Love Sewing vs Sew Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Love Sewing
Access a vast collection of sewing patterns, designs, and inspiration. Learn new techniques and create home decor, accessories, and wardrobe items with step-by-step guides suitable for all skill levels. Join a community of makers and enhance your crafting journey.
- Instant access to patterns and designs
- Step-by-step guides
- Inspiration for home, family, and wardrobe
- Skill-building for beginners and experts
- Community of makers
- Digital issue access
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Subscribe to Love Sewing and receive instant access to a huge range of patterns, designs and inspiration. Be part of a community of makers of all skill levels who are discovering the joy of creating for themselves. Featuring easy-to-follow step-by-step guides and using the latest fabrics you will be able to create fabulous contemporary accessories for your home, family and wardrobe, even with basic sewing skills. Whether you’re a complete beginner or already an avid maker, every issue will inspire and build your skills from mastering your machine to perfecting your sewing technique. Please note the free gift included with the print version of the magazine is not included. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx
Sew Buddy
Organize your crafting supplies with this app. Track fabrics, threads, and patterns using photos and unit conversions. A helpful tool for sewers and crafters to manage their inventory.
- Manage fabric inventory
- Manage thread inventory
- Manage pattern inventory
- Use saved images for inventory
- Convert units (yards, meters, inches, cm)
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Crafters, keep track of your fabrics, threads, and patterns with Sew Buddy! Features: - Manage fabric inventory - Manage thread inventory - Manage pattern inventory - Use pictures from saved images! - Convert units between yards, feet, inches, meters, and cm
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sew Buddy at every 3 months against Love Sewing's every 24 months. Sew Buddy also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 6) and review sentiment (29% vs 20%). Love Sewing's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Love Sewing sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $32.99 per 6 months and Sew Buddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Love Sewing holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sew Buddy has 32 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Love Sewing's written reviews are positive against 29% of Sew Buddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Love Sewing ships an update every 24 months, Sew Buddy every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Love Sewing | Sew Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better | 3.8 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Practical Publishing International Ltd | Munirah Kamaluddin |
Customer experience
Love Sewing
Sew Buddy
In-app purchases
Love Sewing
- Subscribe to Love Sewing$32.996 Months
- Subscribe to Love Sewing1 Month trial$47.991 Year
- 1 (id:807357)$7.99
- 2 (id:807489)$7.99
- 3 (id:807383)$7.99
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- 4 (id:807360)$7.99
- 5 (id:807355)$7.99
- 23 (id:806833)$7.99
- 26 (id:806839)$7.99
- 28 (id:806843)$7.99
Sew Buddy
- SewBuddyPro$3.99
Questions
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