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Craft Studio vs Xstitchify
Xstitchify is a friendly browser-based cross stitch pattern maker with a photo converter, a lettering generator, and stitchable QR codes. It's free to start, and a subscription adds unlimited PDFs and its advanced stitches. Craft Studio is free all the way through and covers thirteen crafts, with partial stitches, French knots, layers, and a project journal for everyone.
Side-by-side comparison
How Craft Studio stacks up against Xstitchify on the features that matter to makers.
Craft types
Thirteen crafts, including cross stitch, crochet and knitting colorwork, diamond painting, embroidery, needlepoint, quilt, fuse beads, and latch hook. Each with the right grid geometry and stitch terminology.
Cross stitch only.
Stitch types
Half-square and quarter-square partial stitches, French knots, and backstitch for every account, in the editor and in PDF, PNG, SVG, and EPS exports. There's no diagonal half cross stitch.
Backstitch on every plan. French knots and half and quarter stitches need a Standard or Pro subscription.
Pattern size
Cross stitch grids up to 1,000 × 1,000.
Up to 600 stitches on the longest side.
Thread brands
The full DMC solid range (489 colors) and an Anchor starter palette, plus yarn and bead palettes for the other crafts. Extract a palette from a photo or generate one with color-theory harmonies.
DMC, Anchor, Madeira, and Cosmo, 1,700+ colors in all, with conversion between the four brands.
Lettering and extras
Text tools plus a stamp library for motifs, borders, and alphabets: built-in shapes, community stamps, and your own.
A lettering generator with multilingual text (a free font selection, 70+ fonts on paid plans), stitchable QR codes, and a paid text-prompt pattern generator.
Import and export
Image import only; it doesn't open OXS, PCStitch, or Pattern Maker files. Exports printable PDF with symbol keys, PNG, SVG, and EPS on every pattern, and Excel for charts up to 300 × 300.
PDFs that work with Pattern Keeper, and free PNG previews. OXS, PCStitch 7/8, and Pattern Maker import, plus OXS export, need Standard or Pro; SVG needs Pro.
Progress tracking
A project journal with progress photos and notes for each WIP, and a phone viewer with a row tracker for published patterns. No stitch-by-stitch tracker.
A stitch tracker built into the editor that syncs across devices, on Standard and Pro.
Pricing
Everything is free, with every craft, every editor tool, and PNG, PDF, SVG, EPS, and Excel export included. Your saved patterns are never deleted.
Free to create and save patterns, with PNG previews and 5 PDF downloads (with Xstitchify branding) when you sign up. Standard is $9.99/month or $69.99/year; Pro is $24.99/month or $179.99/year. PDF credit packs start at $9 for 30.
Xstitchify details and prices checked October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Let us know.
Which one is right for you?
Every tool has strengths. Here's our honest take.
Choose Craft Studio if…
- You make more than cross stitch and want one editor for all of it.
- You want partial stitches, French knots, and printable PDFs without a subscription or download credits.
- You chart pieces bigger than 600 stitches on a side.
- You want your designs, project journal, and a community gallery in one place.
Stick with Xstitchify if…
- You want to try it straight away, without an account.
- You make a lot of lettering, QR code patterns, or charts from a written prompt.
- You chart in Madeira or Cosmo, or need to open OXS, PCStitch, or Pattern Maker files.
- You want a stitch tracker inside the editor and don't mind a subscription.
Frequently asked
- Is Craft Studio free like Xstitchify?
- Both are free to start. Xstitchify's free plan includes PNG previews and 5 PDF downloads with its branding when you sign up; after that it's credit packs or a subscription from $9.99/month. Craft Studio is free all the way through, with PDF, PNG, SVG, and EPS export on every pattern, and Excel for charts up to 300 × 300. It needs a free account to use the editor.
- Can I move my Xstitchify patterns to Craft Studio?
- Download a PNG color preview of your pattern from Xstitchify (those are free). In Craft Studio, set your pattern to the chart's stitch count, turn on Crisp edges, then drop the PNG into image import. Each cell is matched to your palette, and you can tidy up from there. Craft Studio doesn't open OXS files.
- Does Craft Studio have partial stitches and French knots?
- Yes. Half-square and quarter-square partial stitches, French knots, and backstitch are in the editor for every account, and they carry through to your PDF, PNG, SVG, and EPS exports. The diagonal half cross stitch isn't one of them.
- Does Craft Studio make patterns from a text prompt?
- No. Craft Studio's import and palette tools are built on classic image processing: sharpening, color quantizing, and color theory. There are no prompts and no generation credits. The same photo with the same settings gives the same chart, and you edit every stitch yourself.
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