QuiltSandwich vs Sewing thread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuiltSandwich
This app simplifies quilt making by calculating fabric yardage and generating cutting diagrams. It helps visualize fabric usage, adjust for different methods, and design custom quilts from images.
- Fabric yardage calculation
- Cutting diagrams for fabric pieces
- Adjustable seam and shrinkage allowances
- Design custom pixel quilts from images
- Organize projects with Quilt Planner
- Fabric stash management
- Triangle calculators
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Take a holiday from quilt math! Put away yardage and formula charts and just create. QuiltSandwich figures the amount of fabric needed for all the layers of a quilt sandwich with cutting diagrams for each piece! Use QuiltSandwich to — See how to fold and cut fabric to get all the pieces needed before cutting Check yardage after adjusting to your favorite methods Change a quilt’s size Figure yardage for die cutting Easily share quilt plans and design notes WHY QuiltSandwich? Here’s what quilters tell us — “I really like this app. Just used it to get cutting layouts for a purchased pattern—wasn’t sure I’d been given enough fabric…” “Love this app. I use the calculator portion all the time for back size and cutting dimensions and also binding.” “This is easy to use and the QuiltSandwich Team is quick with replies and help should you need it…” More QuiltSandwich features: Download a free pattern from the web site, then edit the fabrics and piece sizes to fit your project. Design your own Pixel Quilt from a favorite image! Begin with the app Color Hints Mosaic to transform your image into a mosaic as realistic or abstract as you chose. Next, share to QuiltSandwich, setting the size of the pieces (the mosaic tiles) to get a quilt top at the size you want. That’s it! QuiltSandwich has three main tools and a handful of utilities: QUILT PLANNER organizes a project’s pieces and fabrics into an at-a-glance summary. Plus — Color Mix helps you check the color balance by showing you the mix of colors in proportion to each other. Journal captures your quilt projects so you keep the quilt’s story and pictures after giving the quilt away. AirDrop lets you share your patterns to another iPhone or iPad with QuiltSandwich. YARDAGE CALCULATOR figures yardage using finished sizes and creates a cutting diagram that shows how to fold and cut the fabric and get all the pieces. Plus — Includes sashing, borders, batting, backing and binding. Just a tap adjusts the cutting diagram for one way design fabrics. Allowance adjustments for seam, shrinkage and squaring-up. FABRIC STASH keeps images of project fabric organized with the project. You can even add fabrics before assigning them to a project. NOTIONS is filled with helpful utilities — Shopping List for pieces that don’t yet have a fabric or whose yardage is ‘short’. Fabric List PDF with all the fabrics in a quilt project, noting pieces that do not yet have a fabric assigned. Pattern PDFs is the full set of quilt documents — Cutting Diagrams, Fabric List and Journal — to Share by email, view in iBooks, or print. Triangle Calculators are unique! They calculate dimensions for corner, setting, and right triangles. Size it! finds the percentage needed to enlarge or reduce a quilting design or appliqué pattern using current and desired sizes. Pixel Quilt How-to Guide. Reference Tables with mattress sizes, common batting sizes, and conversion tables. Links to How-to guides. Manager for images saved in the app. We wish you happy quilting with QuiltSandwich!
Sewing thread
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You can manage your sewing thread inventory. 700 items of Schappe Span #30, #60, and #90 are provided as initial data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sewing thread at Free against QuiltSandwich's $4.99. QuiltSandwich's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On ads 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
Sewing thread is free to download; QuiltSandwich costs $4.99 up front. Sewing thread sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. QuiltSandwich asks for nothing beyond the download.
QuiltSandwich ships an update every 2 months, Sewing thread every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuiltSandwich | Sewing thread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NNN Software | Kanako Komatsu |
In-app purchases
QuiltSandwich
No in-app purchases
Sewing thread
- Coffee$0.99
- Cupcake$2.99
- Flower$5.99









