Needleply vs FeedPlay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Needleply
Browse, search, and organize embroidery materials like threads, beads, and fabrics. Find color matches across different brands and export your selections for inventory tracking or printable tables.
- Thread, bead, and fabric palettes
- Search materials reference
- Find close color matches
- Export to Needlentory
- Create printable PDF tables
- Organize embroidery materials
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Embroidery material palettes reference. The app contains material palettes — threads, beads, and fabrics — from many well-known manufacturers. It is designed for convenient browsing, searching, selecting, and organizing materials for embroidery projects. You can search materials across the entire reference, as well as find close color matches, even when they belong to different palettes or manufacturers. This helps you choose harmonious combinations and find alternatives to specific colors. Selected palettes can be exported directly to Needlentory, a separate app created specifically for material tracking, including inventory management, shopping lists, and project planning. For those who prefer manual tracking, the app allows you to create and export clear PDF tables that are convenient for printing and storing on paper. If you are missing a specific palette or manufacturer, you can contact us by email. We regularly expand the available palettes. Key features: • Thread, bead, and fabric palettes from popular manufacturers • Search across the entire materials reference • Find close color matches across different palettes • Export palettes to Needlentory for material tracking • Export palettes to StitchHub for pattern creation and progress tracking • Create and export printable PDF tables • Simple browsing and selection of materials for projects Disclaimer. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by any manufacturers. Color accuracy notice. Colors shown in the app are approximate and may differ from actual shades. Always refer to official physical color charts from manufacturers.
FeedPlay
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FeedPlay – Smarter News, Less Noise Tired of ads, cookies, and endless distractions every time you check the news? With FeedPlay, you get a clean, focused way to stay up to date — powered by RSS. Explore articles in Reader Mode for a beautiful, clutter-free reading experience. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s a standard way for websites - especially news sites and blogs - to publish their latest updates in a simple, structured format Instead of visiting each site, you subscribe to its RSS feed in a reader app. The app then fetches new articles for you automatically, showing just the headlines, summaries, and links — free of ads, pop-ups, and cookie banners. Key Features of Feedplay: Follow your way – manage multiple feeds or focus on just one Improved feed parsing – better readability out of the box Text-to-speech – listen to headlines and stories on the go AI summarization (where available) – get the essence in seconds Search – quickly find the stories that matter to you New settings screen – easy customization in one place With FeedPlay, you stay informed without relying on social networks or wading through clutter on the open Internet. It’s the sane way to read the news: no ads, no cookie banners, other endless distractions, just content. Try FeedPlay today and never miss a beat! --- With FeedPlay you get to experience the full app for up to 3 diferent feeds, after that you may use the In-App Purchase to unlock that limit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FeedPlay at none against Needleply's shown. FeedPlay also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Needleply sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and FeedPlay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Needleply ships an update every 9 days, FeedPlay every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Needleply | FeedPlay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (41 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Diana Białogrzywa | Emidio Cunha |
In-app purchases
Needleply
- Threads$0.99
- Premium for 1 month$0.99
- Premium for 6 months$4.99
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- Premium for 1 year$9.99
- Canvas$12.99
- Premium Lifetime$29.99
- Kit$49.99
FeedPlay
- FeedPlay Unlock$1.99









