Comparison

Cutline vs Quilt Bee

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

Head to head
About

Cutline

Project PDF sewing patterns directly onto your fabric at true size, eliminating the need for printing and taping. Calibrate accurately using existing rulers or mats, and prepare your patterns before connecting hardware. Works with patterns you already own, offering flexible layout and display options.

Highlights
  • Project PDF patterns to scale
  • Accurate calibration with existing tools
  • Prepare patterns before hardware connection
  • Works with existing PDF patterns
  • Flexible pattern layout and display
  • Import SVG patterns
  • Export print-ready files
Features
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Project sewing patterns onto your cutting table at true physical size. No printing. No taping forty pages together. No trimming margins at midnight. Mount a projector above your table, connect your iPad, calibrate once — then cut straight from the projected line. ACCURATE, AND YOU CAN CHECK IT YOURSELF Calibration starts from a rectangle you already own and can measure: a cutting mat, a quilting ruler, a square you taped out. Tell the app its real size, drag four corners onto it, and you are done. That one step fixes scale and keystone distortion together. Then test it. Project a 100 mm square, lay a ruler on it, and read the measurement. With correct calibration it lands within half a millimetre. You do not have to take our word for it — that is the point. SET UP BEFORE YOU OWN A PROJECTOR The whole app runs with nothing attached. Pick the resolution your projector will use and the iPad shows a scaled preview of the projection surface, with the calibration handles sitting right on it. Open a pattern, position your pieces, get everything ready before any hardware is involved. When you do connect a projector, your existing calibration is rescaled onto the new surface instead of being thrown away. WORKS WITH THE PATTERNS YOU ALREADY OWN • Open PDF patterns from Files, iCloud Drive, or anywhere else on your iPad • Show only your size and hide the others, on patterns with size layers • The app tells you when a pattern's layers cannot be switched, instead of silently doing nothing • Lay out tiled pattern pieces: reading order, blank pages, overlap snapping, align and distribute • Mirror pieces along a fold line • Adjust line weight and invert the display so the pattern reads against busy fabric • [CONFIRM] Import SVG patterns as well as PDF • [CONFIRM] Export a print-ready file for home or copy-shop printing • [CONFIRM] Mark up the projection with your own annotations • [CONFIRM] Navigate large patterns with an overview map BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY WORK The control panel adapts to the space it has, not to the device name. An iPad in Slide Over gets the compact layout. An iPhone in landscape gets the full one. Works on iPhone and iPad, iOS 17 and later. No account. No cloud. No proprietary projector to buy. Your patterns stay on your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://omurolgunay.com/cutline-pp.html

About

Quilt Bee

Features
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Quilt Bee is a quilt block designer and quilt planner made for the way quilters actually work. Build a block Pick a piece — square, half triangle, hourglass, flying geese, two bars or curve — and tap a square on the block. Tap again to turn it. Start from a classic block like a Sawtooth Star, Ohio Star, Churn Dash or Drunkard's Path, or draw your own on a 2×2 to 8×8 grid. Choose fabrics Two fabrics are always ready: Main fabric and Background. Pick a color, a print in that color — tonal, floral, calico, dot, gingham, stripe or batik, drawn at true scale — or a photo of the real fabric from your stash. Tap any patch to repaint it. Lay out the quilt Rows and columns, sashing with cornerstones, up to three borders, and an on-point setting for diamonds. See the whole quilt as you change it. Cut with confidence Pieces to cut lists every piece by fabric with the cut sizes quilters use — plus ⅞ for half-square triangles, plus 1¼ for quarter-squares and geese — and how much of each fabric to buy, with binding and backing. Print makes a PDF with the block, the quilt and a cutting plan for each fabric, ready to print, save or send. Made for the sewing table Big type, large buttons, no accounts and no sign-in. Everything you make stays on your device. Free and Plus Your first 3 quilts are free, in baby and lap sizes up to 60", with every feature. A quilt counts when you save it under a new name or print it. Quilt Bee Plus is unlimited quilts and printing in every size, baby to king, for one purchase you own forever.

Screenshots

Cutline4 screens
Quilt Bee3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quilt Bee at daily against Cutline's every 8 days. Quilt Bee also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Cutline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Quilt Bee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cutline ships an update every 8 days, Quilt Bee daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cutline versus Quilt Bee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCutlineQuilt Bee
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCenk ALASONYALILARRandy McKnight

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cutline

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly1 Month trial$3.997 Days
  • Monthly1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Quilt Bee

One-time1
  • Quilt Bee Plus$19.99

Questions

Is Cutline free?
Cutline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quilt Bee free?
Quilt Bee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cutline or Quilt Bee have ads?
Neither Cutline nor Quilt Bee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cutline or Quilt Bee?
Cutline ships an update every 8 days, and Quilt Bee daily. Most recently, Cutline was updated on October 31, 2026 and Quilt Bee on October 31, 2026.

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