What's new in Patchwork, release by release. If you skipped one or two, it's all here.
2026.3Latest
One color at a time, and backups that just work
A smaller update, close on the heels of 2026.2, focused on your stitching time and the things that should simply work.
Per Color. Crafting Mode can now take you through just the colors in your current row, one at a time and in any order, then on to the next row.
A better Per Cell. See how many stitches are left in your current color, plus the colors coming up in the row.
Faster on big patterns. Moving through your stitches is much quicker, especially on large charts.
Automatic backups. iCloud backups now happen on their own as you make changes.
Finished size. Draw Your Own now shows your finished size as you choose your dimensions.
Upgrade to Lifetime. On Monthly? You can now upgrade to Lifetime right from Settings, and Patchwork helps you turn Monthly off afterward.
Duplicate more at once. Select several patterns or palettes and duplicate them from the Organize menu.
What's New, anytime. A new link in Settings, just above About.
Smaller things
Bottom-up patterns reopen in the right spot, with correct thumbnails and labels.
Crochet C2C patterns pick back up on the right diagonal.
Cancel on the Dimensions screen now cancels your changes.
Selecting items keeps your place in the gallery, and Stash selection now matches Patterns and Palettes.
Swipe to delete is smoother, and nothing moves until you confirm.
Duplicating a palette keeps you in the gallery.
The editor returns to your zoom when you leave Crafting Mode.
Large text sizes work better across the app.
2026.2
Crafting Mode, widgets, and a home for your stash
This one is about the time you spend actually stitching. Patchwork now keeps up with you row by row, lives on your Home Screen, and keeps track of the supplies you already own.
Crafting Mode. Start a session and Patchwork tracks your progress row by row, then saves your spot when you put it down. It can now walk a pattern one color at a time, with view options like center lines, symbols, and grid lines while you stitch.
Widgets and Live Activity. Keep track of projects on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and the Dynamic Island.
Stash. A new tab right next to Patterns and Palettes for the supplies you already own. Always free.
Better exports. Pattern PDFs are all new. Choose color, symbols, or both, pick exactly what goes in, and big charts get an overview page that maps every page. Exported files now carry your pattern's name, too.
More palettes. Lots of new curated palettes to start from, ready in your Palettes tab.
Folders and tags. Organize patterns and palettes your way, then filter to find things faster.
Notifications. Quiet nudges to pick a pattern back up, all adjustable in Settings.
New onboarding. Getting started is all new, with a quick setup flow and a tutorial that walks you through the basics.
Pro, your way. Patchwork Pro has a new shape. Everyone gets every Pro feature free for 7 days, with nothing to buy and nothing that renews. After that, Pro is a one-time Lifetime purchase or a monthly plan. Layers, version history, thread colors, color conversion and widgets are now free for everyone, and free includes three patterns.
Smaller things
Progress now shows right on each pattern thumbnail.
Organize and Delete sit together in one tidy bar when you select patterns or palettes.
iCloud sync and backup are now free for everyone.
Fixed an issue where patterns could disappear after a restart and custom palettes could be erased.
Lots of small fixes and polish throughout.
2026.1
Patchwork is here
The first release. A pattern editor for crochet, cross-stitch, knitting, and needlepoint, built for iPhone from the ground up.
Photo to pattern. Turn any photo into an editable pattern. No tracing, no guesswork.
900+ thread colors. Match your chart to DMC, Anchor, and Madeira, so every color is a thread you can actually buy.
Generate with AI. Describe what you want and get a starting point. Requires Apple Intelligence.
Layers and history. Keep each part of a design separate and step back through every version. Nothing gets lost.
Exports. Save your chart, symbol key, or a print-ready PDF.
Crafting Mode. Track your progress as you stitch. Patchwork remembers exactly where you left off.