StitchBuddy HD 4+

I love StitchBuddy and have it installed on all my Mac devices - iMac, iPad and even iPhone. The ease for which you can edit and create embroidery designs while lounging with your iPad is amazing! It keeps a thumbnail image of all your purchased files organized and easy to find when creating new monograms or whatever you embroider. It has a simple and intuitive way to edit files that saves as you go. To top it all off, StitchBuddy is reasonably priced compared to other embroidery software and has the ability to try it before you buy it (you can’t save regular sized files before purchasing). There isn’t much out there for Mac users, but StitchBuddy can be used on all your Mac devices!

Thank you so much 😊

I’m a hobbyist but have used an embroidery machine since 2003. I have played with multiple applications to help manage and view my inventory of .pes files and nothing worked good until StitchBuddy. I love this app and how it ties into the file system. So existing files or newly downloaded files show up with a correct thumbnail before you add them to the app. Plus the ability to nest files into folder is amazing. Don’t get me wrong I also use the other options in the app such as merging and manipulation. For me letting someone look through my files using my iPhone and choosing what to embroider is priceless.

It's just great to get so wonderful reviews! Thank you! 😀

Make sure you carefully read the description! The reviews seem to indicate a usability that does NOT exist. You CANNOT create with this. If you can change colors of portions of it without changing the rest I can’t figure it out (for example changing a solid colored word PRIDE to individual letters being different colors). Changing colors in general is very difficult because it’s hard to see exactly which stitches you’re changing. Maybe if you have a simple design it’s not bad but if you’re looking at an in the hoop design good luck figuring out which layer you’re on. And if you want to select something that’s not in a box or a continuous stitch it ain’t gonna happen. It’s basically useless. Even reordering colors is out unless you have a really good understanding of the color names in the pattern ( you know how embroidery files go - peacock blue could be grey or could be purple!) because it doesn’t highlight the stitches when you tap a color.

Please watch some of the video tutorials at www.stitchbuddy.de to learn e.g. how to split a solid colored part into individual ones, or how to select parts of a design for modifications. And of course take reviews with a grain of salt and use the free trial to build your own opinion ... too bad you are rewarding this opportunity with a one-star review.