App: StitchBuddy
Developer: Matthias Arndt
Genres: Productivity, Graphics & Design

Are you using an embroidery machine and looking for an easy way to work on designs directly on your Mac? With StitchBuddy you can seamlessly organize, preview, modify, convert, and combine embroidery designs.

Features:

• Rotate, flip, move, or delete selected parts or the entire design
• Resize selected parts or the entire design (without adjusting the stitch count)
• Copy and paste to duplicate parts, or to combine different designs
• Center a design in its hoop
• Add basting stitches to fix the underlay
• Adding shapes as outlines or fills of manually designed vector paths
• Create shapes from typed text in all fonts and by importing SVG files
• Change individual thread colors, or replace the entire palette
• Select from several different manufacturer thread charts
• Reorder threads and delete color changes
• Display options incl. zooming, 3D stitch display, or stitch structure
• Supports millimeters or inches as measurement units
• Extensive printer options including actual size templates
• Easy export of designs to USB media
• Copy designs to the clipboard or drag them to other applications as graphics or text
• Multiple levels of Undo while editing
• Convert designs between different embroidery formats
• Display embroidery files in the Finder, Mail and other apps with Quick Look support
• Search with Spotlight for embroideries based on size, number of stitches or colors
• iCloud Drive support

Supported import formats (read): 

  • Janome JEF, JEF+, JPX, SEW
  • Brother PES, PEC
  • Melco EXP
  • Tajima DST
  • Pfaff VP3, KSM, PCS, PCQ, PCD

Supported export formats (write)

  • Janome JEF
  • Brother PES v1.0 (130 x 180 mm), PEC
  • Melco EXP
  • Tajima DST
  • Pfaff PCS
  
You can test StitchBuddy with all functions for free (saving designs is restricted to files with max. 1,000 stitches and adding text / importing SVG files is limited). Unlock these limitations via In-App purchases if you like StitchBuddy and want to support its development ... and please share your experience with others by leaving a rating or review!

Additional information, FAQs and video tutorials can be found at StitchBuddy's website.

Release notes:
• Gunold Poly thread chart added
• Unintentional color changes fixed
• Minor improvements and corrections