I know nothing about the other software but I know that EQ7 is amazing and that for many reasons.
1) It's so powerful, there is nothing you cannot do. It does everything you mentionned you wanted to do.
2) Easy to learn because Fran Gonzalez of Quilt University gives 3 courses of different level.
3) The Help in the software itself is very well made
4) The technical support online answers your question promply
5) The different libraries (block, layout, fabric,etc) are very complete
On that website page you can play the videos and get a very good idea of the sotware.
http://doyoueq.com/lessons_categories/video/