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Designing with iPAD App for Cricut Explore Coming Soon

Posted on October 14, 2014

14 Comments

I have some great news to share…coming mid-December, Cricut will have a NEW Design Space App for the iPad that will allow you to actually “Design and Cut” with your Cricut Explore machine. Currently, there is an iPad app but it only allows you to use the Make It Now projects in Design Space.

The NEW Design Space App is what users have been waiting on to give them flexibility in designing ON THE GO for Cricut Explore and WHENEVER INSPIRATION STRIKES !

Here is the info I have from Cricut so far:

It’s a FREE app that will be available in iTunes mid-December 2014
It will work on any iPad 2 or higher versions
It will need the Cricut Explore Bluetooth Adapter* to cut
It will allow you to design and save in the app then cut later from your iPad
It will allow you to design and save then cut later from your computer
It will allow you to use SVG files to design but you have to import them first in Design Space via your computer
It will have full design capabilities such as welding, attaching, flatten, mirroring, re-sizing, etc
PLUS it will have a few Added Features such as “Snap to Grid” and “Centering”

AND if that wasn’t enough to make you do cartwheels and go “YEAH !!”, in first half of 2015 you will be able to WORK OFFLINE in the Design Space App.

I know you are wondering at this point, will it be available for Android ? Don’t shoot the messenger but Cricut is currently focused on getting this right in the iOS devices and has made no commit to a release for Android at this date.

Luckily, I will get a chance to play with the NEW Design Space App over the next couple of weeks to give it a test run. So stay tuned for more information on this awesome new app that will give us a way to design on the go for our Cricut Explore like we used to do with our Gypsy devices on former Cricut machines.

If this capabililty is what you have been waiting for, purchase the Cricut Explore AND Cricut Wireless Adapter NOW to be ready to design with your iPAD THIS YEAR!!!

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14 Comments

Joan peters
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i’m sure glad to hear this. Just got my Exlplore last week & having a ball with it. It be wonderful to use my iPad. Thanks for keeping us updated on the happenings.

October 14, 2014 at 1:38 PM
Linda Short
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How will using design space on the iPad happen when it will never support Adobe?

November 30, 2014 at 3:04 PM
- admin
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  Hi Linda – The way it was explained to me is that since it is an iTunes App, all that is taken care of internally within the app which is hosted at Apple. All I can tell you is that it DOES work ! Let me know if you have other questions…maybe I can answer those easier for you 🙂 Thanks for reading my blog. Debbie
  
  November 30, 2014 at 4:24 PM
Heidi
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I was wondering if we will have to have wi-fi to use the app when it is first released? Or is working off-line with the app going to come later? I have read conflicting information and was wondering if you could clarify?

December 31, 2014 at 9:40 AM
- Debbie
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  Hi Heidi – The Design Space iPAD app will require use of wifi when it it first released sometime in January. Cricut is saying in the second half of the year they will make it so you can use offline but not exact timing has been given. Let me know if you have other questions I can help answer.
  
  January 1, 2015 at 2:05 PM
mAYRA
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Hi Debbie, What is the new app called? For some reason I am not able to find it in my iTunes. From my understanding there should be 2 apps … the old cricut app and now the design space app. I have the old version but I can’t find the new version. Please help!

January 22, 2015 at 1:06 PM
- Debbie
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  Hi Myra – the new iPAD app for Design Space will not come out until mid February now. Currently you can download the iPAD app in iTunes for the Cricut Make It Now Projects. There will be another app the will be the Cricut Design Space App that has the full features. I will definitely be posting the info here as soon as it is released along with some videos on how to use it.
  
  January 25, 2015 at 12:10 PM
- Debbie
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  Myra – The new app is not released yet in iTunes. It will be out sometime later in February so stay tuned. It is coming. Name will be Cricut Design Space that you search for in iTunes. I will post it here as soon as it is released and show you videos on how to use it too.
  
  February 5, 2015 at 4:08 PM
  - Mayra
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    Hi Debbie thank you so much for the update! I am anxiously waiting!
    
    February 5, 2015 at 6:56 PM
    - Debbie
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      You are welcome Myra !
      
      February 13, 2015 at 12:51 AM
Brenda
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will the new app work with the iPad mini?

February 10, 2015 at 11:15 PM
- Debbie
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  yes Brenda ! It will for sure.
  
  February 13, 2015 at 12:49 AM
Jett Greenhalgh
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I live in Australia and Cricut has failed to make this app available to us Aussies!!
It is now mid 2016, when will we be able to download this app to OUR ipads?!?!?!?!?!

May 3, 2016 at 1:14 AM
- Debbie
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  I totally understand your frustration over this but it is out of my hands..I don’t work for Cricut. I would suggest sending Cricut an email to their international support address isupport@cricut.com to see if they have a timeline for this.
  
  May 3, 2016 at 3:05 PM