Comparison

Weaving Studio vs Carl Larsson

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

Head to head
About

Weaving Studio

Create digital weaving projects, including patterns, diagrams, images, and notes. Save and share your creations in a digital library, collaborate with others, and generate printable PDFs. Understand weaving theory and get help with calculations.

Highlights
  • Digital weaving project creation
  • Save projects in a digital library
  • Utilize pre-selected weaving patterns
  • Share projects in an open archive
  • Collaborate on shared weaving projects
  • Generate printable PDF projects
  • Understand weaving theory
Features
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With VÄVA, you create digital weaving projects with project notes, weaving drafts, photos and reflections. Keep your weaving in a digital library, explore new weave structures and share your ideas with others. You can: • get started with preset weave structures or import a weaving draft from a WIF file • draw and edit weaving drafts with warp and weft colors • use Fabric analysis to derive threading, tie-up and treadling from a weave pattern and create a project from the analysis • get help with pre-sleying calculations and converting reeds between inches and centimeters • save up to five project photos, choose a project photo and document your samples • share your projects in the open archive and find inspiration in other people’s weaving • invite others to your projects with a link or QR code and work together on the same project • send a project as a VÄVA file so the recipient gets their own copy, or save the file as a backup • export weaving drafts as WIF files for other weaving programs • create PDF and Word files to share or print, choosing which parts of the project to include. Colors are included, and large weaving drafts can be shortened with repeat brackets to make them easier to read. You can find VÄVA’s terms of use here: https://appsandstuff.se/weave/user_agreement_en.pdf We hope you enjoy using VÄVA! Helena & Erik

About

Carl Larsson

Explore the historic artist home of Carl and Karin Larsson through immersive 360° digital technology. Discover their lives, art, and the richly detailed interiors of their family home, brought to life with an audio guide and extensive artwork.

Highlights
  • 360° virtual tours of artist home
  • Explore Carl and Karin's life stories
  • View over 130 paintings and works
  • Interactive chronological journey
  • Audio guide available
  • Historic newsreel footage
Features
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Experience the Home of Carl and Karin Larsson It is finally possible, through digital 360° technology, to experience the entire artist home with its fantastic, richly coloured interiors. Be inspired by the artist couple’s composite works of art that have influenced us through time. With the help of this technology we are taking our cultural heritage into the future where we can experience a large number of Carl’s paintings. Download the app and admire Carl’s magnificent monumental paintings, his beloved watercolours and inspiring details from the Home of Carl and Karin Larsson. CONTENTS: Carl & Karin – introduction to Carl and Karin's life Come with us on a journey through the lives of the artists Carl and Karin Larsson, from 1853-1928. The bright and the dark years of childhood, the period at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, the years in Paris and in the village of Grez-sur-Loing where Carl proposed. Then back to Stockholm and Gothenburg before they finally settled down for good in Lilla Hyttnäs in Sundborn with their seven children and a life full of art, gardening and self-sufficiency. Guided 360-tour – walk around and experience the family home A walk in 360° technology through twelve of the rooms at Lilla Hyttnäs. Here is where the fantastic and colourful interior design comes to life. The atmosphere and the light in the rooms, the richness of detail in this Gesamtkunstwerk that they both created. You can also take a closer look at many of the paintings and turn objects over to discover all the details. Let the inspiration flow from great to small. Audio guide available. Chronology – swipe your way through Carl and Karin's life A chronological journey through Carl and Karin's life and work. Over 130 of their paintings and works are presented here, which gives a fantastic summary of their creativity and development. Unique photographs transport you to their private world where you will meet the family in their everyday life and on special occasions, on trips and in the garden at Lilla Hyttnäs, which is now better known as Carl Larsson-gården. List of works – here you will find Carl's paintings A chronological journey through Carl and Karin's life and work. Over 130 of their paintings and works are presented here, which gives a fantastic summary of their creativity and development. Unique photographs take you to their private world where you meet the family in everyday life and parties, on trips and in the garden at Lilla Hyttnäs, which is now better known as Carl Larsson-gården. Newsreel 1916 – at Carl Larsson's home in Sundborn This little newsreel from 1916 brings the Larsson family to life again. You will meet them at various events. A cart with guests rolls into the courtyard and they sit down for lunch in the garden. Carl draws, rows out with his grandchildren and visits the church with Suzanne and her husband. The terrible spring flood rushes into the garden over the courtyard where Carl waves and rows in with his boat. News – the latest from the Larssons' world Carl Larsson's paintings were recently on display in Tokyo, but where can exhibitions be seen right now? Here you can follow everything that is happening with Carl and Karin Larsson and their world. It may be in Sweden or somewhere else in the world. Perhaps there are exhibitions closer than you think.

Screenshots

Weaving Studio4 screens
Carl Larsson4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Weaving Studio at Free against Carl Larsson's $2.99. Weaving Studio also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Carl Larsson's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Weaving Studio is free to download; Carl Larsson costs $2.99 up front. Weaving Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Carl Larsson asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Weaving Studio against 1.0 for Carl Larsson. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weaving Studio ships an update fortnightly, Carl Larsson every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Weaving Studio versus Carl Larsson: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeaving StudioCarl Larsson
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperbeautySoftTension Graphics Ab

Customer experience

Weaving Studio

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Carl Larsson

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Weaving Studio

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly subscription1 Month trial$0.991 Month
None

Carl Larsson

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weaving Studio free?
Weaving Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Carl Larsson free?
Carl Larsson costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weaving Studio or Carl Larsson?
Weaving Studio and Carl Larsson are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Weaving Studio or Carl Larsson have ads?
Neither Weaving Studio nor Carl Larsson shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weaving Studio or Carl Larsson?
Weaving Studio ships an update fortnightly, and Carl Larsson every 5 weeks. Most recently, Weaving Studio was updated on October 24, 2026 and Carl Larsson on October 24, 2026.

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