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Stitchly: Cross stitch

Cross-stitch pattern maker

Subtlabs
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating4.8★2.3K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $39.99–$75.00
Age12+Store age rating
Size42 MBiPhone download
CategoryLifestyle
DeveloperSubtlabs

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $39.99–$75.00 (2 listed). The store doesn’t say how often these bill.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 3.16.1, updated 2026-10-20.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Stitchly is the best cross stitch pattern maker app on iPhone and iPad. Easily create your own cross stitch patterns with this simple yet powerful app.

• Perfect for beginners and professionals

• Convert your photos or draw your own designs

• Use DMC and Anchor thread, plus lots more

• Use 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, backstitches, and French knots

• Export your work as a printable PDF

• Track your progress in the app

• No subscriptions (pay once, enjoy forever)

IT WORKS LIKE MAGIC

When converting a photo, use our custom-built wizard tool to effortlessly choose the best settings for your image and see the results instantly.

TRACE OVER IMAGES

When drawing your own designs, you can show an image in the background. This can be super helpful as a reference to trace over. You can also show the original image after converting a photo, which makes tidying up your patterns even easier.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

4 measured · 4 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 3.16.1 · 2026-10-20
- You can now add new fabric colors and edit the existing ones (Menu > Edit... > Fabric Color > Edit Fabric Colors...) - You can now add your own fonts to the Add Text feature (editing screen > Add Text > ... > more button > Fonts... > '+' button > Import a file) - Added a setting for changing the position of the 3 side buttons on the editing screen (Menu > View... > Interface > Buttons > Top/Left/Right) - Added a setting for changing the color list page format on the PDF exports (Export > PDF > Settings > Color List > Grid/Table) - Bug fixes and general improvements Previous release: - Added a setting for increasing the maximum pattern size (Settings... > Advanced Settings > Max Pattern…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
stitchly
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
4.78 ★ · 2,311 ratings
Version
3.16.1
Updated
20 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
12+
Size
42 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Subtlabs
Category
Lifestyle
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Buy once1
Full VersionLifetime$75.00
Show 1 more purchase we couldn’t categorise

These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.

Special OfferTerm not stated$39.99

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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