. FREE OFFICIAL PATTERNS The Patterns tab has ready-made cross stitch patterns, free to use: copy one to edit, or start tracking it right away. ONE-TAP CONFETTI CLEANUP Declutter's confetti map marks stray stitches. Paint over an area and swap them for the surrounding color in one tap. PRO PDF EXPORT, COMMERCIAL USE INCLUDED Symbol charts in color, black and white or both, plus thread list and thread usage in one PDF, with adjustable paper size, center lines and symbol size. You own your patterns: sell the finished pieces or the patterns themselves (make sure you have the rights to any image you convert). OXS and PNG export too. Also opens OXS, Pattern Maker (.xsd) and PCStitch (.pat) files, including from the Files app. Fully offline, no account, no data collected; in 33 languages; works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. FREE VS. UNLOCKED Converting, designing, editing, progress tracking and official patterns are free, with up to 3 saved projects and 3 tracked patterns. Exporting, saving or tracking more, Symmetry, applying Declutter or Magic Wand edits, new layers, resizing the canvas, adding fabric colors and finding colors in Progress need an unlock: a one-time purchase that's yours forever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stitchduckapp.com/privacy/