Questions, bugs, or ideas: bodkin.support@gmail.com. For a bug, it helps to mention your device, your iOS version and what you were doing.

Projects and backup

Where are my projects? On your iPhone or iPad. Bodkin has no account and no server, so nothing is stored online. Open the Files app → On My iPhone (or On My iPad) → Bodkin to see them: each canvas is a .bodkin file you can copy somewhere safe, rename or delete.

How do I back them up? Copy the .bodkin files from the Files app. Your projects are also part of your device’s iCloud or computer backup, like other app data.

Send a canvas to someone: on the home screen, touch and hold the canvas, then tap Share. They can open the .bodkin file in Bodkin on their iPhone or iPad.

Moving to a new iPhone or iPad? Restore the new device from a backup of the old one and your projects come with it. Purchases come back with Restore Purchases (below).

Purchases

What’s free? The app, every painted canvas, the basic stitches and every tool. Your first five canvases made from photos, charts or blank mesh are free too.

What do the purchases add? Both are one-time purchases, with no subscription:

  • Bodkin Pro: unlimited canvases from photos, charts and blank mesh, names and dates lettered onto any painted canvas, and every Stitch Pack stitch.
  • Stitch Pack: five decorative stitches: Bargello, Brick, Mosaic, Scotch and Smyrna.

Restore a purchase: tap the yellow sparkle button (Bodkin Pro) at the top right of the home screen, or any stitch with a lock, then tap Restore Purchases. Use the same Apple Account you bought with.

Family Sharing: both purchases work with Family Sharing.

Stitching

Do I need an Apple Pencil? No. You can stitch with a fingertip on iPhone and iPad. On iPad, choose My Finger on the welcome screen. Apple Pencil takes over as soon as it touches the canvas, and fingers pan and zoom.

Where are a canvas’s settings? Open a canvas and tap the sliders button at the top. Hand-Stitched mode, Even Tension, Sounds and Haptics are there.

Accessibility: Bodkin works with VoiceOver (including stitching), Voice Control, Dynamic Type, Increase Contrast, Reduce Motion and Smart Invert. If something gets in your way, please email us.

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