Pocket Crochet vs Patternum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Crochet
Manage all your crochet projects on the go with this app. Track project details, add patterns, yarn information, and reference photos. Features multiple row counters and an archive function for completed works.
- Multiple row counters per project
- Import pattern PDFs or images
- Pattern view memory
- Add project pictures and yarn details
- Archive completed projects
- Multi-language support
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Pocket Crochet is an crochet app to keep track of all your projects wherever you go. Add projects and all the important details. Sleek and modern look and feel. We will keep improving the app, so if you have ideas or improvements, drop us a line! - Add multiple rowcounters to a project - Import a pattern pdf or an image - App remembers your last peek at the pattern - Add pictures and reference photos to a project - Add your yarn of choice - Archive projects when needed - Multiple languages supported Special thanks: - Added French language with the help of Clémentine: merci beaucoup - Added German language with the help of Judith: Vielen Dank - Added Spanish language with the help of Josefa: muchas gracias - Added Japanese language with the help of Yoko: どうもありがとうございました - Added Icelandic language with the help of Fanney: þakka þér kærlega fyrir - Added Estonian language with the help of Minu: tänan teid väga Are you missing your language? Send us an email @ pocketcrochet@rickfleuren.nl Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Patternum
Easily create interactive and responsive knitting and crochet patterns. Add detailed information, manage sizes, and generate charts with custom symbols. Share your creations as PDFs or within the app.
- Interactive pattern creation
- PDF pattern export
- Gauge, glossary, yarn, and needle details generator
- Size management system
- Customizable chart generator
- Add text, images, and videos to patterns
- Private and public pattern sharing
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Patternum is the first Knitting and Crochet Pattern creation tool, fully optimized to let you create easily and quickly interactive and responsive patterns. The patterns created with Patternum can be used by knitters and Crocheters in the app for a perfect crafting experience, or they can be downloaded as PDF. Among the numerous features of Patternum: PATTERN DETAILS: Gauge, glossary, yarn, needles, technics details generator to let you enter all needed additional information about your pattern easily and very fast SIZE DETAILS: Size management system that helps you give all related size-specific instruction in a clear and easy way. No more () or , , , needed! CHARTS GENERATOR: Create your own charts in a few clicks using our predefined symbols or creating your own symbols, preview your colors charts directly in the app. PATTERN CONTENT: Add text, images, videos PATTERN PUBLICATION: You can decide to keep your pattern private (share it only with your friends, sell it… ) or make it public to the users of the App. You can very easily share your pattern with a dedicated link, and your friends will be able to import the pattern in the App, as well as to download the pattern as a PDF.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Crochet at 4.9 against Patternum's 3.4. Pocket Crochet also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 55%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Patternum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Pocket Crochet sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Patternum asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Crochet holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Crochet has 608 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Pocket Crochet's written reviews are positive against 55% of Patternum's.
Pocket Crochet ships an update every 2 weeks, Patternum every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Crochet | Patternum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (608 ratings) — better | 3.4 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 608 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rick Fleuren | AnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschrankt |
Customer experience
Pocket Crochet
Patternum
Bugs and requests
Pocket Crochet
Reported bugs
6 issues- App freezing and cycling preventing access to patterns
- Page getting stuck on image upload unable to return to main menu
- App crashing on iPhone with no recovery method
- Pattern data loss after accidental deletion
- Cloud sync issues causing data synchronization failures
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- App becoming frozen and unresponsive
Requested features
14 requests- Archive or completed projects section
- Apple Pencil support for direct pattern annotation
- Automatic cross-device sync with user login
- Filter by hook size and yarn type
- Folder creation for better organization
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- Yarn inventory section with detailed tracking (brand, weight, color, links)
- Zoom functionality for uploaded images
- Customer photo storage for finished projects
- Freeform note option without pattern requirement
- Ability to track time within app (automatic timer)
- Beginner-friendly tutorials and patterns
- More free patterns included
- Integrated notes directly on pattern with highlighting capability
- Visible hook size and yarn type on main pattern list
Patternum
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Crochet
- Cloud Monthly$1.991 Month
- Cloud Yearly$19.991 Year
- Pro - Wool$5.99
- Pro - Cashmere$8.99
Patternum
No in-app purchases
Questions
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