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Alpaca: Your Ravelry Companion

Alpaca: Your Ravelry Companion

Knit and crochet on the go

119 ratings
59 reviews
#181 in paid Lifestyle
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$1.99

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • February 12, 2018
  • February 16, 2025

Developer

Atmosphere Interactive LLC
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About

Access Ravelry's extensive pattern library, manage your knitting and crochet projects, and track your yarn stash from anywhere. Update project progress with photos and discover new yarn shops and friends' activities.

✓View Ravelry patterns, projects, and yarn
✓Download and view pattern PDFs
✓Create and update projects with photos
✓Search for patterns, projects, and shops
✓Manage your yarn stash
✓View friends' activities in a home feed
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Alpaca. Based on 119 reviews and a 4.1/5 average, it highlights the 16 positives and 32 negatives reviewers mention most about this Lifestyle app.

Positive things

  • 👍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

Negative things

  • 🐛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
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What's New in Alpaca

1.15.1

February 16, 2025

• Fixed an issue preventing linking stashed yarn to a project

Charts

Top Paid

📉 181-10

Lifestyle

This app dropped -10 positions in Lifestyle chart.

Last updated on July 21, 2026.

User reviews

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Great app

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.
So/confusedSo/confused

Nice app, please add support for bundles

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.
vileseagullsvileseagulls

Inappropriate! Parents beware.

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
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BirdieruthBirdieruth

Useful but still glitchy

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.
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LostinpokLostinpok

Yards

Stash totals only in yards. 🙁
MottentierMottentier
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

49 issues

App closes down when choosing link to stash

Bug

Favourites aren't usable due to lack of bundle support

Bug

Shocking inappropriate pictures all over the place

Bug

Cannot find own completed projects

Bug

Cannot see current WIP

Bug

No forum access

Bug

Photos don't load or take 3+ minutes

Bug

Cannot open any PDF

Bug

Website doesn't load, not active on social media

Bug

Cannot save PDF pattern file on phone (no save/cancel button)

Bug

Markup feature has no exit buttons

Bug

Pattern search filter selects wrong garment types

Bug

App crashes on iPads

Bug

App always jumps back to the start screen when switching apps

Bug

Must delete all languages individually for multilingual patterns

Bug

Filters don't work, even after applying

Bug

Cannot select any filters now

Bug

No checkmark appears when clicking filters

Bug

Unable to select any filters on iPadOS and iOS

Bug

Search does not work in new update

Bug

New bugs with update, cannot select filters

Bug

New update makes app unusable, filters don't work

Bug

Filters stopped working

Bug

Filters not working in current version

Bug

Most recent update doesn't let you set any filters

Bug

Filter buttons don't work, checkboxes unresponsive

Bug

Latest update broke filters, cannot select any

Bug

Filtering stopped working, checkboxes do nothing

Bug

Won't let me filter out patterns that aren't crochet

Bug

Clicking a link within a pattern leads to an unrelated pattern

Bug

Spelling of 'favorited' is incorrect

Bug

Cannot view groups or respond to discussions

Bug

Cannot modify friends (search, add, remove)

Bug

Missing forum features

Bug

Cannot sign in, only a portion of the keyboard is visible

Bug

Cannot view saved patterns

Bug

Attachment disappears when adding a pattern to library

Bug

Cannot remove something from library

Bug

Closed stores listed in yarn store search

Bug

App freezing or mixing up pages

Bug

Saved search parameters don't stay saved

Bug

Cannot view library by category

Bug

Cannot search pattern database by needle/hook size or length

Bug

Cannot download patterns on data

Bug

Purchased pattern doesn't show in app

Bug

Queue entries that aren’t linked to a pattern don’t display

Bug

Free patterns sometimes cost money

Bug

Unavailable patterns still show up in lists

Bug

Links within patterns lead to unrelated patterns

Bug
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Requested Features

24 requests

Support for bundles in favorites

Feature

Display yarn in grams or yardages

Feature

Add ability to add physical patterns

Feature

Way to keep track of rows on a pattern

Feature

Standardized way to store patterns for instructions on the go

Feature

Display inventory of knitting needles and crochet hooks

Feature

Mail function to access Ravelry mail

Feature

Barcode scanner for stashing yarns

Feature

Ability to favorite projects from the app

Feature

Library folder sorting by category

Feature

Add new projects directly from the app

Feature

Filter projects within the notebook section

Feature

Search pattern database by needle/hook size or length

Feature

Ability to download patterns on data

Feature

Fix purchased patterns not showing in app

Feature

Fix queue entries not linked to patterns not displaying

Feature

Fix free patterns sometimes costing money

Feature

Fix unavailable patterns still showing up

Feature

Fix links within patterns leading to unrelated patterns

Feature

Allow users to flag closed stores

Feature

Self-arrange patterns, projects, and stashes

Feature

Dark mode option

Feature

Add comments on photos uploaded via the app

Feature

Fix spelling of 'favorited'

Feature

FAQ

What does Alpaca do?

Alpaca is a mobile companion app for Ravelry users. It allows you to access Ravelry's features on the go, including viewing patterns, managing your projects, tracking your yarn stash, and discovering new yarn shops and friends' activities.

What are the key features of Alpaca?

Key features include viewing Ravelry patterns, projects, and yarn details, downloading and viewing pattern PDFs within the app, creating new projects and updating progress with photos, searching for patterns, projects, and local yarn shops, managing your yarn stash, and viewing a home feed of your friends' activities.

Is Alpaca free to use?

Yes, the app is free to use. However, a free Ravelry account is required to access all of its features and content. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned.

What do I need to use Alpaca?

To use Alpaca, you need a free Ravelry account. The app is designed to complement your Ravelry experience by providing mobile access to its extensive features and community content.

Can I use Alpaca to find local yarn shops?

Yes, Alpaca allows you to search for local yarn shops directly within the app. This feature helps you discover nearby stores where you can purchase yarn and other crafting supplies.