Comparison

Needlentory vs Embroidery

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

Embroidery

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Welcome to the exciting world of hand embroidery! Here you'll find a new hobby, freedom of expression, and creative fulfilment. Our app combines theoretical knowledge to help you conquer the heights of the skill, as well as embroidery designs to decorate your favourite jeans or T-shirt. And all of this is created entirely by human intelligence! Our app's key features: - Colorful patterns for varying difficulty levels; - Helpful guides for mastering basic skills; - Printable designs directly from the app; - No artificial intelligence; And much more to come! We're a young married couple who dream of making this world a more colorful and vibrant place. We have many updates, additions, and exciting designs planned. We look forward to seeing you in our cozy app! Our app offers auto renewable subscriptions. You can find our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use by the links: https://norincreative.github.io/legal-docs/privacy.html https://norincreative.github.io/legal-docs/tos.html

Screenshots

Needlentory4 screens
Embroidery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Embroidery at none against Needlentory's shown. Needlentory's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Embroidery sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Needlentory ships an update every 10 days, Embroidery every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Needlentory versus Embroidery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeedlentoryEmbroidery
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (123 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings123 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDiana BiałogrzywaGalina Shevchenko

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

Embroidery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
3 purchases

Embroidery

Subscriptions3
  • 1 month subscription$3.991 Month
  • 6 months subscription$12.996 Months
  • 1 year subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Needlentory free?
Needlentory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Embroidery free?
Embroidery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Needlentory or Embroidery have ads?
Needlentory shows ads; Embroidery does not.
Which is updated more often, Needlentory or Embroidery?
Needlentory ships an update every 10 days, and Embroidery every 5 weeks. Most recently, Needlentory was updated on October 25, 2026 and Embroidery on October 13, 2026.

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