Comparison

Pincushion Sewing Organizer vs SeamShift

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

Head to head
About

Pincushion Sewing Organizer

Manage your sewing patterns, fabric stash, and ongoing projects in a private, offline organizer. Match patterns to available fabrics, track your makes, and avoid duplicate pattern purchases. Everything stays on your device.

Highlights
  • PDF pattern library
  • Fabric stash management
  • Stash fabric matching
  • Duplicate pattern detection
  • Project journal and Make-Nine grid
  • Printable Project Sheets
  • Offline reference guides
Features
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Own it once. No subscription, no trial trap. Pincushion is a calm, private organizer for the sewing patterns, fabric, and projects you already have, built to work entirely on your device. Bring the PDF patterns you own into one searchable library, match them against the fabric in your stash, and keep every make moving from planned to finished. Everything you organize stays with you. WHAT PINCUSHION DOES - Pattern library: import the PDF patterns you own, tag them by designer, garment, size, and the fabric they need, and find any of them in seconds. - Fabric stash: log your fabric with fiber, yardage, and width, add a swatch photo, and shop your own shelves before the store. - Stash matching: open a pattern to see which fabrics in your stash can cover it at the right width, with an honest "enough" or "a bit short" and never a computed cut instruction. - Avoid duplicates: a quiet check flags a pattern you may already own before you buy it again. - Project journal: move each make from planned to cutting to done, park the ones on hold without guilt, and plan your year with a Make-Nine grid. - Project Sheet: one printable page per make with pattern, size, mods, fabric, notions, and a cutting checklist to take to the table or the shop. - Reference guides: a bundled library of sewing know-how, stored locally, no network needed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays on your device. No account, no ads, no third-party analytics. We never see what you organize. There is no sign-in and nothing to create an account for. You can export a backup of your whole library whenever you like and keep it wherever you choose, so your data is always yours to move, and backing it up is free forever. PINCUSHION FULL Organizing your patterns, fabric, and projects, and backing them up, is free. Pincushion Full is a one-time purchase (no subscription, no renewals) that unlocks exporting and sharing your Project Sheets as PDFs and the complete reference-guide library. SUPPORT & PRIVACY Support: https://cooperative-catmint-496.notion.site/Pincushion-Support-39ad692d254d80ed9f4ec2d143664ab5 Privacy Policy: https://cooperative-catmint-496.notion.site/Pincushion-Privacy-Policy-39ad692d254d806db371c54935422ffc Questions? Email petr-nezval@email.cz

About

SeamShift

Features
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SeamShift turns body measurements and finished-garment measurements into clear, repeatable pattern-alteration worksheets. Choose an alteration, see the exact formula and assumptions, follow a vector diagram, and keep the result with your sewing project. Includes full- and small-bust worksheets, waist-to-hip blending, length changes, shoulder width and a user-entered sway-back worksheet. Export PDF worksheets and CSV calculations, or create a validated JSON backup. SeamShift does not create copyrighted patterns and does not promise a perfect fit: always follow the pattern instructions and sew a test garment before cutting final fabric. No account, ads, tracking or developer server. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://viralcrew.de/apps/seamshift/privacy

Screenshots

Pincushion Sewing Organizer4 screens
SeamShift4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pincushion Sewing Organizer and SeamShift are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Pincushion Sewing Organizer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SeamShift sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pincushion Sewing Organizer versus SeamShift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPincushion Sewing OrganizerSeamShift
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPetr NezvalJasko Hodzic

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pincushion Sewing Organizer

One-time1
  • Pincushion Full$4.99
3 purchases

SeamShift

Subscriptions2
  • SeamShift Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • SeamShift Pro Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • SeamShift Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Pincushion Sewing Organizer free?
Pincushion Sewing Organizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SeamShift free?
SeamShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pincushion Sewing Organizer or SeamShift have ads?
Neither Pincushion Sewing Organizer nor SeamShift shows ads.

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