# Animated Knot 3D — user reviews > 52 indexed App Store user reviews of Animated Knot 3D by Elena Shamzhy, rated 4.68/5 from 298 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/animated-knot-3d/id6452879988/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/animated-knot-3d/id6452879988.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 232 · 4★ 48 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Animated Knot 3D? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to learn and understand knot instructions - 🎨 Helpful 3D animations and visualizations - ⚙️ Variable speed controls for animations - 📚 Comprehensive collection of knots - 🔍 Searchable and well-organized by categories - 💰 Free app with no data collection - 🎯 Useful for scouts, campers, and outdoor enthusiasts - 📱 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - 🔄 Good for both beginners and experienced users **Cons** - 🐛 Outdated and cluttered interface design - 📝 Poor quality writing in knot descriptions (AI-generated feel) - 🐛 Taut-line hitch animation is choppy/broken - ⚠️ Inconsistent information across knot sections - 🐛 Recent updates causing app crashes and data loss - 📢 Excessive review prompts and nagging notifications - 📺 Annoying ads (especially for paid users) - 🔧 Some knots missing from app but present on website - ⚠️ Duplicate knots with different names and no cross-references **Commonly reported bugs** - Taut-line hitch animation plays frame-by-frame instead of smoothly - Recent update error: 'no such column: english_n' erases all knots - App won't load knots or language after update - Search function disappears after one search - Persistent update notification despite app being current - Favorites list deletes after weeks of use - Some animations don't play correctly - App crashes on startup for some users **Most requested features** - Trucker's hitch knot - Turk's head knot - Necktie knot tutorials - Bracelet/paracord bracelet tutorials - Animation playback controls (forward/reverse scrolling) - Better knot information and explanations - Improved organization and consistency in knot descriptions ## Newest reviews (12 of 52) ### 4/5 — Good knots but outdated *2025-08-10* The knots are all pretty good and the app makes them easy to learn but the interface looks very outdated and is a little hard to navigate ### 4/5 — Really Handy for New Campers *2025-06-17* I love how it’s both searchable and organized by categories. The taut-line hitch animation needs fixed. ### 5/5 — Mattsemoto *2025-03-23, version 2024.08.06* Excellent app! Great variable speed animation makes it very easy to follow the instruction. More than enough knots to suit just about every application. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Very good *2025-03-14* I love knots 3d, it has lots of knots and my favorite is the square knot. Knots 3d is perfect for lots of outdoor activity (which I love). My dad and I used the square knot on a catapult we built over the weekend, and we learned the square knot from knots 3d. After seeing there was an app for knots I had told my dad that I would like to get it on my phone and now here I am, on my couch, writing a review about how great knots 3d is. ### 5/5 — Great easy knot app *2025-03-01, version 2024.08.06* Good illustrations and explanations of use ### 5/5 — Knots 3d *2025-02-16, version 2024.08.06* I use this a lot and I am a Boy Scout so this helps a lot ### 4/5 — Adds *2025-02-16, version 2024.08.06* The app is good but the adds are annoying ### 5/5 — Has every feature needed. *2024-12-25* Educational. Best knot app on the App Store. Highly recommended. I’ve shared it with all my friends, family and coworkers. ### 5/5 — Better and better *2024-12-22, version 2024.08.06* A great little app with a great selection of useful knots. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2024-12-11* This app does a very good job at showing you how to tie knots. I really like he you can slow down the animation. Good job making this app. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great. No data collection *2024-12-01* Just a simple app, works perfectly. Thanks for not collecting and selling our data. ### 4/5 — Taut-Line hitch *2024-11-27* I love the app and its variety of knots. The speed changing is very useful and the step by step videos are great. However the taut line hitch is different from the other videos. Every time I press the button it plays frame by frame instead of smoothly like the other knots. Overall, I recommend this app for beginners and novices! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It doesn’t give me a square knot *2025-07-14, version 2024.08.06* Because I don’t, I tried everything to do a square knot but I don’t I know how to do one, but it won’t let me do it on this app ### 1/5 — Nagging *2025-04-27, version 2024.08.06* It’s a nice app, but it started bugging me g me for reviews and won’t stop. ### 1/5 — Bad update without data *2025-04-17, version 2024.08.06* New version will not load any knots or English language, keeps my previous version from opening.. very head support!!! ### 1/5 — No knots available *2025-02-03, version 2024.08.06* I just updated the app and now there are no knots in any of the categories. ### 1/5 — Knots 3D rip off *2024-07-03, version 1.0.14* Copycat app. Forgo this and get the much better and original “Knots 3D” app. ### 2/5 — Not great *2025-05-25, version 2024.08.06* How can this be rated so high without a trucker’s hitch or a bowline? ### 3/5 — Not as good as the website *2025-06-05* The website gives much better advice on the advantages and disadvantages. Also how to dress knots so they are properly tied. ### 3/5 — Messy, but Useful *2025-05-19, version 2024.08.06* Pros: This app is free, and has a relatively large collection of knots, including many useful variations of a few common knots. The animations (except for two or three which don’t play right,) are very helpful for learning to tie the knots. Overall, it’s a great way to simply add quite a few interesting knots to your repertoire, if you’re just start to learn knot-tying as a hobby. Cons: The “About This Knot” sections, where there is a blurb of information about each knot, are usually pretty short, inconsistent in the type of information they provide, and, worst of all, very badly written. Like, it seems like it was all written by Gen 2.5 AI and not proofread by a human at all, or at least not someone who knows English very well. There’s also a lot of verbiage which might be accurate, but is not explained at all and totally confusing to a novice such as myself. There are a few examples of knots that appear to be exactly the same as another knot on the list, but have different names and no mention of the other in their totally unique information section. In some other cases, the information section compares the knot to another knot which is not included in the app at all. The organization of the knots is a bit hard to follow. There’s one section that separates the knots by their associated activities (climbing, fishing, ect.) and another section that categorizes knots by their type, (hitches, bends, ect.,) but some of the knots can only be found in one of these two sections. ### 3/5 — Good App … But *2025-03-16, version 2024.08.06* I really like this app but the some bugs. The 3D animation for how to tie a Taut-Line Hitch is messed up. ### 3/5 — Taut-line hitch choppy *2024-03-27, version 1.0.12* The Taut-line hitch is my favorite knot. But in this app it is very choppy. I hope a future version fixes this bug. Otherwise great app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This App is great! *2025-07-21* I love this app and you should download it. It has a lot of knots ranging from easy to hard. This app is also used for scouting! ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2025-07-03* This app saved my behind! For context, I’m a scout and I was taking the merit badge small boat sailing. For this merit badge, you are required to know the bow-line knot, two half hitches, and the cleat hitch. I already knew the cleat hitch, and two half hitches is just a taut line with less steps, but the bow-line I had long forgotten. So I got this app so that I might learn it, and I found that it’s easier to do it the way the app shows you, laying it flat on a table then completing the steps. This app is wonderful, again. I truly think that more people should have it. ### 5/5 — From beginner to funtionnal *2025-06-25, version 2024.08.06* Great app for learning. Covers all the Best knots! ### 5/5 — Very useful app *2025-06-07, version 2024.08.06* It is useful for everyone ### 5/5 — Brilliant Epic Excellent *2025-06-05, version 2024.08.06* 3D. Yeah!!! ### 5/5 — Отзыв *2025-05-26, version 2024.08.06* Приложение то что надо для тех кто хочет научиться вязать узлы разработчикам респект ### 5/5 — Good for girl Scout *2025-05-16* This is the best app ever because this is really good for a girl scout an plus I am a Junior and am also going to Junior Jam tomorrow and am learning how to knot and use pocket knives. So if you are a girl scout and a Junior, you have to get this. ### 5/5 — Easy to understand *2025-04-30* This app is great for learning different types of knots. Very intuitive. Recommend highly just download. ### 5/5 — Perfect knot app! *2025-04-26* Knowing how to tie a good knot is one of those things you don’t think you’ll need, until you do! I always had difficulty remembering how to tie the more difficult knots, but now I just open this app. ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2025-03-28, version 2024.08.06* The app is cool because it’s free but it doesn’t have Bracelet tutorials🙁 --- *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 2026-06-10.*