Comparison

YarnBuddy vs Patternum

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

Head to head
About

YarnBuddy

Track your knitting and crochet projects with a digital journal and row counter. Save project details, photos, and notes to easily resume unfinished work. Manage your yarn stash and import patterns from various sources.

Highlights
  • Project tracking with photos and notes
  • Row counter with highlighter
  • Yarn stash management
  • Pattern import
  • Unit conversion and yarn substitution
  • Tool stash
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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**YarnBuddy is your all-in-one knitting and crochet project organizer**, bringing your projects, patterns, row counters, yarn stash, and tools together in one beautiful, easy-to-use app. Whether you're starting a new sweater or picking up that blanket you started three years ago, YarnBuddy helps you remember exactly where you left off. Keep everything organized in one convenient place, so you can spend less time keeping track of things and more time creating! **Everything you need to stay organized:** • Track your knitting and crochet projects with details like yarn, gauge, needle or hook size, start date, and more. • Add photos to your projects and yarn stash. • Import PDF patterns from iCloud Drive, your photo library, Ravelry, or the web. • Keep your place in a pattern with adjustable vertical and horizontal highlighter bars. • Use unlimited, customizable row counters, including linked and repeating counters, with optional sounds and haptic feedback. • View your row counters alongside your patterns. • Keep counting with convenient Home Screen widgets and Live Activities. • Use a Quick Counter for counting without creating a project. • Organize your yarn stash with details like fiber content, weight, yardage, purchase information, and care instructions. • Keep track of your knitting needles, crochet hooks, and other crafting tools. • Make use of handy unit conversion and yarn substitution tools. • Enjoy Dark Mode support. **Get started for free with up to 10 projects!** **More to love with YarnBuddy Pro:** Unlock additional features with a subscription or one-time purchase. • Create unlimited projects. • Organize projects with custom tags. • Add handwritten notes, drawings, and highlights directly to your PDF patterns. • Track the time you spend working on your projects. • Add row-specific notes that appear when you reach a particular row, including repeating reminders. • Set due date reminders for your projects. • Add detailed notes and rich links to your projects and yarn. • Personalize YarnBuddy with different app icons and themes. Whether you're knitting a cozy sweater, crocheting a colorful blanket, or juggling a dozen works in progress, YarnBuddy is here to help you keep your creative life organized. Happy crafting! **YarnBuddy Pro Subscription Information** YarnBuddy Pro is available as an optional auto-renewing subscription or a one-time purchase. The annual subscription is currently $14.99 USD, with prices varying by country. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled and can be managed or canceled through your Apple Account subscription settings. A one-time purchase does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://www.yarnbuddy.app/privacypolicy/ Terms of Use: https://www.yarnbuddy.app/terms/

About

Patternum

Easily create interactive and responsive knitting and crochet patterns. Add detailed information, manage sizes, and generate charts with custom symbols. Share your creations as PDFs or within the app.

Highlights
  • Interactive pattern creation
  • PDF pattern export
  • Gauge, glossary, yarn, and needle details generator
  • Size management system
  • Customizable chart generator
  • Add text, images, and videos to patterns
  • Private and public pattern sharing
Features
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Patternum is the first Knitting and Crochet Pattern creation tool, fully optimized to let you create easily and quickly interactive and responsive patterns. The patterns created with Patternum can be used by knitters and Crocheters in the app for a perfect crafting experience, or they can be downloaded as PDF. Among the numerous features of Patternum: PATTERN DETAILS: Gauge, glossary, yarn, needles, technics details generator to let you enter all needed additional information about your pattern easily and very fast SIZE DETAILS: Size management system that helps you give all related size-specific instruction in a clear and easy way. No more () or , , , needed! CHARTS GENERATOR: Create your own charts in a few clicks using our predefined symbols or creating your own symbols, preview your colors charts directly in the app. PATTERN CONTENT: Add text, images, videos PATTERN PUBLICATION: You can decide to keep your pattern private (share it only with your friends, sell it… ) or make it public to the users of the App. You can very easily share your pattern with a dedicated link, and your friends will be able to import the pattern in the App, as well as to download the pattern as a PDF.

Screenshots

YarnBuddy4 screens
Patternum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: YarnBuddy at 4.5 against Patternum's 3.4. YarnBuddy also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (795 vs 25). Patternum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.6). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. YarnBuddy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Patternum asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YarnBuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YarnBuddy has 795 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of YarnBuddy's written reviews are positive against 55% of Patternum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YarnBuddy ships an update monthly, Patternum every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
YarnBuddy versus Patternum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYarnBuddyPatternum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (795 ratings) — better3.4 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings795 — better25
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRebecca HansmeyerAnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschrankt

Customer experience

YarnBuddy

All ratings793 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral6.2%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral14.2%
Negative15.0%

Patternum

All ratings25 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative28.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative27.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

YarnBuddy

Subscriptions2
  • YarnBuddy Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • YarnBuddy Pro Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • YarnBuddy Pro No Expiration$44.99
None

Patternum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YarnBuddy free?
YarnBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Patternum free?
Patternum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, YarnBuddy or Patternum?
YarnBuddy is rated higher. YarnBuddy averages 4.5 out of 5 from 795 ratings, while Patternum averages 3.4 from 25 ratings.
Do YarnBuddy or Patternum have ads?
Neither YarnBuddy nor Patternum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YarnBuddy or Patternum?
YarnBuddy ships an update monthly, and Patternum every 6 months. Most recently, YarnBuddy was updated on October 26, 2026 and Patternum on October 22, 2026.

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