# Alpaca: Your Ravelry Companion — user reviews > 59 indexed App Store user reviews of Alpaca by Atmosphere Interactive LLC, rated 4.10/5 from 120 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alpaca-your-ravelry-companion/id1242116318/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alpaca-your-ravelry-companion/id1242116318.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 60 · 4★ 34 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Alpaca? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - ✨ Attractive interface compared to desktop - 🚀 Fast and efficient for browsing - 📱 Great for mobile Ravelry access - 🖼️ Pleasing display of pictures - 💡 Useful for managing stash and projects - ✅ Seamless integration with Ravelry - 🌟 Best Ravelry app available - 👍 Easier to use than Ravelry website - 🖼️ Great for uploading project photos - ✅ Works well for browsing and searching patterns - 👍 Good for keeping track of patterns - ✨ Streamlined for functionality - 👍 Makes Ravelry easier on mobile - ✅ Excellent for managing yarn and projects - 👍 Makes knitting on the go enjoyable **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy updates - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 🐛 Photos take a long time to load or don't load - 🐛 PDF patterns cannot be opened - 🐛 Issues saving PDF patterns - 🐛 Markup feature has no exit buttons - 🐛 Pattern search filters don't work well - 🐛 Stash totals only in yards - 🐛 Inappropriate pictures displayed - 🐛 Cannot favorite projects - 🐛 Recording yarn info can be weird - 🐛 Cannot view groups or respond to discussions - 🐛 Cannot modify friends - 🐛 Cannot sign in due to keyboard issue - 🐛 Cannot view saved patterns - 🐛 Attachment disappears when adding pattern to library - 🐛 Cannot remove items from library - 🐛 Inaccurate yarn store information - 🐛 Search doesn't work with filters - 🐛 App freezes or mixes up pages - 🐛 Saved search parameters reset - 🐛 Cannot favorite projects from the app - 🐛 Cannot view library by category - 🐛 Cannot search pattern database by needle/hook size or length - 🐛 Cannot download patterns on data - 🐛 Purchased patterns don't show in app - 🐛 Queue entries not linked to patterns don't display - 🐛 Free patterns sometimes cost money - 🐛 Unavailable patterns still show up - 🐛 Links within patterns lead to unrelated patterns - 🐛 Cannot add new projects directly from the app - 🐛 Cannot filter projects within the notebook section **Commonly reported bugs** - App closes down when choosing link to stash - Favourites aren't usable due to lack of bundle support - Shocking inappropriate pictures all over the place - Cannot find own completed projects - Cannot see current WIP - No forum access - Photos don't load or take 3+ minutes - Cannot open any PDF - Website doesn't load, not active on social media - Cannot save PDF pattern file on phone (no save/cancel button) - Markup feature has no exit buttons - Pattern search filter selects wrong garment types - App crashes on iPads - App always jumps back to the start screen when switching apps - Must delete all languages individually for multilingual patterns - Filters don't work, even after applying - Cannot select any filters now - No checkmark appears when clicking filters - Unable to select any filters on iPadOS and iOS - Search does not work in new update - New bugs with update, cannot select filters - New update makes app unusable, filters don't work - Filters stopped working - Filters not working in current version - Most recent update doesn't let you set any filters - Filter buttons don't work, checkboxes unresponsive - Latest update broke filters, cannot select any - Filtering stopped working, checkboxes do nothing - Won't let me filter out patterns that aren't crochet - Clicking a link within a pattern leads to an unrelated pattern - Spelling of 'favorited' is incorrect - Cannot view groups or respond to discussions - Cannot modify friends (search, add, remove) - Missing forum features - Cannot sign in, only a portion of the keyboard is visible - Cannot view saved patterns - Attachment disappears when adding a pattern to library - Cannot remove something from library - Closed stores listed in yarn store search - App freezing or mixing up pages - Saved search parameters don't stay saved - Cannot view library by category - Cannot search pattern database by needle/hook size or length - Cannot download patterns on data - Purchased pattern doesn't show in app - Queue entries that aren’t linked to a pattern don’t display - Free patterns sometimes cost money - Unavailable patterns still show up in lists - Links within patterns lead to unrelated patterns **Most requested features** - Support for bundles in favorites - Display yarn in grams or yardages - Add ability to add physical patterns - Way to keep track of rows on a pattern - Standardized way to store patterns for instructions on the go - Display inventory of knitting needles and crochet hooks - Mail function to access Ravelry mail - Barcode scanner for stashing yarns - Ability to favorite projects from the app - Library folder sorting by category - Add new projects directly from the app - Filter projects within the notebook section - Search pattern database by needle/hook size or length - Ability to download patterns on data - Fix purchased patterns not showing in app - Fix queue entries not linked to patterns not displaying - Fix free patterns sometimes costing money - Fix unavailable patterns still showing up - Fix links within patterns leading to unrelated patterns - Allow users to flag closed stores - Self-arrange patterns, projects, and stashes - Dark mode option - Add comments on photos uploaded via the app - Fix spelling of 'favorited' ## Newest reviews (16 of 59) ### 4/5 — Great app *2025-02-08* Have been using this app for years and love it, but lately having an issue with adding yarn to project from stash. It just closes down when you choose link to stash. Hope they get this issue fixed because it was a featured I really liked about the app. ### 3/5 — Useful but still glitchy *2024-02-03* I use both Alpaca and another app to access Ravelry on my phone. More and more I am preferring the other. Often I cannot find my own completed projects. Searching for a new pattern works well enough but searching for items in my library or queue, not so much. Recently I could not even see a current WIP. And no forum access in Alpaca. ### 3/5 — Yards *2023-11-07, version 1.10.2* Stash totals only in yards. 🙁 ### 3/5 — Photos don’t load *2022-09-08* Photos either don’t load, or take 3+ minutes to appear, making the app almost unusable at times. Still better than desktop Ravelry, however. ### 3/5 — Useful but glitchy *2022-01-27* I love this app, I use it all the time. But some of the features seem like they haven’t been fully built out. If you want to save a PDF pattern file on your phone, you get stuck on the file browser view that doesn’t have either a “save” or “cancel” button, so you have to shut down the program to get out of that page. The same thing happens if you try to use the “markup” feature, there are no exit buttons so you can’t leave that setting without shutting down the program. Also the pattern search filter doesn’t work very well, the list of garment types often selects the wrong thing - i.e. if I select “sweaters” and then search, it shows me “tank tops” instead. Still, glad to have this Ravelry-connected app on my phone! ### 4/5 — Love it, but scrawling a lot on iPad recently *2022-01-01* I love this app and use it frequently, but am also having a TON of crashes on the iPads…both of them. I add a skein of yarn and it’ll crash, I open a pattern and it’ll crash, I click ON a pattern it will crash. I really hope they fix it soon because this is definitely the best ravelry companion app out there and I WANT to use it. ### 4/5 — Tolle App *2021-09-27, version 1.10.2* Super um die Übersicht in Ravelry zu behalten. Man kann sehr gut z.B. Favoriten, Bibliothek usw. verwalten. Besser, als die Apps, die ich bisher getestet habe. 4 Sterne weil die App immer wieder auf dem Startbildschirm zurück springt, sobald man mal (auch wenn nur kurz) zu einer anderen App gewechselt hat, oder die App eben nur kurz verlässt. Das nervt, vor allem wenn man auf der Suche nach Anleitungen ist und dann wieder von vorne anfangen muss. Wenn man mehrsprachige Anleitungen aus der Bibliothek löschen möchte, muss man immer alle Sprachen einzeln löschen. Das ist sehr müßig, bei Anleitungen die im Download mehr als eine Sprache zur Verfügung stellen. ### 4/5 — Love, but update glitchy *2020-11-02, version 1.10.1* Love this app. However, The new update caused a lot of glitches. I can’t select any filters now. I would also love if the next update included a way to self arrange patterns, projects, and stashes so that I could organize them in a way that is more functional for me. ### 4/5 — Glitchy updates *2020-11-01* Love the app, but ever since the last update when I click filters for a search, no checkmark appears. They are being selected, as they appear with the search results, but it’s quite frustrating not knowing if I’ve clicked something until I back out. ### 3/5 — Search does not work in new update *2020-10-29, version 1.10.1* I updated my app and am unable to choose search option filters. Please fix. ### 4/5 — New bugs with update *2020-10-27, version 1.10.1* Love this app but for some reason after update I can’t select filters. Makes search pretty useless ### 4/5 — Love this app but filters stopped working? *2020-10-25* I’ve been using this app since it came out and have never had an issue. Within the past week or so the filters feature stopped working. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the app but it didn’t resolve the problem. Sorry for putting this in a review but I couldn’t see another way to contact the developer. ### 3/5 — Something is wrong with this app *2020-10-25* I love this app. It has been a great resource for looking up patterns on my phone. The most recent update doesn’t let you set any filters in your searches... I always like to search by yarn weight, pattern availability, and craft as well as using the yarn search to find good projects for a particular yarn I might have. Current update doesn’t allow this at all. ### 4/5 — Love this app but glitchy lately *2020-09-24* This is one of my favorite apps on my phone and I definitely spend way too much time perusing and collecting patterns using it. I’ve never had any issues with it before this week, but now whenever I try to click a link within a pattern to another pattern (e.g., I clicked the “grains of good sweater” that was linked within the “grains headband”), it brings me to a pattern called “Library”, which is not at all related (by designer, pattern name, type, etc). Multiple times this has happened on multiple different patterns, always bringing me to the “library” pattern, which is for a sweater vest that, while I’m sure is lovely, I have no intention of making or adding to my pattern collection. I’ve looked to see if there are app updates (there aren’t) and tried restarting my phone to determine if it’s an issue with my device (it isn’t), all to no avail. My current theory is the designer of the “Library” sweater vest has hacked the app in a subtle way to get her vest pattern out there to the masses haha. But in all seriousness, that glitch aside, this is a great app. If they can fix that bug I will change my rating to 5 stars. ### 4/5 — Please spell words correctly (otherwise this app is great!) *2020-08-28, version 1.10.0* I really enjoy using this app, but please please please correct the spelling of the word “favorited” in the app. Everywhere that you can favorite a pattern, it is spelled “favortied” and it distracts me every time I notice it. Thanks!! ### 4/5 — Great App *2020-06-07, version 1.10.0* I enjoy this app. However, I wish it also displayed my inventory of knitting needles and crochet hooks from Ravelry. This enhancement would make it a 5-star app for me. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Inappropriate! Parents beware. *2025-01-19, version 1.13.0* I’ve had this app on my phone for a bit and recently opened it to find a new pattern and was shocked to find incredibly inappropriate pictures all over the place. Men basically naked lots of dark demon like patterns. I don’t know what happened but this app is terrible and completely unsuitable for any kids at all ### 1/5 — Filters a trash *2021-09-08, version 1.10.2* Don’t expect to try and filter search results because even after applying filters they don’t work. I’m tired of seeing all paid patterns when I’m trying to find something for free. ### 1/5 — Awful *2021-02-03, version 1.10.2* It takes forever to upload photos, and it’s hard to get a new project to link to yarn in my stash. I’ve had this app for 30 minutes and I’m frustrated. ### 1/5 — Filter buttons don’t work *2020-10-24, version 1.10.1* I have been enjoying this app, but recently the filter check boxes are unresponsive. Both my operating system and app are up to date, and all of my other apps are functioning properly. It makes it impossible to do advanced searches for patterns and projects, which is a feature that I use often. If this is a bug, I hope they fix it. I will probably look for another app that talks to Ravelry for now. ### 1/5 — Wish it was usable *2020-10-17, version 1.10.1* I used to use this app some but now it won’t even let me filter out patterns that aren’t crochet. It might be fine for pulling up patterns that have already been saved but it’s not worth scrolling through projects I can’t use to try to find the ones I can. Super disappointing. Deleted. ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2022-05-29, version 1.10.2* I love this app, but recently it has become unusable. You can’t open any PDF. I tried to contact support, but their website doesn’t load, and they aren’t active on their social media pages. I hope this app wasn’t abandoned ### 2/5 — Filters not working in current version *2020-10-31, version 1.10.1* I love this app and it has worked for me until now. I am unable to select any filters on both iPadOS 13/14.1 and iOS 13.7. I use the crochet and picture filters often and not having these making browsing painful. ### 2/5 — New Update Makes App Unusable *2020-10-26, version 1.10.1* Filters don’t work at all on the new version, so while I can access patterns already saved, finding new ones is impossible on the mobile platform. ### 2/5 — Latest update broke filters *2020-10-24, version 1.10.1* This review is only pertaining to the latest update. Since updating I cannot select any filters. The app is usually great, but when I’m looking for a crochet project I do not want to search through a sea of patterns I cannot use. I’ll be using Ravelry’s website until this is fixed. This app usually rocks! ### 2/5 — Good start, but filtering stopped working *2020-10-18, version 1.10.1* Since the latest update, the pattern filters don’t work. I try marking the checkboxes but nothing happens. This is 90% what I use the app for, so it’s a huge negative for me. Otherwise it’s a nice app and I (used to) use it a lot. A great alternative to the Rav site that causes physical harm to a lot of people. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice app, please add support for bundles *2025-01-27* This app is functional and easy to use, and I like the way the notebook displays and search functions. My favourites aren’t usable though, because I organise them in bundles, and there doesn’t appear to be support for that. If you add that, this will be my new rav app. ### 5/5 — Love *2021-02-06* I love ralvery, I love this app. it’s so easy to use. The save the PDF file to my phone won’t let me close it and return to my pattern so I must close the app and open and find my pattern again. ### 5/5 — I’m in love *2021-01-30* I couldn’t use the new ravelry without having headaches, this app saved me , so intuitive and user friendly I love it so much and use it daily. I never bothered to even upload or filled the projects things on the computer but on this app I use it all the time ! I highly suggest it. ### 5/5 — Great Ravelry App *2020-11-17* I love this app. I haven’t tried other apps that work with Ravelry, since this one does almost everything I want for free. I use this app far more often than the website. It’s super easy to use, and it has a more attractive interface than the website. The only thing I’ve wanted to do that I’m not able to is to favorite projects. Sometimes I want to flag a user’s adaptations to a pattern. I can do that on the site, but the app doesn’t allow that. Also, recording yarn info for projects can be a little weird, but I don’t have enough experience with that on the site to compare the two. For browsing, searching, and keeping track of patterns, this app is awesome. I use it every day. Even though I think the app could be improved, I can’t hold back on giving it five stars. And I’m so grateful that it’s free! ### 5/5 — Absolutely love this *2019-11-30* I absolutely love being able to go to one place to keep track of all my yarn and projects. The integration with ravelry is amazing especially since it’s easy to get patterns on the go. What I would like to see in the future: * Being able to add patterns that we’ve bought physically from companies like we are knitters and wool and the gang. * having a way to keep track of rows and such on a pattern I would be more than amazing would be a standardised way to store patterns so that people could just get instructions on the go whilst also storing one’s place in a pattern. ### 5/5 — 🧶 *2019-01-23, version 1.6.1* Love it!!!! ### 5/5 — Absolutely love Alpaca!! *2018-12-03, version 1.5.0* For me, Alpaca makes getting to my pattern way easier than on the actual Ravelry site. I’m sure that I’ll use other features as time goes on - but so far, I’ve yet to find any fault with it. ### 5/5 — My perfect mobile Ravelry! *2018-10-30* Tried it because I wanted to more easily upload photos. Everything is easier! It’s a very intuitive interface and so far (about 10 days in) works like a dream for everything I like to do. It’s handles my photos much better than Ravelry, my stash is at my electronic fingertips and pattern browse is my new rabbit hole. ### 5/5 — Brilliant Ravelry On the Go *2018-06-25* This is THE BEST Ravelry app. There are a lot of wonderful things about Ravelry, but their mobile site is not one of them. I was thrilled when Alpaca was released. It is super intuitive, very user friendly, and has a great interface, all things Ravelry severely lacks. I open and use Alpaca at least 5-10 times a day. It has changed my mobile Ravelry game considerably and I now only log on to the actual Ravelry website maybe twice a month. This is a must download for knitters. ### 5/5 — Excellent app! *2018-03-01, version 1.0.2* Not only is the app beautifully designed, but it works amazingly. Finally a way to keep track of my projects on the go! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-09.*