Detection sometimes splits one symbol into several, or the same symbol turns up twice. Merge combines the look-alikes into one master symbol, so your stitch counts and palette come out clean.

The app suggests groups of similar-looking symbols; you pick which one survives (the master) and merge the rest into it. Merging re-points the duplicates' cells to the master and deletes them.

Controls at a Glance

Suggestions

Suggested groups

[Screenshot: the Suggestions tab with two look-alike groups, the master starred in each]

The app auto-groups look-alike symbols, largest groups first, each showing its members with usage counts and the current master marked. Likely duplicates are found for you, ranked by impact.
Strictness: Loose / Balanced / Strict
Choose how alike symbols must be to be grouped. Loose surfaces subtle variants, Strict groups only near-identical ones. Suggestions rebuild as you switch.
Merge / Ignore
Fold a whole suggested group into its master in one tap, or dismiss a group so it is not suggested again this visit.
Edit into tray
Open a suggestion in the merge tray to fine-tune the members or the master before merging. Hand-curate a group the app got nearly right.

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Manual Merging

Browse All
A grid of every symbol. Tap any to add it to the merge tray, so you can combine symbols the suggestions did not group.
Merge tray
Stage the symbols you have picked (two or more), then merge them together into the master. Tap a symbol in the tray to remove it again.
Set master
Tap a symbol, in a suggestion or the tray, to make it the one that survives. If you do not choose, the most-used symbol becomes master.
Done
Leave merge and return to Set Symbols with the merged result.

Did you know?

  • Merging is immediate and permanent. There is no undo on this step, so check the master's counts after each merge.
  • The master wins everything. Its name, colour and icon are kept, and the other symbols' cells all move to it.
  • Suggestions double as a look-alike sorter. They group your symbols by how similar they look, which is a quick way to spot near-identical glyphs you might otherwise confuse while stitching.
  • Ignoring is session-only. A dismissed group may reappear on your next visit, so it is a skip, not a ban.

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