Comparison

Needlentory vs Markup R

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Markup R

This app allows users to mark up any stitch chart from any designer. It can automatically detect grids, symbols, and colors from PDFs or photos, and even stitch together multi-page charts. Users can track progress, identify stitch counts, and utilize built-in shade cards for thread colors.

Highlights
  • Load any chart from any designer
  • Automatic grid, symbol, and color detection
  • Stitch multi-page charts together
  • Automatic symbol and thread color detection
  • Built-in shade cards (DMC, Anchor, Madeira)
  • Track progress and statistics
  • Customizable markup tools
Features
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• Powerful markup made simple Spend less time managing your chart and more time stitching, with a clear interactive view that makes every symbol and remaining stitch easy to find. • Free two-week trial Try every feature free for two weeks and experience how Markup R-XP can make your stitching simpler and more enjoyable. • Easy chart importing and setup Start stitching sooner, even when your chart is a PDF, scan, image or photo, with tools that straighten the chart and help detect its grid and symbols - even one that’s angled or curled in a book! • Automatic thread setup Save setup time and avoid colour-matching mistakes by identifying threads from the chart key, creating blended symbols and choosing from a wide range of built-in manufacturer shade cards. • Multi-page and Stitch-Along support Enjoy multi-page charts as one seamless, correctly counted design without troublesome page boundaries and expand Stitch-Along (SAL) projects as new sections are released. • Comprehensive stitch and annotation tools Keep every detail of your work in one place by marking full and fractional stitches, adding backstitch, and recording instructions or reminders with text and freehand annotations. • Organised projects and detailed progress Always know where you are and what remains, with keys, reference pictures, finished samples, notes and detailed progress information kept together and easy to find. • Customisable to suit you Create a clearer, more comfortable stitching experience by personalising the app theme, grids, guides, colours, sizes and other display options. • Help, community and regular improvements Find answers when you need them, connect with a friendly community of stitchers and enjoy ongoing improvements inspired by user feedback.

Screenshots

Needlentory4 screens
Markup R4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Markup R at 4.8 against Needlentory's 3.9. Markup R also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (71% vs 45%). Needlentory's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Needlentory sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Markup R sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Markup R holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Markup R has 3K ratings behind it against 123, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Needlentory's written reviews are positive against 71% of Markup R's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Needlentory ships an update every 9 days, Markup R monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Needlentory versus Markup R: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeedlentoryMarkup R
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (123 ratings)4.8 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.9% of reviews71.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1233K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiana BiałogrzywaKewin Lawson Smith Limited

Customer experience

Needlentory

All ratings123 ratings
Positive71.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative23.6%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive44.9%
Neutral12.2%
Negative42.9%

Markup R

All ratings2,971 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative23.2%

User reviews

Needlentory

From 123 App Store ratings

What 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

Markup R

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
  • 🚀 Speeds up stitching process
  • 💡 Helpful features like highlighting symbols and tracking progress
  • 🤝 Excellent customer support and responsiveness
  • 🎨 Customizable to user preferences

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Issues with grid alignment and symbol recognition
  • 💰 Yearly subscription cost may be high for some users
  • 🔍 Steep learning curve for some features
  • 🔌 Battery drain concerns with extended use

Bugs and requests

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

Markup R

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes when marking up certain patterns
  • Inconsistent symbol highlighting and placement
  • Difficulty loading and aligning some scanned patterns

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to track floss stash and needed supplies
  • Syncing across multiple devices
  • Improved support for password-protected PDFs
  • Font size controls for rulers and labels
  • Rotation/flipping options for patterns

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Needlentory

One-time10
  • 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
2 purchases

Markup R

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Access$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Markup R-XP Full$9.99

Questions

Is Needlentory free?
Needlentory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Markup R free?
Markup R is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Needlentory or Markup R?
Markup R is rated higher. Needlentory averages 3.9 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Markup R averages 4.8 from 3K ratings.
Do Needlentory or Markup R have ads?
Needlentory shows ads; Markup R does not.
Which is updated more often, Needlentory or Markup R?
Needlentory ships an update every 9 days, and Markup R monthly. Most recently, Needlentory was updated on September 24, 2026 and Markup R on September 23, 2026.

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