Comparison

Weaving Studio vs PicConnect

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

PicConnect

Monitor and manage your weaving machine performance remotely. Receive alerts for deviations in your weaving mill to optimize efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and improve product quality.

Highlights
  • Real-time weaving machine monitoring
  • Performance optimization
  • Deviation alerts
  • Efficiency increase
  • Energy consumption reduction
  • Product quality improvement
Features
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Do you have an account on PicConnect,Picanol’s digital platform to monitor, manage and optimize your weaving machine performance? Thanks to the mobile PicConnect application you can receive alerts for any deviation in your weaving mill, so you can take swift action to increase the overall efficiency, to reduce the energy consumption or to increase product quality.

Screenshots

Weaving Studio4 screens
PicConnect3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PicConnect at 5.0 against Weaving Studio's 1.0. PicConnect also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Weaving Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. PicConnect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PicConnect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Weaving Studio versus PicConnect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeaving StudioPicConnect
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperbeautySoftPicanol

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Weaving Studio

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly subscription1 Month trial$0.991 Month
None

PicConnect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weaving Studio free?
Weaving Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PicConnect free?
PicConnect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weaving Studio or PicConnect?
PicConnect is rated higher. Weaving Studio averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while PicConnect averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Weaving Studio or PicConnect have ads?
Neither Weaving Studio nor PicConnect shows ads.

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