YarnBuddy User Reviews

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Perfect for projects

This app has so many useful options including a way to keep track of patterns. I love how I can keep track of multiple jobs with pictures and the actual pattern so I always know what I’m doing. I tried many different apps but none are as helpful to me as this app.

Amazing App

I never write reviews but I just had to share how brilliant this app is!
I’ve been using the LoveCrafts knitting app for a few years, but it fell out with me a bit recently and wasn’t syncing my patterns. I decided to see if there was anything better out there, and stumbled across this.
It is absolutely everything I wanted in one place! You can add your yarn stash, PDF patterns (that you can annotate!!) multiple row counters, which materials for which projects, upload photos, add tags, have future projects ready to go… I could go on and on!
I upgraded to the pro version and have zero regrets - money well spent!
Thank you!
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Very happy

Fantastic app. Love the latest update but there's some care instructions on my yarn labels that aren't on the list (dry in shade, do not wring, rinse well in cold water).

Would it be possible for the Tools/Materials Stash to have a quantity field as I have multiples of some hooks & other items (e.g. stitch markers).

Thanks for your hard work to bring us this app.
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Very helpful app if you are a knitter

The app is well organized, great for knitters.
There are some thing I wish this app had, but still it is overall above expectations.

Some things that will help to improve the app:

Yarn color selection:
I wish I could customize the yarn colors for the stash, or visualize them with colors shown. There are variety of colors that doesn’t fit in to the pre made categories.

Needles recommended / Needles used:
When starting a new project, I would like to have the needles that are recommended in the sample, and the needles that I actually used. Also, having size selected for my projectvwould be helpful as well
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Awesome

Overall this app is an invaluable tool. However, it could be made just slightly better if a new text field would be added to the yarn stash section-one for numbers. I want to label my yarn IRL with numbers, so I can identify them more easily without having to keep the label on them. Edit: also, you forgot to include the 25 mm and 30 mm hooks sizes. And would appreciate being able to enter decimal numbers in the field for gauge (yes I agree, decimals for that doesn’t make sense. But that’s what the label says, so…)
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Great app!

Keep track of everything from tools to rows with this handy app. Projects and your stash are at your fingertips! Great communication with the developer if you encounter an issue. The pro version is well worth it!

Revised: Love this app!

After a slightly rocky start (my free trial converted to subscription vs. lifetime purchase), I’m thrilled to report Apple fixed the problem and the developer contacted me to let me know my options. I purchased for lifetime today. This app is so fantastic. After a pretty intensive afternoon (I have an unreasonably large stash of high-quality yarn) I was able to export all my data to excel and calculate the total value of my property (if ever I need it). Simply amazing tool, and now I know which yarns are in which bins (using the pro note feature) so no more guessing or rooting around!! Thank you for the tool I was looking for. I’m recommending lifetime use to all my knitting friends ☺️
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Response from developer

Hi there! The 7-day free trial automatically rolls over into the annual subscription. Apple only gives me the option of using automatic billing—believe me, I’d rather not charge you automatically at the end of those 7 days! When you started the trial, there should have been a little payment confirmation pop-up with that information on it. If you go to the Settings app > Your Apple ID > Subscriptions, you can cancel the subscription there. You can request a refund directly from Apple by visiting https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204084 and just explain that you wanted to purchase the lifetime option and didn’t realize the trial was only associated with the subscription. I hope that helps and that you’re able to get a refund from Apple! Best, Becky

Awesome working tool

I love this app, I use it for almost every project!
Is it possible to get maybe a split look with the pattern and notes side by side? When I review old projects or want to do them again, it helpful to see my text notes next to the pattern with my annotations on it. I may be asking a lot …
Please keep up the wonderful work!
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Was good, now counters not working

I like the new reorder counters feature however it seems to have broken the counter view (can no longer drag up to see all of my counters) and counter editing (tap and hold to get into edit mode then try to edit anything—edit mode ends immediately). I hope you can fix this. I’d rather revert to the older version than live with these problems. Please help. Thanks Nancy
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Would be great but…

I like the premise of this app. Haven’t even really had many issues, it’s great for counting rows and keeping up with projects but when I’m adding yarn to my stash, often the app will crash or make my phone crash when I hit save, dunno what’s happening but if that got fixed it’d be a 5 Note: this wasn’t happening until I paid for the full app. I paid the 40$ and now it’s crashed to the point of all the yarn I just input was gone. Also just a little extra, would really like an added feature of saving my pdf patterns in their own folders instead of just looking through projects
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