Comparison

ColorHints Mosaic vs Quilt Pattern Creator

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

Head to head
About

ColorHints Mosaic

Transform your photos into pixelated mosaics with customizable tile shapes, colors, and aspect ratios. Perfect for creating patterns for crafts like quilting, cross-stitch, or even Minecraft art. Share, save, or print your creations in large poster sizes.

Highlights
  • Photo to mosaic conversion
  • Customizable tile shape and count
  • Color limiting and editing
  • Save, share, or print mosaics
  • Large poster printing up to 200"
  • Pattern generation for crafts
Features
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Color Hints Mosaic creates a mosaic or pixelated version of a photograph. The mosaic you create can be shared with others, saved, or printed. To create a mosaic, simply - take or choose a photograph - choose the tile shape, the number, and aspect ratio of the mosaic tiles - select the Mosaic tab to see the results Too many colors in the mosaic for your purposes? Just tap the “Limit” button and then adjust the slider to choose the number of colors that does suit your purposes. Or, use the Mosaic editor to choose exactly the colors you want – including using a palette to assign colors to the Mosaic. Create mosaics to use for - pixel quilt designs - pixel quilt designs - tile patterns - knitting patterns - cross-stitch patterns - beading - mosaics from glass, wood, or other media - minecraft art - posterization - student art Want to share your mosaic? Share directly from Color Hints Mosaic via social media or Air Drop, save it to iBooks as a pattern, or send it to another App, like Color Hints or QuiltSandwich (from NNN Software). Want a printed copy? Print your mosaic as poster as large as 200" (500cm) on a side. Or, print an annotated version of the mosaic complete with a table of colors.

About

Quilt Pattern Creator

Design custom quilt patterns with a vast library of blocks and colors. Create your own unique blocks and arrange them into full quilt designs. Save, print, and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Over 200 quilt blocks
  • Custom block creation
  • Color customization
  • Sashing options
  • Save, print, and share patterns
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • Zoom in/out
Features
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Create quilts using over 200 quilt blocks to select from. You can change the colors in the blocks to get the look you want. Now you can create your own blocks to use in your quilts. Comes with 3 free quilt patterns. Download is free. To activate creation is $2.99 Once activated, get started by doing the following: To Create a Quilt 1. Select "Create a Quilt" button. 2. Enter the type of quilt (square or on point), and the quilt width and quilt height in blocks. 3. Select the Block Icon (forth icon in the tool bar) 4. A huge selection of quilt blocks will appear. 5. Select the quilt blocks you want to place on your quilt. 6. Select the Color Icon (first icon in the tool bar) 7. A huge selection of colors will appear 8. Select a color and select the Fill-All bucket icon with a double plus sign (11th icon in the tool bar) 9. Select on the quilt, all the blocks of the same kind will change color to the color you selected. Buttons from left to right in the button bar: Color button - use to select any color Save button - use to save your quilt pattern Sashing button - use it to add sashing around each quilt block (vertical, horizontal or both) Quilt blocks button - use it to select different quilt blocks to your quilt My Quilt Blocks button - displays all the blocks you have created Cut button - select a block on your quilt and the cut icon to remove it Copy button - select a block on your quilt and the copy icon to copy it and place it in another location on your quilt Rotate button - select a quilt block and rotate icon to rotate that block Resize quilt button - select to change the number of block rows and columns for your quilt Dropper button - select a color from your quilt to use Paint bucket button - use this when you want to change the color of one fabric in a single block Paint bucket + button - use this when you want to change the fabric color in a single block Paint bucket ++ button - use this when you want to change the fabric color in all blocks Undo button - undo last things you did Redo button - redo the things you undid Zoom in button - zoom in on your quilt pattern Zoom out button - zoom out on your quilt pattern Print button Share button - share a picture of your pattern using email, text etc. Help button - help on how to use features of the app To Create a Block 1. Select "Create a Block" button. 2. Select the size of the block you want to create (5-16 inches) 3. Now add shapes to your block. Shapes come in three sizes (3 sides, 4 sides and 5 sides) 4. Select the triangle to add a triangle shape to your block. 5. To change the shape just drag any of the green corner circles to where you want. 6. You can also flip, rotate and resize the shape using button in the button bar. 7. You can drag the shape to any location. Shapes snap into place. 8. Select the Color button (first button in the button bar to change the colors of your shapes) Buttons from left to right in the button bar: Color button - use to select a color for your fabric shapes in your block Save button - use to save your block Triangle shape button - add triangle fabric shapes to your block Square shape button - add 4 sided shapes to your block Pentagon shape button - add 5 sided shapes to your block Resize shape larger button - select a shape and the resize larger button to make the shape a size larger Resize shape smaller button - select a shape and the resize smaller button to make a shape a size smaller Flip shape horizontal button - select a shape and the Flip horizontal button to flip the shape horizontally Flip shape vertical button - select a shape and the Flip horizontal button to flip the shape vertically Rotate shape button - select a shape and the Rotate button to rotate a shape Dropper button - select a color from your block to use Paint bucket button - use this when you want to change the color of fabrics in your block Cut button - use to remove a shape from your block Copy button - use to copy Print button

Screenshots

ColorHints Mosaic4 screens
Quilt Pattern Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quilt Pattern Creator at Free against ColorHints Mosaic's $1.99. ColorHints Mosaic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (40% vs 13%). On update cadence, ads 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

Quilt Pattern Creator is free to download; ColorHints Mosaic costs $1.99 up front. Quilt Pattern Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ColorHints Mosaic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ColorHints Mosaic versus Quilt Pattern Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorHints MosaicQuilt Pattern Creator
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better13.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#90 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJim CalvinSand Castle Designs, Inc

Customer experience

ColorHints Mosaic

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Quilt Pattern Creator

Written reviews15 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.7%

In-app purchases

None

ColorHints Mosaic

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quilt Pattern Creator

One-time1
  • Quilt Pattern Creator$2.99

Questions

Is ColorHints Mosaic free?
ColorHints Mosaic costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quilt Pattern Creator free?
Quilt Pattern Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ColorHints Mosaic or Quilt Pattern Creator have ads?
Neither ColorHints Mosaic nor Quilt Pattern Creator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorHints Mosaic or Quilt Pattern Creator?
ColorHints Mosaic ships an update every 3 months, and Quilt Pattern Creator every 3 months. Most recently, ColorHints Mosaic was updated on September 14, 2026 and Quilt Pattern Creator on August 18, 2026.

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