XStitch Plus

While took me a few days to enter and record my entire thread stash in this app, it has been so worth it. With just a click or two I can now instantly see if I have a particular thread at home before I purchase another one unnecessarily. What a money saver. I am now working on my project stash and will eventually record my ground cloths. It is far and away the best $10 I believe I have ever spent, and it has paid for itself over and over. Thank you to whoever came up with this site. I encourage all my needle worker friends to try it. Jeanne’yi

I haven’t used this app for very long but I can say that after 4 days of the trial period I decided I should subscribe. It’s been a great investment so far. Pros: Info is very easy to add. Lots of info already included so flosses, etc. are easy to inventory - basically the pick of a button. It syncs between my devices (easier to add on my iPad but only have my phone if I’m out shopping). I can track my projects from wishlist to purchasing to kitting to completion. I can keep track of extra linens. Cons: This app lacks the ability to add inventory that doesn’t fit their categories. For instance, I have designs from old magazines I’d like to add accurately but can’t because I don’t know the designer or the designer isn’t one they have listed. The designer name is required but there is no “unknown” option or the ability to add an unlisted name (“custom”?). I’ve added that inventory under a random designer that I’ve selected. The same is true of the floss inventories. They have TONS of lines listed but I just bought floss from a new line and can’t add that as it isn’t one of their options and there isn’t the option to add a “custom” line. It could use a “Notes” section for random information so that all my cross-stitch info is all in one place then. Based on what I see in the app so far it wouldn’t surprise me to see those options added - especially at a subscription price of $9.99/year.

I really love the original x-stitch app and was looking forward to this new one with the enhancements. Unfortunately they removed three functions from the new one that I use. They removed the ability to add a skein of floss to the shopping list from the actual color page for the floss. You have to go to a different screen that lists all the colors for a specific maker/type to add to the shopping list. They also removed the groupings for patterns by designer and fabrics by dyer. They recommend using the new search option but that is not the same. They have added search, also beads and custom to the threads which is nice. But I only gave this 2 stars because of what they removed. I’ll continue to use the original app which I gave 5 stars,

I really like the app overall. I love having a photo or two of my projects as I may have given the finished ones away. I also like have the photos for my wish list. However for $9.99 a year I hope some more features are added. I would like a few more fields in the description of the design such as stitch count, and notes on finishing. I would also like to link the floss needed for project directly from the project. If that is possible now please let me know how to do that. I hope the designer continues to incorporate changes and updates.

I am in my trial week of this app. I greatly appreciate the multiple thread companies and types, so I can inventory both the pearl cotton I use for needlepoint and cross stitch fibers. Yay! On the downside, there are NO instructions! I figured out it seems I have to save a thread to my inventory before adding it to the shopping list, but then doing so is easy, and can click multiple times or edit for quantities. Please add the ability to type in your own designer name for charts. Some of my charts are PDFs, so I have to figure out how to include those images. But the really big functionality that I am surprised is missing is the ability to click on an inventory item (thread, linen) and add it to a journal entry. Now all info to a journal entry has to be typed in. Or, I guess I can take a photo of the palette and upload that. I do most of my own designs, rather than buying charts.