Needlentory vs needlebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
needlebook
Organize your needlepoint journey from start to finish. Track canvases, manage your thread stash, create smart shopping lists, and connect with a community of stitchers. Share progress and discover new projects.
- Project tracking from wishlist to completion
- Thread stash management with low stock alerts
- Smart shopping lists based on project needs
- Community feed for inspiration and connection
- Automatic canvas detail import from links
- Photo organization for project stages
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needlebook — track your stitching journey Your needlepoint companion, from wishlist to finished piece. needlebook helps you organize every part of your needlepoint life — your canvas collection, thread stash, project progress, and shopping lists — all in one beautifully designed app built by stitchers, for stitchers. MANAGE YOUR PROJECTS Track canvases from wishlist through completion. Add photos at every stage — canvas reference shots, work-in-progress updates, and finished pieces — organized into beautiful typed galleries. Log stitching sessions, track your progress percentage, and celebrate when you finish. BUILD YOUR THREAD STASH Search thousands of threads from popular brands like Appleton, DMC, Silk & Ivory, and more. Track what you own, how much you have left, and get low stock alerts. Sort your stash by color (rainbow order!), brand, or amount remaining. SMART SHOPPING LISTS needlebook automatically compares your project thread lists against your stash and tells you exactly what you're missing and what's running low — with the total yardage you need. Mark items as purchased right from the list and they disappear automatically. CANVAS COMMUNITY Discover canvases other stitchers are working on. Browse community photos of finished pieces and works in progress. See what threads others used for the same canvas. Copy thread lists to jump-start your own project. STAY CONNECTED Follow fellow stitchers, react to their progress updates and finished pieces, and leave comments. Get notified when someone follows you, reacts to your post, or comments on your work. ADD CANVASES EASILY Paste a link from your favorite needlepoint shop and needlebook automatically fills in the details. Or search the community database. Tag canvases to help others discover them — tags are community-curated and ranked by popularity. ORGANIZE WITH PHOTOS Categorize your project photos as canvas references, progress shots, or finished pieces. Drag photos between categories. Rearrange with a tap-and-hold jiggle mode. Your best photo automatically becomes the project's hero image. We hope you love needlebook!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: needlebook at 100% against Needlentory's 57%. needlebook also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Needlentory's advantage is ratings volume (123 vs 27). On price 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
Both are free to download. Needlentory sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. needlebook asks for nothing beyond the download.
needlebook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 123 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Needlentory's written reviews are positive against 100% of needlebook's.
Needlentory ships an update every 9 days, needlebook every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Needlentory | needlebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (123 ratings) | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diana Białogrzywa | Aidan Brady |
Customer experience
Needlentory
needlebook
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
needlebook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
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
needlebook
No in-app purchases









