# Needlentory — Embroidery Materials Inventory

> Embroidery material inventory and project management app. (iPhone/iPad app by Diana Białogrzywa.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/needlentory/id1474983302 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Diana Białogrzywa](https://appshunter.io/developer/1101210882)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.90/5 from 123 App Store ratings · 49 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 58 MB
- Languages: American English, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Icelandic and 11 more
- Released: 2020-09-16
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/needlentory/id1474983302/reviews.md

## What is Needlentory?

Your embroidery stash, perfectly organised.

Needlentory is a powerful embroidery inventory and stash organizer that keeps your threads, beads and fabrics in one place. Always know what you own, what you need to buy, and where every project stands.

PALETTES
Create custom material palettes or import ready-made ones from Needleply — threads, beads and fabrics from 50+ manufacturers in seconds. Build organised palettes and keep only the manufacturers you actually use.

STOCK
Track your threads, beads and fabrics with a simple inventory system. See exactly what’s in your stash, set quantities, create checklists and avoid buying duplicates.

PROJECTS
Manage your embroidery projects with linked materials and required quantities. Instantly see what’s in stock and what still needs to be purchased. Filter by status, group projects into collections and track your progress with notes over time.

PURCHASES
View your full shopping list in one place — for a single project or across all of them. Mark items as bought and keep everything up to date. Copy the list for online shopping or export it to PDF.

BACKUPS
Keep your inventory safe with backups to iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive or Box. Restore your data on any device in seconds.

Start organising your embroidery stash today and stitch with confidence.

## Key features

- Organize threads, beads, and fabrics
- Create custom material palettes
- Track inventory quantities
- Manage embroidery projects
- Generate shopping lists
- Cloud backups

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Threads | $0.99 | one-time |
| Canvas | $12.99 | one-time |
| Kit | $49.99 | one-time |
| Dropbox | $2.99 | one-time |
| Box | $2.99 | one-time |
| Google Drive | $2.99 | one-time |
| Premium Lifetime | $29.99 | one-time |
| Premium for 1 month | $1.99 | one-time |
| Premium for 6 months | $9.99 | one-time |
| Premium for 1 year | $17.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Needlentory?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Useful for floss inventory
- 👍 Helps plan purchases
- 👍 Tracks needed colors
- 👍 Integrates with sister app (Needleply)
- 👍 Developer listens to feedback
- 👍 Good for organizing projects
- 👍 Visualizes colors
- 👍 Seamless integration with iMuline

**Cons**

- 👎 Too hard to figure out
- 👎 Crappy/non-intuitive interface
- 👎 Ads are obnoxious/spammy
- 👎 Paid ad-free, still get ads
- 👎 Expensive ad removal
- 👎 Difficult to batch actions
- 👎 Update removed useful features
- 👎 Time-consuming to input inventory
- 👎 No pre-made database (DMC)
- 👎 App switch lost data
- 👎 Virtually unusable after update
- 👎 Can't change/update recorded info
- 👎 Ads take too long to close
- 👎 No way to restore deleted floss numbers
- 👎 UI flows not intuitive
- 👎 Difficulty getting full DMC listing
- 👎 Manual input required for colors
- 👎 No manual/instructions
- 👎 Videos are unhelpful
- 👎 Entry is click-heavy
- 👎 App crashes/doesn't open
- 👎 Lost data after reinstall
- 👎 Clumsy to set up
- 👎 Ads after every action
- 👎 Doesn't subtract from stash automatically
- 👎 Projects can't be archived
- 👎 Bugs/crashing
- 👎 Ads are frustrating
- 👎 Needs more floss brands preloaded
- 👎 App made no sense
- 👎 Instructions don't match menu

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Floss numbers get deleted
- Paid for no add features, yet adds still play
- Update removed feature to see which project threads are used in
- Can't look at a specific color to see which patterns need it
- Can't just mark pattern has color, wants skein allotment
- Updated now unusable, unable change or update anything
- iCloud backup not appearing on iPad
- CCW stock count incorrect
- App crashes/doesn't open
- Lost all data after app became useless
- Ads after every data entry
- Crashing a lot
- Adding colors to stock/projects not saved

**Most requested features**

- Quick way to check off threads (Purchase to Stock)
- Option to collapse sections when searching 'Add Thread'
- Reduce clicks to edit skein counts
- Bulk edit/delete skein counts
- Option for 'metres/yards' thread count
- More ways to list Projects (e.g., by Status)
- Keep updating threads in Needleply (new brands)
- Dark mode option
- Add Appletons wool palette
- Option to purchase ad-free version
- Shopping list ordered by project
- Archive projects
- See shopping list ordered by project
- Filter projects by category (To Do)
- Filters/options to group by family of colors
- Preload more floss brands (DMC, Classic Colorworks, Dinky Dyes)
- Import whole sets of floss
- Type in hex code for DMC colors
- Subtract threads from stash automatically when project is finished
- Ability to unarchive projects and automatically add missing colors to shopping list

## Recent user reviews (10 of 49)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/needlentory/id1474983302/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Too hard to figure out!

*2025-03-31, version 6.8.1*

I spent forever trying to figure out how to add my thread inventory. And ads! Ugh!!

### 2/5 — Crappy interface

*2024-12-04, version 6.8.1*

Non intuitive, dcrummy interface.  The floss numbers get deleted.  No way to restore.  Paid for no add features, yet adds still play…

### 5/5 — Really nice UI

*2024-07-06, version 6.4*

Lovely app with an awesome database through the sister app (Needleply) and sooo smooth to use. I tried out the app a couple of years ago and stopped, because it was so difficult to batch actions. Came back and the developer’s made it so much easier; I’ll probably continue using it. The price to remove ads is a little expensive for what it is, but if the developer keeps making updates I think it will be worth it.

Some ideas for improvement:
- Have a quick way to check off threads (individually and all at once) in the “Purchase” tab and have it added to “Stock”
- Have the option to collapse sections (e.g. Anchor, DMC, etc) when searching in “Add Thread” so it’s easier if you want to scroll down
- Reduce how many clicks it takes to edit skein counts (e.g. when you touch the skein icon, the number should already be highlighted so the numpad pops up automatically)
- Have a bulk edit count option (e.g. select individual threads, then enter a number to edit all their skein counts), and a similar way to delete them instead of having to swipe left all the time
- Not sure if it’s a glitch, but I only get the “skeins” option for thread count (no “metres/yards”) - may as well just move it to Settings
- More ways to list Projects instead of alphabetically (e.g. in order of Status)
- Keep updating the threads in Needleply (there’s some new TGA and WDW ones I couldn’t find). It’s already awesome and huge though!

### 1/5 — Update fail

*2024-06-16, version 6.4*

Used to love this app, could see my threads & which project they were used in at a touch, the latest update has sadly removed this feature and I now have to go into each individual project to find where a thread colour is used. The most useful part now is the shade card.
Such a shame that an excel spreadsheet will give me better functionality.

### 2/5 — Could be soooo much better

*2024-03-01*

Pro: Keeps track of your floss. 

Con: A LOT of work to get your inventory into the app. Space key does not work when typing in names. You have to look up names, numbers, etc. You have to go to a different screen in order to put in your inventory number (this is the most ridiculous thing in my opinion). There is no pre-made database. Honestly, I would pay to have an app with DMC floss already available to inventory. This app is time consuming. 

Developer, please made this more user friendly!!!!

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately we cannot create a database of all existing materials - this is unrealistic. Therefore, we have created a separate application Needleply with the most popular ones, where we add new ones upon request. So you can either add the necessary threads/beads/fabrics manually or import ready-made palettes from this application. As a result, you won't have a bunch of unnecessary material palettes, only those that you use. This is all described in the FAQ section in the application settings and in the store application description.

### 1/5 — App switch

*2024-01-31, version 6.1*

My ithreads app was replaced with this app with no warning.  All my thread info is gone.

### 3/5 — Please Reverse Update Changes

*2024-01-27*

I always had a few minor issues with this app, mainly UI issues (like 1-click transfer from shopping list to stash versus their convoluted process), but this newest update has made the app virtually unusable. I can no longer look at a specific color to see which patterns I have marked need it. I can’t just mark that a pattern has that color, it wants a skein allotment. I’ve used this app for quite awhile, but it looks like I’ll need to find another app.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! There have been changes to the application, but all functions remain. The main change in the process of adding materials to projects, purchases, stock is that now on these screens, when you click on a material, you are taken to a screen with editing these materials. To get to the material screen, you need to long press on the material. On many screens, a menu appeared when you long pressed a cell. If this is still inconvenient for you, write to us fancycrossstitch@gmail.com and give us more detail about what exactly you would like to change, and we will try to make the application more convenient.

### 1/5 — Updated now unusable

*2024-01-14, version 6.0*

I really liked this app, used it yesterday no problem.
Looks to have been updated overnight - now unusable unable change or update anything I have recorded or I put anything new

### 2/5 — So many ads now!

*2023-10-29*

I’ve had this app for a few years and have loved how it helps me plan purchases for new projects; however, recently it’s gotten to a point where I have an ad every time I add a thread color to a project. It’s kind of obnoxious now and takes way longer to get things organized since the ads won’t close for 5 seconds each time.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We are very sorry that advertising is causing you so much inconvenience. You can buy an ad-free version in the application settings -> store. If you have any more suggestions or issues, please feel free to reach out to fancycrossstitch@gmail.com.

### 5/5 — So useful for floss inventory and projects

*2023-09-09*

I have come to rely on this app for managing all the floss I’ve bought over the years, and love the ability to quickly track what I need to buy when I plan a new project. Some of the UI flows aren’t the most intuitive, but the utility vastly outweighs any difficulty. I would highly recommend this app for any embroiderer/stitcher.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for your feedback! It would be helpful to know exactly what parts of the app were unintuitive for you. Maybe we could improve the app or add more information in the FAQ section. If you have the opportunity to write in more detail or in general wishes, comments - please feel free to reach out to fancycrossstitch@gmail.com 🤗

## Frequently asked questions about Needlentory

### What does Needlentory do?

Needlentory is an app designed to help you organize your embroidery supplies. It allows you to keep track of your threads, beads, and fabrics, manage your embroidery projects, and create shopping lists for materials you need.

### How can I organize my embroidery materials?

You can organize your materials by creating custom palettes or importing ready-made ones. The app provides a simple inventory system to track quantities, allowing you to see exactly what's in your stash and avoid purchasing duplicates.

### Is Needlentory free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases. This means some features or additional content may require a purchase to unlock.

### Can I back up my embroidery inventory?

Yes, you can keep your inventory safe by backing it up to popular cloud services like iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, or Box. This ensures your data is protected and can be restored on any device.

### How does Needlentory help with embroidery projects?

You can manage your embroidery projects by linking the required materials and quantities. The app instantly shows you what's in stock and what still needs to be purchased, helping you track progress and plan your shopping.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 8.6.2 — 2026-08-25

Backups to iCloud are now created more reliably.
Happy stitching!

### 8.6.1 — 2026-08-20

When you were adding threads or beads to your stash, the little checkmarks would disappear as you scrolled. Now they stay right where you put them, so you always know exactly what you've picked.
Happy stitching!

### 8.6 — 2026-08-15

Now you can see your thread in meters and yards — not just skeins.
We heard you: knowing how many skeins is helpful, but sometimes you really want to know how much thread that actually is. So now it's right there.
Length at a glance
Every thread that has a skein length set now shows its approximate length right next to the skein count — like "3 skeins ≈ 96 m." You'll see it everywhere it matters: in your stash, your shopping list, and your projects. No tapping, no math.
Choose how length is measured
In Settings → Preferences → Thread Length, pick what suits you:
• Regular — the length of a single strand as it comes on the skein
• Total — the full length of all separated strands combined
It keeps mouliné, perlé, and specialty threads all making sense.
Happy stitching!

### 8.5.1 — 2026-08-01

Stability improvements and bug fixes for a better experience.

### 8.5 — 2026-07-08

Stability improvements and bug fixes for a better experience.

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