Lacquergram vs Needlentory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lacquergram
Organize your nail polish collection, create wishlists, and discover new shades. Share swatches, reviews, and connect with a passionate community of nail polish enthusiasts worldwide.
- Nail polish inventory and wishlists
- Destash unwanted polishes
- Discover new collections and shades
- Share swatches and reviews
- Connect with other nail lovers
- Extensive brand and shade database
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Join our nail polish addicted community and organize your own collection: - Make your inventory and wishlists of nail polishes. - Move unwanted polishes to destash. - Discover new nail polish collections and be inspired. - Share your honest opinions about nail lacquers. - Upload your swatches to help other users to choose. - Connect with people who share your passion for nails. You will always know which nail polishes you already have and which you want to buy. Lacquergram covers a lot of your favourite brands and new nail polish releases. If not, you can suggest your nail polish and we will add it as soon as possible. Look for new shades for this Christmas? Just type "holiday 2018" and enjoy. Or maybe you need "wine shimmer" shade for winter? Here you are! Use the app for access to thousands nail polish swatches and reviews from your phone and connect with nail polish lovers worldwide. We're always working to improve the app and appreciate any feedback. If you have questions or suggestions please feel free to contact us via email lacquergram.app@gmail.com. Lacquergram is the perfect app for all nail polish lovers! Our nail polish database contains thousands of nail polishes from drugstore finds to professional products, from indie polishes and luxe brands: OPI, Essie, China Glaze, Zoya, Orly, CND, Alessandro, Sallu Hansen, A-England, Cirque Colors, ILNP, Picture Polish, Masura, Dance Legend, Deborah Lippmann, Dior, Chanel, YSL, Mavala, KL Polish, Pupa, H&M, Golden Rose etc. You can find nail polishes of all the colours and different textures: cream, shimmer, glitter, holo, mica, flakies, jelly, metallic, nude, white, pink, red, purple, blue, green, teal, mint, yellow, orange, brown, black, grey. Use them alone or mix in nail art!
Needlentory
Organize your embroidery supplies, including threads, beads, and fabrics. Track your inventory, manage projects, and create shopping lists. Back up your data to cloud services.
- Organize threads, beads, and fabrics
- Create custom material palettes
- Track inventory quantities
- Manage embroidery projects
- Generate shopping lists
- Cloud backups
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lacquergram at 4.7 against Needlentory's 3.9. Lacquergram also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 45%) and ads (none vs shown). Needlentory's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Lacquergram sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Needlentory sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lacquergram holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 206 and 123 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Lacquergram's written reviews are positive against 45% of Needlentory's.
Lacquergram ships an update every 6 weeks, Needlentory every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lacquergram | Needlentory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (206 ratings) — better | 3.9 (123 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.3% of reviews — better | 44.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 206 — better | 123 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrey Filin | Diana Białogrzywa |
Customer experience
Lacquergram
Needlentory
User reviews
Lacquergram
From 206 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for organizing
- 👍 Prevents duplicate purchases
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Large polish database
- 👍 Helpful for tracking collection
Room to improve
- 🤔 UI can be confusing
- 🤔 Photo submissions take time
- 🤔 Some users can't leave reviews
- 🤔 Can't "like" posts
- 🤔 Limited customization for stash organization
Needlentory
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for floss inventory
- 👍 Helps plan purchases
- 👍 Tracks needed colors
- 👍 Integrates with sister app (Needleply)
- 👍 Developer listens to feedback
Room to improve
- 👎 Too hard to figure out
- 👎 Crappy/non-intuitive interface
- 👎 Ads are obnoxious/spammy
- 👎 Paid ad-free, still get ads
- 👎 Expensive ad removal
Bugs and requests
Lacquergram
Reported bugs
9 issues- Photo uploads not processed
- App crashes when uploading photos
- App closes at login page
- Cannot leave reviews
- Cannot "like" posts
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- Duplicate reviews posted
- UI confusion
- Some polishes not listed
- Filter for "on the way" and "not used" is unclear
Requested features
20 requests- Add a "liked" feature for nail art
- Implement a "skittle maker" for polish combos
- Allow marking if a color has been used
- Manually change swatch date
- Tag multiple polishes in one swatch photo
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- Link to brand's website for polishes
- Ability to delete reviews
- Alert for dupes
- Comparison feature between polishes
- Add likes/reply function to comments
- Tag multiple polishes/effects in one photo
- Make "color match" applicable to stash
- Smoother/less confusing new polish addition
- Organize stash by color or custom order
- Put multiple polishes in one photo
- Tag polishes in stash for easier finding
- Add a browse destashes section
- Export feature for backup
- Allow users to mark polishes as "on the way" or "unused"
- Make the check mark for owned polishes more prominent
Needlentory
Reported bugs
13 issues- 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
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- 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
Requested features
20 requests- 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
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- 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
In-app purchases
Lacquergram
- Premium Version (1 month)$1.99
- Premium version (1 month)$2.99
- Premium Version (1 year)$14.99
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- Premium version (1 year)$24.99
Needlentory
- Threads$0.99
- Premium for 1 month$1.99
- Dropbox$2.99
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- Box$2.99
- Google Drive$2.99
- Premium for 6 months$9.99
- Canvas$12.99
- Premium for 1 year$17.99
- Premium Lifetime$39.99
- Kit$49.99









