Comparison

Yarnventory vs Stagehands

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

Head to head
About

Yarnventory

Organize your yarn stash and track your knitting or crochet projects. Catalog yarn with details like brand and color, and manage ongoing creations with notes and photos. Simplify your fiber art process.

Highlights
  • Yarn inventory management
  • Project tracking
  • Catalog yarn by brand, color, weight
  • Organize ongoing projects
  • Attach photos to projects
  • Set project status
Features
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Your yarn stash shouldn't be a mystery. Yarnventory helps crocheters and knitters keep track of their yarn, patterns, projects, and works-in-progress — all in one organized place. KNOW WHAT YARN YOU HAVE Build a searchable yarn inventory with the details that actually matter, including brand, color, weight, fiber, quantity, dye lot, hook and needle sizes, price, store, care instructions, and more. Add a photo to make yarn easy to recognize at a glance. KNOW WHERE YOU PUT IT Have yarn spread across bins, bags, shelves, and rooms? Save storage locations so you can find the yarn you need without digging through your entire stash. KEEP YOUR PROJECTS ORGANIZED Create projects and track whether they're active, paused, or completed. Connect projects to the yarn and patterns you're using, add notes, record storage locations, and quickly see what you're currently working on. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Built-in row and stitch counters help you keep your place while you crochet or knit. Yarnventory also remembers when you last worked on a project, making it easier to return to a WIP after time away. ORGANIZE YOUR PATTERNS Save patterns you want to make, add photos and notes, mark favorites, rate patterns, track their status, and connect them directly to your projects. FIND YOUR STASH FAST Search and filter your yarn instead of scrolling through everything you own. Find yarn by details such as name, brand, color, fiber, quantity, or favorites. KEEP EVERYTHING CONNECTED Yarnventory isn't just a list of yarn. Your stash, patterns, and projects work together so you can see what you own and what you're using it for. SYNC WITH ICLOUD Keep your Yarnventory data available across your supported Apple devices using iCloud. START FREE Organize up to 20 yarns and 5 projects with the free version of Yarnventory. Upgrade to Yarnventory Pro when your stash needs more room. Spend less time wondering what you own and more time making something with it.

About

Stagehands

Features
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Stagehands: Experience Smart Spaces in Your Hands Move Stagehands products such as Ceily, the bed that rises to the ceiling, and Wally, the moving storage wall, right from your phone, and set the lighting and mood in one place. [Smarter and More Convenient Controls] - Control multiple products with a single phone No need to walk over to the switch. Raise and lower or open and close devices connected via Bluetooth in an instant. - Change your whole space in one go with Automation modes Save the device movements and light settings you use most, like Good Night, Away or Movie Night, as modes and run them with a single tap. - Fine-tune your lighting Adjust the brightness of the main and ambient lights in 1% steps, then pick an ambient color on the color wheel and save it to your favorites. - Control all your lights with one tap With Quick Controls, turn the lights of several devices on or off as if they were one. - The same settings on any phone Sign in with your Naver, Kakao, Apple or Google account to sync your registered devices and Automation modes. [Safer Operation] - Know why a device stopped If a device stops, for example because it detected an obstacle, the app tells you why. - Registering requires pressing the device's button To register a device, press and hold its power button for 3 seconds to turn on pairing mode. [Before You Start] - Requires a Stagehands product (Ceily or Wally). - Device control uses Bluetooth. - Languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese.

Screenshots

Yarnventory4 screens
Stagehands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stagehands at none against Yarnventory's 1. Stagehands also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Yarnventory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stagehands asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yarnventory ships an update every 14 months, Stagehands every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Yarnventory versus Stagehands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYarnventoryStagehands
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClaudia MacielRovothome

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Yarnventory

One-time1
  • Yarnventory$19.99
None

Stagehands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yarnventory free?
Yarnventory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stagehands free?
Stagehands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Yarnventory or Stagehands have ads?
Neither Yarnventory nor Stagehands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yarnventory or Stagehands?
Yarnventory ships an update every 14 months, and Stagehands every 2 months. Most recently, Yarnventory was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stagehands on October 28, 2026.

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