Comparison

ScreenSaverTool vs Embroidery

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

Head to head
About

ScreenSaverTool

Easily set custom screen saver images for your Janome sewing machine using your iOS device. Upload photos from your camera or camera roll, edit them, and send them wirelessly to personalize your machine's display.

Highlights
  • Set screen saver images wirelessly
  • Use photos from camera or camera roll
  • Image editing tools
  • Time display setting
  • Preview function
  • Compatible with specific Janome models
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The Screen Saver Tool allows you to set the screen saver image for your Janome sewing machine using your iOS device and Wireless LAN. Photos taken and images saved on your device can be used as screen savers for your sewing machine and you can enjoy your own original screen saver! The Screensaver Tool is compatible with the following sewing machine models: Please check the following web page: https://www7.janome.co.jp/global/softupdate/screensavertool/ Link with Sewing Machine * Screen saver images can be sent to the sewing machine. Tool details * Camera function * Camera roll import * Image editing (rotation, expanding, shrinking, center arrangement) * Time display setting * Preview function Usage conditions: * For iOS 14 or above, please allow the app access to find and connect to devices on your local network.

About

Embroidery

Create and edit embroidery designs with lettering and built-in patterns. Send your creations wirelessly to a compatible embroidery machine. Offers comprehensive editing tools, design management, and simulation.

Highlights
  • Wireless design transfer
  • Lettering and font tools
  • Design array creation
  • Full stitch editing
  • Design browser and management
  • Embroidery simulation
Features
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Embroidery-Link is a free embroidery editing app with which you can create beautiful designs with lettering and send them directly to JANOME Continental M17 machine. It includes many editing and transformation tools, together with the ability to create design arrays and full stitch editing abilities. It is a very useful and easy-to-use embroidery app. What you can do: - Choose any of the built-in designs and send it wirelessly to the embroidery machine for stitching out (no need for cords or USB sticks to transfer designs) - Have access to the embroidery machine files that are stored internally or in a plugged USB memory stick - Combine embroidery designs with letters/words to create original designs - Add embroidery to other projects by either importing embroidery designs into the app or using the in-app sample designs - Create original lettering designs with the available fonts - Resize the designs and automatically adjust their density - Use the design browser to import and organize your designs Main features: - Contains various built-in free embroidery designs - 12 different English fonts plus one Japanese font (incl. Kanji) - Includes Design browser with all common file browser features such as: -- Copy, paste, move, delete, rename, search files and folders -- Create new folders -- Import designs -- Connect with the embroidery machine -- Customize the Design browser view by resizing the file and folder icons and changing the information shown - A variety of editing functions: -- Create new designs and edit existing ones -- Copy, paste, cut, delete parts of the design -- Import design from the Design browser -- Remove small stitches from the design -- Various selection tools that will make your editing easier -- Sequence manager with reordering -- Moving objects in steps to all directions -- Mirror objects horizontally or vertically -- Thread color selections -- Automatic or Manual density adjustment -- Stitch editing functions such as stitch addition and re-position -- Lettering tools that allow you to change font type, Text size, Text alignment, place text on a curve or on a line, add thread trims, break text into characters, and many more -- Create array of the entire design -- Change the hoop, rotate the hoop and automatically fit the design into the hoop -- Embroidery simulation before stitching out -- Resize, Rotate, Slant and change position to the objects of the design by using your finger -- Use the measure tool to measure the design System requirements: This application is for iOS 13 and newer operating systems. Compatible Embroidery machine model: - JANOME Continental M17 The supported screen size of phones & tablets: - 5 inches or larger Language: - The app is currently available only in English Connect your embroidery machine to your wireless network: A router is required to communicate with the sewing machine. Connect your embroidery machine to your Wireless network, to automatically become visible from the application. Use the instructions manual of your machine, on how to connect it with your wireless network.

Screenshots

ScreenSaverTool4 screens
Embroidery4 screens

Verdict

The call

ScreenSaverTool and Embroidery both sit at 1.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 25% of ScreenSaverTool's written reviews are positive against 0% of Embroidery's. Embroidery's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.7 for ScreenSaverTool against 1.8 for Embroidery. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of ScreenSaverTool's written reviews are positive against 0% of Embroidery's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScreenSaverTool ships an update every 11 months, Embroidery every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ScreenSaverTool versus Embroidery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenSaverToolEmbroidery
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (7 ratings)1.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB190 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJANOME CorporationDRAWstitch International Ltd.

Customer experience

ScreenSaverTool

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Embroidery

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

ScreenSaverTool

No in-app purchases

None

Embroidery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScreenSaverTool free?
ScreenSaverTool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Embroidery free?
Embroidery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ScreenSaverTool or Embroidery?
Embroidery is rated higher. ScreenSaverTool averages 1.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Embroidery averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do ScreenSaverTool or Embroidery have ads?
Neither ScreenSaverTool nor Embroidery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScreenSaverTool or Embroidery?
ScreenSaverTool ships an update every 11 months, and Embroidery every 4 months. Most recently, ScreenSaverTool was updated on June 10, 2026 and Embroidery on June 4, 2026.

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