Comparison

Mardel vs ArkansasYarnCo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mardel

This app allows users to browse Christian and educational products, view weekly ads, find store locations, and access coupons. It offers a wide selection of Bibles, books, gifts, and supplies to support spiritual and intellectual needs.

Highlights
  • Browse Christian and educational products
  • View weekly ads
  • Locate nearby stores
  • Access coupons
  • Shop Bibles, books, and gifts
  • Discover homeschool curriculum
Features
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Christian & Education products are now available at your fingertips every time you open the Mardel App! Download the Mardel App to browse the weekly ad, locate stores near you, grab the current coupon available in-store or online and more. Mardel Christian & Education is a faith-based company dedicated to renewing minds and transforming lives through the products we sell and the ministries we support. To this end, we provide a large selection of Bibles, books, movies, gifts, music, kid products, apparel, church and educational supplies, and homeschool curriculum. We offer quality products at great prices on Mardel.com and across our 35 stores located in the central region of the United States. Our products share truth, teach knowledge, offer encouragement, inspire worship, and bring joy--fulfilling the vision of Mardel to make a difference and give hope. We are a resource center equipping the whole person--specializing in the provision of all your spiritual and intellectual needs.

About

ArkansasYarnCo

Shop a curated selection of luxury, hand-dyed yarns and specialty gifts directly from a family-owned Arkansas business. Receive exclusive app-only discounts and restock notifications. Visit the brick-and-mortar store for classes and community.

Highlights
  • Shop luxury hand-dyed yarn
  • Exclusive app shopper discounts
  • Restock notifications
  • Browse specialty gift items
  • In-store classes and events
Features
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Arkansas Yarn Co is a full-service, family owned, yarn destination located in the beautiful Historic District of downtown Malvern, Arkansas. We specialize in Luxury Yarn that is hand-dyed in our State-of-the-art, in-house dying studio. Our retail space features many varieties and colors of yarn and specialty gift items. We first launched our store online in 2017 and opened our flagship brick and mortar store in Malvern in 2019, after rapid growth of the online store. Now we are expanding even further with our first ever ArkansasYarnCo App! With this app, you can shop directly from our shop, recieve notifications when items come back in stock, and recieve discout codes exclusive only to our app shoppers! We would also love to have you visit us in person! Come sit and knit or crochet, participate in a class, or just take a selfie to post to Social Media! We're different here, come see how!

Screenshots

ArkansasYarnCo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ArkansasYarnCo at 100% against Mardel's 0%. ArkansasYarnCo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (296 vs 19). Mardel's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ArkansasYarnCo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArkansasYarnCo has 296 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Mardel's written reviews are positive against 100% of ArkansasYarnCo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mardel ships an update every 5 months, ArkansasYarnCo every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mardel versus ArkansasYarnCo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMardelArkansasYarnCo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (19 ratings)5.0 (296 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19296 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMardel, Inc.ArkansasYarnCo

Customer experience

Mardel

All ratings19 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

ArkansasYarnCo

All ratings264 ratings
Positive99.6%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mardel

No in-app purchases

None

ArkansasYarnCo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mardel free?
Mardel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ArkansasYarnCo free?
ArkansasYarnCo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mardel or ArkansasYarnCo?
ArkansasYarnCo is rated higher. Mardel averages 3.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while ArkansasYarnCo averages 5.0 from 296 ratings.
Do Mardel or ArkansasYarnCo have ads?
Neither Mardel nor ArkansasYarnCo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mardel or ArkansasYarnCo?
Mardel ships an update every 5 months, and ArkansasYarnCo every 6 months. Most recently, Mardel was updated on November 2, 2026 and ArkansasYarnCo on November 3, 2026.

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