Book Art Pattern Maker 4+

Really like but has issues

*Edit 3 - lots of frustrating bugs at this point and no indication it will ever be updated. Although the bugs are not being fixed, there is now an option to pay $40 (!!) annually just to get it to be more functional for exporting to Excel. There is a way to print without paying but it has a ton of annoying watermarks on the page and you can’t format anything, it’s print as is pdf. It won’t cleanly convert to excel and takes a lot of effort. It’s worth the $10 fee if you make a lot of MMCF patterns, MMF don’t work as well.

*Edit 2 - even more features have stopped working, such as simply being able to name the patterns. Developer website linked to Apple Store no longer exists which makes me think the app won’t be updated ever to fix issues. Still functional but frustrating to use.

*Edited - some features aren’t showing up in the app anymore, if I go into a pattern there is no way to get out without exiting the app and relaunching. Still functional, but can be frustrating to use if you have a lot of patterns.

* It’s fairly easy to use, I have had some issues with images having large gaps in the preview when I adjust the page number in increments of 20 (it seems to only really like 400 or 600 page books) but that may just be a preview viewing issue not a problem with the pattern. Being able to print them out is very helpful as well. Definitely worth the cost of the app!

Holding off on a 5 star

Is there a Facebook group for support? Would need to be able to print. Please hurry with the pdf export option

Developer Response ,

edit: Printing and exporting as PDFs have been added!

There's a Facebook group called 'Book Art Pattern Maker for iOS,' you're welcome to post any questions, concerns or feedback for improving the app there, as well as any finished products you've folded. Exporting to PDF is definitely in the works for version 3.0, so it'll be easy to sell the patterns this app creates. For now, it's possible to share patterns with other users, or even tap a row of instructions like a 'digital ruler' so paperless folding is especially convenient.

But your feedback is definitely heard! Thanks for sharing!

So frustrated with this app!

I want to do a simple MMF pattern with letters in a block font. There are no instructions or tutorial that I can find. I finally typed out and took a picture of the word I want to make and it tells me it won’t work. I can’t just type in the word (I guess). I spent $10 on this app and can’t get any help. If it was a real product it would be a brick doorstop. I joined the Facebook group to ask for help and I notice everyone who has written a question gets zero answers including me. I’d like my money back but I can’t even get to anyone to ask for help or get a refund. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!