Version History
This is an overview of all changes of StitchBuddy HD / StitchBuddy View.
2024/09/08 (StitchBuddy HD 3.4.1)
- Improved 3D view
- Better compatibility with 3rd party apps
2024/06/07 (StitchBuddy HD 3.3.3)
- „Clipboard“ menu was missing under iOS 15 - fixed
2024/05/06 (StitchBuddy HD 3.3.1)
- Visual improvements
- Background color issues fixed
- iCloud synchronisation improved
2024/04/12 (StitchBuddy HD 3.3)
- Design gallery with unified user interface
- Manage multiple files incl. format conversion
- Direct access to USB media
- Multiple windows supported incl. Split View
- Detail PDFs are reflecting thread numbers
- Price increase of In-App Purchase "StitchBuddy HD" (USD 19.99)
2024/01/21 (StitchBuddy HD 3.2.5)
- Gunold Poly thread chart added
- Reading VP3 designs fixed
- Janome RE36b hoop orientation corrected
- Icon preview of EXP designs added
2023/05/22 (StitchBuddy HD 3.2.1)
- Printing fixed under iOS 16
- JEF files were corrupted under rare conditions
- Minor improvements and corrections
- iOS 13 or higher required
2022/05/30 (StitchBuddy HD 2.19.2)
- Crash when mailing a design fixed
2022/05/15 (StitchBuddy HD 2.19.1)
- Sulky Rayon threads added / corrected
2022/02/12 (StitchBuddy HD 2.19)
- Durak Poly-Soft thread chart added
2021/04/14 (StitchBuddy HD 2.18.1)
- Complete Madeira Polyneon thread chart
2021/01/05 (StitchBuddy HD 2.18)
- Thread information incorporated in design files (no „.threads“ files)
- Help browser updated to comply to App Store regulations
- More meaningful error messages (e.g. In-App purchases)
2020/08/31 (StitchBuddy HD 2.17.5)
- PES v11.0 support added
2020/05/09 (StitchBuddy HD 2.17.3)
- Memory management fixed
2020/04/18 (StitchBuddy HD 2.17.2)
- Subfolders were not listed sometimes
2019/12/31 (StitchBuddy HD 2.17.1)
- Potential app crashes by user warnings fixed
2019/11/23 (StitchBuddy HD 2.17)
- Edit external files („Open in place“)
- Preview / thumbnail designs („Quick Look“)
- Dark mode (iOS 13)
- Janome RE36b hoop added
- Improved compatibility with other embroidery apps
- Minor improvements / bug fixes
2019/09/21 (StitchBuddy HD 2.16.1)
- Minor visual adjustments (iOS 13)
2019/02/17 (StitchBuddy HD 2.16)
- Brildor PB40 thread chart added
- Minor improvements and corrections
- iOS 11 or higher required
2018/05/14 (StitchBuddy HD 2.15)
- Editing designs on iPhones
- Improved user interface on iPads (combined view of gallery and design)
- Auto saving (please duplicate a design before modifications if you want to preserve the original file)
- Stitches of one thread can be selected
- Search in subfolders
- Performance / stability improvements
- Multitasking support (Split View / Slide Over)
- Free version for viewing and testing all features (modifying designs with more than 1,000 stitches requires In-App purchase; free for existing StitchBuddy HD customers)
- StitchBuddy View discontinued
2017/05/26 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.13)
- iCloud Drive support
- Dropbox synchronization discontinued
- Thumbnail creation improved
- Swipe action to share / delete designs
- Hoops added for PES 1.0 (only for alignment)
- PES 1.0 supports 30,000 / 50,000 stitches (hoop M / L)
- Import of PES v10.0 files
- Fixed PES / PEC export with Umlaute in file names
- Janome hoop RE18 support
- Requires iOS 9.0 or higher
2015/07/09 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.10.3)
- Selection of background color
- Background colors can be printed (optional)
- PDFs are created rasterized (default option) or vectorized
- Stitch optimization improved
- VP3 import fixed (for old files with thread offsets)
2015/01/09 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.9.3)
- Basting uses overlaps instead of locking stitches
- Canvas is sized based on the opened design
- Import of VP3 designs corrected
2014/10/20 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.9.2)
- Native support of iPhone 6 / 6 Plus screen sizes (StitchBuddy View)
- Zoom-to-fit honors the current device orientation
- Dropbox sync: upper / lower case support improved
- Minor internal bugfixes
2014/09/15 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.9)
- Stitch order of threads can be changed
- Color changes can be deleted, combining threads
- Crashes when switching between menus fixed
- DST export with national characters ("Umlaute") fixed
- Memory consumption improved
- Graceful handling of corrupted JEF designs (with too many color changes)
2014/05/06 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.7.2)
- Sort order in navigation view fixed
- The correct offset is saved when leaving the gallery
- Improved handling of Dropbox sync errors
2014/03/18 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.7.1)
- Barely visible and unresponsive designs / gallery fixed
- 64-bit support
2014/03/15 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.7)
- Subfolder support in the gallery / with Dropbox
- Designs can be opened in other apps
- X-ray view shows underlays when selecting stitches
- Madeira Rayon thread colors added
- Support of JEF+ file format (read-only)
- Support of Janome MC 9900 (new hoops)
- Dropbox synching improved
- Caching of design previews optimized
- Minor improvements
2013/11/28 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.6)
- This version requires iOS 7.x
- Flat iOS 7 design
- Performance improvements when displaying designs
- Selection of single stitches supported (tap with two fingers to select a section)
- Help is no longer automatically updated
- Alignment after zoom-in from overviews corrected
2013/09/10 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.5.3)
- This is the last version supporting iOS 5.x / iOS 6.x
- Facebook integration (requires iOS 6.0 or higher)
- Twitter integration (requires iOS 6.0 or higher)
- Dropbox syncing in combination with iTunes file sharing corrected
- Zooming at touch point corrected
- Reading of some rare PES designs corrected
2013/03/08 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.5.2)
- Correction of corrupted gallery entries caused by 2.5.1
2013/03/06 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.5.1)
- Identification of jump stitches improved (PES import)
- Lower memory consumption of work area (only extended for large designs)
- No help download on iPhones / iPods (only StitchBuddy View)
- This update was never released for StitchBuddy View, but 2.5 was immediately followed by 2.5.2, incorporating these changes
2013/02/21 (StitchBuddy HD / View 2.5)
- First release of StitchBuddy View
- Working area extended up to 1,200 x 1,200 mm
- Designs can be filtered by name
- Gallery organized in sections (by alphabet)
- Dropbox synchronization added
2012/11/19 (StitchBuddy HD 2.4.5)
- Read support for Janome JPX files
- Support of WonderFil Splendor thread charts.
- Handle invalid embroidery files more gracefully
- List of thread charts scrolled to current selection when being opened
- List of hoops scrolled to current selection when being opened
- Minor enhancements
2012/07/31 (StitchBuddy HD 2.4.4)
- Support of Coats Rayon and Trilobal thread charts.
- A thread can be marked in the color menu to identify where it is used in the design.
2012/05/31 (StitchBuddy HD 2.4.1)
- Leading / trailing jump stitches are not included into selections.
- Performance improvements for Retina displays.
- Enhanced PES support (additional color codes).
- Bugfixes
- Corrupted grid at some zoom levels on Retina displays.
- Crashes caused by unknown thread colors.
2012/05/11 (StitchBuddy HD 2.4)
- First release on iPad.