Handwoven vs PEEQ Entertainment
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwoven
Explore the world of handweaving with a digital magazine. Each issue offers projects, instructions, and inspiration to enhance your skills and design creativity. Stay updated with the latest trends and techniques in the handweaving community.
- Handweaving projects
- Technical skill instruction
- Design confidence building
- Inspiration for weavers
- Digital magazine format
- Subscription access to current and future issues
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Connect with the handweaving world through Handwoven. Every issue is packed with projects, instruction and inspiration to help you build technical skills and design confidence. The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal will match the initial subscription price. You may turn off auto-renewing subscriptions by going to your user’s Account Settings after purchase. Please find our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy here: https://longthreadmedia.com/terms-of-use/ https://longthreadmedia.com/privacy-policy/
PEEQ Entertainment
Access a vast library of popular magazines and newspapers on your smartphone or tablet. Enjoy a curated selection of news, lifestyle, and entertainment content from around the world. Download titles for offline reading and customize your viewing experience.
- Access to thousands of magazine titles
- Offline reading capability
- Customizable reading views
- Curated content selection
- Automatic subscription renewal
- Monthly subscription plans
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Whether you’re a news junkie, celeb spotter, homespun hobbyist, fashion fundi, gadget guru or business leader; Peeq has the content to keep you engaged, entertained and up to date. For a flat monthly subscription fee of $9.99 (US) / R94.99 (ZAR) per month, you can read the world’s best-selling news, lifestyle and entertainment magazine titles using the Peeq app on your smartphone or tablet. The monthly subscription runs as a continuous subscription that is automatically renewed. This is not binding, and you can terminate any time. Peeq offers you close to 2,000 magazines and weeklies, including Vogue, Elle Decoration, BBC Wildlife, Apple Magazine, and more. Read whenever. Read wherever. In South Africa, expect all your local gems including Drum, HuisGenoot, YOU, Taste, and Fair Lady. You can also download your chosen titles to read offline. Perfect for when you’re travelling or out of Wi-Fi range. Peeq is the perfect way to stay informed, explore and escape. It enables you to access specialist titles that are either too difficult or too expensive to buy. Reading is a pleasure with Peeq. Customizable views on the app enable you to enhance the reading experience on your device. A curated selection of fresh, authoritative and entertaining voices from the best-selling magazines in the world means you’re getting news and information you can trust. Welcome to your own digital newsstand. Welcome to Peeq. Subscription Terms Your Peeq subscription will be charged at a flat monthly subscription fee of (US) / R94.99 (ZAR). The monthly subscription will run as a continuous subscription that is automatically renewed. To manage your Peeq subscription, visit the Peeq website. By placing an order your order you agree to the Peeq Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. US: T&Cs: https://www.peeq-entertainment.com/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.peeq-entertainment.com/privacy-policy SA: T&Cs: https://peeq-entertainment.com/za/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.peeq-entertainment.com/za/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Handwoven at 302 against PEEQ Entertainment's 2. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Handwoven sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and PEEQ Entertainment sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Handwoven against 5.0 for PEEQ Entertainment. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handwoven has 302 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Handwoven | PEEQ Entertainment |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (302 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 302 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Long Thread Media LLC | CCS OUTSOURCING (PTY) LTD |
Customer experience
Handwoven
PEEQ Entertainment
Bugs and requests
Handwoven
Reported bugs
6 issues- App won't open
- Bookmarks have no photos
- Bookmarks have disappeared
- Search function is useless/doesn't work
- No access since last update (requires subscription)
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- Patterns cannot be printed
Requested features
3 requests- Improve search sophistication (designer, yarn, loom)
- Fix bookmark photos
- Allow printing of patterns
PEEQ Entertainment
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Handwoven
- 1 Month Subscription$2.491 Month
- One Year Subscription$34.991 Year
- 1 Year Subscription$34.991 Year
- March-April 2019$7.99
- November-December 2019$7.99
- March/April 2020$7.99
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- September/October 2020$7.99
- May/June 2021$7.99
- September/October 2022$7.99
- March/April 2023$7.99
PEEQ Entertainment
- Monthly subscription$9.991 Month
Questions
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