Stay Another Day: Embroidered vs. Screen Printed — Which Should You Buy?

Same blank garment, two techniques, one consistent price gap — here’s what the extra $7–8 buys

Last updated: July 26, 2026

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Stay Another Day’s catalog runs close to 130 apparel styles, and a lot of them look like near duplicates at first glance — same message, same silhouette, two different prices. That’s not a mistake in their store: nearly every core design comes in two versions, screen printed and embroidered, and the difference isn’t fabric quality. We pulled the brand’s own product data for both versions to show you exactly what changes.

If you’re deciding between the two for the same design, this page answers that. For the brand overall, see our full Stay Another Day review; for size range, see our sizing guide.

The quick answer

The blank garment is identical. Per Stay Another Day’s own product listings, both the screen-printed and embroidered Hoodie use the same “50/50 Cotton-Polyester Gildan Heavyweight Fleece” construction, in the same Small-through-5XL range. The $8 difference on a hoodie (or $7 on a tee) buys a different printing technique and a different design layout — not a heavier or higher-grade garment.

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How we compared these

We don’t have these garments in hand, so this isn’t a durability or wash-test comparison — we can’t tell you which one holds up better over time, because neither we nor the brand’s public listings provide that data. What we can do is compare exactly what the brand states about each version, using its own live product data checked on July 26, 2026, across the designs sold in both formats (we found at least five: the core “Stay Another Day” logo, “You Are Loved” sign language design, “You’re Not In This Alone” butterfly, “See the Good in Everyday,” and the “Smiley Face” design).

What screen printing gets you

The screen-printed version puts more design on the garment: a small front logo plus text, and a larger graphic on the back. It’s the cheaper option across every garment type we checked — $28 for a tee, $50 for a crewneck, $55 for a hoodie — and it’s also the format with the most design variety in the catalog. Of the roughly 130 styles in Stay Another Day’s line, the large majority are screen-printed designs; embroidery is offered on a smaller, curated subset (around 18 SKUs across five core designs).

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What embroidery gets you

The embroidered version is a single design, centered on the front chest, with no back print. It costs consistently more — $35 for a tee, $58 for a crewneck, $63 for a hoodie — for what the brand’s own listings describe as the same design “embroidered” rather than printed. Embroidery is also available on a long-sleeve tee ($43) in some designs, a format not offered in screen print for every design in the line.

If the appeal for you is the look of embroidery specifically — a raised, stitched logo instead of a flat print — that’s what you’re paying the $7–8 premium for. It’s a legitimate reason to pick it; just know it’s not a heavier hoodie or a different cotton blend underneath.

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Who should NOT pay extra for embroidery

• ❌ You want the back-print design. Embroidery is front-chest only in every listing we checked — if the larger graphic on the back is part of why you like a design, screen print is the only way to get it.
• ❌ You’re choosing based on expected durability. We have no published data — from the brand or independent sources — comparing how the two hold up over time. Don’t pay more assuming embroidery outlasts print; we can’t confirm that either way.
• ❌ You want the widest design selection. Embroidery is offered on roughly five core designs; screen printing covers the rest of the catalog.
• ❌ You’re buying for a child. Youth sizing (the two we found: “You Are Loved” embroidered youth hoodie and crewneck) is priced closer to $28–29, similar to adult screen-print pricing — check the specific listing rather than assuming the adult price gap applies.

Frequently asked questions

Is embroidered Stay Another Day merchandise better quality than screen printed? Not in terms of the base garment — both use the same blank (Gildan Heavyweight Fleece for hoodies/ crewnecks, Comfort Colors ring-spun cotton for tees). The difference is the decoration technique and design layout, not the fabric.

Why is embroidery more expensive if the shirt is the same? Embroidery is generally a more labor- and machine-intensive process than screen printing, which is reflected in the consistent $7–8 premium across every garment type we checked. That’s a normal industry pricing pattern, not specific to this brand.

Does the embroidered version still have 988 on it? Our full brand review covers the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline detail across the line generally; check the specific product photos for placement, since embroidery’s front-chest-only format changes where design elements can appear compared to a screen print with a back graphic.

Which one should I buy if I can’t decide? If you want the design most people would recognize (the larger back graphic), buy screen printed. If you specifically want a more subtle, single front-chest logo — the kind of thing that reads as a plain hoodie until someone’s close enough to see it — the embroidered version is built for that, and that’s worth the $7–8 to you or it isn’t.

Does Stay Another Day say how much of each sale goes to charity? No — the brand states that “a portion of every sale will be donated to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline,” but does not publish a specific percentage or dollar figure, for either the screen-printed or embroidered lines. See our full review for more on this.

Methodology and limitations

We compared Stay Another Day’s own published product data for screen-printed and embroidered versions of the same designs, checked July 26, 2026. We have not physically handled either version of these garments. We cannot compare feel, durability, or wash performance between the two — no such data is published by the brand or, to our knowledge, by independent reviewers, so we don’t guess at it. Price and material claims are read directly from the brand’s live product listings.

Sources

• Stay Another Day official site (affiliate link)
• Prices, materials and design descriptions read from Stay Another Day’s published product data, July 26, 2026
• Stay Another Day Review — our full brand breakdown
• Does Stay Another Day Run Small? — our sizing guide
• Best Gift Hoodies 2026