Comparison

Impossible Museum Scratch vs Stitchwork

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

Head to head
About

Impossible Museum Scratch

Unearth ancient artifacts, meticulously restore them by scratching away layers of grime, and display your discoveries in your own virtual museum. Explore diverse historical locations to find rare treasures and crack open geodes for precious gems.

Highlights
  • Scratch and restore artifacts
  • Dig for treasures in historical locations
  • Crack open geodes
  • Build and manage your museum
  • Daily login rewards and jobs
  • Subscription for ad-free experience
Features
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Somewhere under the sand, a masterpiece is waiting. Dig it up, scratch away the centuries, and hang it in YOUR museum. SCRATCH & RESTORE Every artifact arrives caked in dust, rust, and mystery. Scratch the grime away — gently! — with the right tool for the right spot. Brush the dust, chisel the crust, swab the tarnish, polish the gold until it glows. Nail it and the piece comes out gallery-grade. DIG FOR TREASURE Send your crew to Ancient Egypt, the Gem Fields, Greece, the Maya, Rome, Dynastic China, and the Inca. Every dig brings something back. Go deeper for rarer finds — but deeper pieces are fragile, and a careless thumb can shatter history. CRACK GEODES OPEN Plain rocks from the crystal canyons hide amethyst, agate, and opal inside. Find the fault line, load your strike, and split them clean. BUILD YOUR MUSEUM Every restored piece goes on your wall. Fill the collection, earn your Reputation, and open the Grand Exhibition hall by hall — plaques, crowds, and your name over the door. DAILY TREATS The morning post brings a scratch-off raffle ticket every day. The Curator's telephone rings with paying jobs. Come back tomorrow — there's always something on the bench. MUSEUM PASS Try it free for 3 days: no ad breaks, a second raffle ticket every morning, every dig insured, and every NEW museum wing the day it opens. Grab your brush. History isn't going to restore itself. Museum Pass is an auto-renewing subscription: $4.99 per week or $14.99 per month, starting with a 3-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://luckyecho.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stitchwork

Engage in a relaxing cross-stitch experience with multiple stitching modes, over 440 patterns, and daily challenges. Customize your creations with various threads, fabrics, and frames. Share your finished artwork with friends.

Highlights
  • Multiple stitching modes (Trace, Challenge, Free Draw)
  • Over 440 collectible patterns
  • Daily challenges and leaderboards
  • Customizable thread, fabric, and frame options
  • Shareable picture cards of finished pieces
  • Optional stitch-along videos
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Small stitches. Something lovely. Stitchwork is a cozy cross-stitch game you can play for two minutes or two hours. Pick a pattern, choose your thread and watch a picture appear one little X at a time. No tangled floss, no counting squares, no needle to lose in the sofa. THREE WAYS TO STITCH • Trace: no timer, no pressure. Pick a thread, then tap or sweep across its squares and fill in the pattern at your own pace. Leave whenever you like: your piece is saved and picks up right where you left off. • Challenge: keep the needle fed. The needle sews the pattern by itself and asks for a colour, and you send it the matching spool. Stay a thread ahead for Seamless bonuses and a growing multiplier, but don't let the tension run out or the thread snaps. Earn up to three stars and beat your best time. • Free Draw: a blank fabric and a basket of thread. Lay stitches wherever you like and design something that is entirely yours. 440+ PATTERNS TO COLLECT • 14 collections: Cozy, Critters, Garden, Treats, Seaside, Sky, Landscapes, Cityscapes, Wonders, Holiday, Quilts, Mandalas, Samplers and Geometric. • Every size, from tiny minis under 100 stitches to full 10,000-stitch showpieces you can get lost in for days. • Big pieces are made for small screens: pinch to zoom, slide the fabric with two fingers, and let the target find that last hidden square of a colour. • Every finished piece hangs in your Gallery with your stars and best times. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY • A fresh daily pattern for everyone, with a leaderboard to climb. • Build a streak and earn bonus buttons. • Optional gentle reminders so your streak never slips. DRESS EVERY PIECE • Choose the look of each piece before you start: thread, fabric and hoop, frame and needle. • Thread finishes such as wool, ribbon, linen, neon, frosted, ember and aurora. • 20 themed sets, including Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Summer, Diwali, Lunar New Year and Starry Night, each with its own needle, thread, hoop and frame. • Earn buttons with every piece you finish and spend them in the Shop. SHARE YOUR STITCHING • Turn any finished piece into a share-ready picture card. • Stitchwork Pro adds stitch-along videos that replay your piece stitch by stitch, plus extra card themes. • Invite a friend: when they finish their first piece you get 1,000 buttons, two gift sets and bigger free patterns. MADE TO UNWIND • No sign-up needed. Start stitching right away, and sign in with Apple if you want your progress on all your devices. • Designed for iPhone and iPad, with a roomy side-by-side layout in landscape on iPad. • No banners, no pop-up ads. The only ads are optional: watch one when you choose to, to unlock an extra free piece. STITCHWORK PRO Stitchwork is free to start: try all three modes with a selection of small patterns. Stitchwork Pro is available as a one-time lifetime purchase, or as Stitchwork Pro Monthly, a $3.99/month subscription that also adds 2,000 buttons every month. Either way, Pro unlocks: • Unlimited pieces in Challenge, Trace and Free Draw • Every pattern in every size, up to 10,000 stitches • Exclusive Pro threads, hoops, frames and needles • Stitch-along videos and extra share card themes Button packs are also available as optional in-app purchases if you'd rather not wait for your favourite set. Stitchwork Pro Monthly renews automatically each month at the price shown unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Service: https://stitchwork.owlmedia.games/terms Privacy Policy: https://stitchwork.owlmedia.games/privacy

Screenshots

Impossible Museum Scratch4 screens
Stitchwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Impossible Museum Scratch at 5.0 against Stitchwork's 4.6. Impossible Museum Scratch also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Stitchwork's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Impossible Museum Scratch sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Stitchwork sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Impossible Museum Scratch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stitchwork has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Impossible Museum Scratch versus Stitchwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImpossible Museum ScratchStitchwork
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings214 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB31 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLucky Echo Labs, Inc.Owl Media and Design, LLC

Customer experience

Impossible Museum Scratch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stitchwork

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Impossible Museum Scratch

Subscriptions2
  • Museum Pass (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Museum Pass (Monthly)$14.991 Month
One-time9
  • A Quiet Week$0.99
  • Pouch of Funds$1.99
  • Starter Offer$2.99
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  • Satchel of Funds$4.99
  • Crate of Funds$9.99
  • Patron of the Museum$9.99
  • Vault of Funds$19.99
  • Reserve of Funds$49.99
  • Wing of Funds$99.99
4 purchases

Stitchwork

One-time4
  • Pouch of 500 Buttons$1.99
  • Jar of 1,500 Buttons$4.99
  • Tin of 4,000 Buttons$9.99
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  • Stitchwork Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Impossible Museum Scratch free?
Impossible Museum Scratch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stitchwork free?
Stitchwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Impossible Museum Scratch or Stitchwork?
Impossible Museum Scratch is rated higher. Impossible Museum Scratch averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Stitchwork averages 4.6 from 14 ratings.
Do Impossible Museum Scratch or Stitchwork have ads?
Both Impossible Museum Scratch and Stitchwork show ads.
Which is updated more often, Impossible Museum Scratch or Stitchwork?
Impossible Museum Scratch ships an update every 2 days, and Stitchwork every 2 days. Most recently, Impossible Museum Scratch was updated on October 31, 2026 and Stitchwork on October 29, 2026.

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