Comparison

Needleply vs Freshwise

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Thread, bead, and fabric palettes
  • Search materials reference
  • Find close color matches
  • Export to Needlentory
  • Create printable PDF tables
  • Organize embroidery materials
Features
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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.

About

Freshwise

This app helps you manage your food inventory by tracking expiry dates. It uses AI to identify food items from photos, suggests shelf life, and categorizes them by freshness. Receive reminders for expiring items and view reports on your kitchen's health and food waste.

Highlights
  • AI food identification from photos
  • Automatic shelf life suggestions
  • Freshness status at a glance
  • Expiry reminders
  • Kitchen health and waste reports
  • Practical food safety tips
  • Quick logging templates
Features
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Freshwise — your food freshness manager. Take a photo when you bring food home. Freshwise helps identify the food name, category, quantity, shelf life, and package text, then sorts everything by freshness so you can see what to eat today and what is about to expire. PHOTO LOGGING, WITH AI HELP Take a photo or choose one from your library. Built-in AI vision can extract the name, category, quantity, unit, storage location, and package text, and suggest a storage period. Results fill the form automatically and remain editable. You can also enter food manually without configuring an AI key. FOOD STATUS AT A GLANCE See Fresh, Watch, Soon, Due Today, Expired, Eaten, or Discarded at a glance. Remaining freshness is shown as both a percentage and a number of days. FOCUS ON WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION The home screen surfaces food that is expiring soon, due today, or already expired, sorted by date so you know when to eat, share, freeze, or discard it. EXPIRY REMINDERS Choose local notifications 3 days before, 1 day before, on the due date, or after expiry. Each item sends at most one notification per day. Changing a date reorders reminders; marking food eaten or discarded cancels them. KITCHEN HEALTH SCORE AND WASTE REPORT Each month, see a kitchen health score based on expired, soon-to-expire, and fresh inventory, plus items added, eaten, discarded, and nearing expiry. PRACTICAL FOOD SAFETY TIPS Five guides cover near-expiry food, refrigerator organization, nutrition labels, reheating leftovers, and freezing portions. QUICK TEMPLATES Log common foods such as cut watermelon, leftovers, opened milk, raw meat, and frozen food in seconds, then adjust the details. YOUR AI MODEL Connect your own vision model through a compatible API. The API key is stored securely in the system Keychain. Your custom model is preferred, with an automatic fallback when needed. LOCAL FIRST Your records and food photos stay on your iPhone. There is no backend, account system, or cloud sync. Supports Simplified Chinese, English, Korean, and Japanese, with Light, Dark, and Automatic appearance modes. Freshwise is designed for everyday kitchen management, shared refrigerators, meal planning, and reducing food waste. AI identification and freshness suggestions are for everyday management only. Consider the food’s appearance, smell, storage conditions, and package instructions when making safety decisions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/2d6b2ea4-a712-4e96-a461-6339e1e8effc

Screenshots

Needleply4 screens
Freshwise3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Needleply at 82% against Freshwise's 0%. Needleply also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). Freshwise's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. Needleply sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Freshwise sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Needleply ships an update every 9 days, Freshwise every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Needleply versus Freshwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeedleplyFreshwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiana Białogrzywa璞 菅

Customer experience

Needleply

All ratings41 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral7.3%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%

Freshwise

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Needleply

One-time7
  • Threads$0.99
  • Premium for 1 month$0.99
  • Premium for 6 months$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Premium for 1 year$9.99
  • Canvas$12.99
  • Premium Lifetime$29.99
  • Kit$49.99
1 purchases

Freshwise

Subscriptions1
  • Freshwise Pro Monthly$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Needleply free?
Needleply is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Freshwise free?
Freshwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Needleply or Freshwise have ads?
Needleply shows ads; Freshwise does not.
Which is updated more often, Needleply or Freshwise?
Needleply ships an update every 9 days, and Freshwise every 6 weeks. Most recently, Needleply was updated on October 29, 2026 and Freshwise on October 31, 2026.

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