Comparison

Patternum vs Yarnal

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Yarnal

This app serves as a digital journal for knitting and crochet enthusiasts, allowing users to store, organize, and manage all their creative projects. It provides a user-friendly interface for saving patterns, notes, yarn details, and photos, with a built-in row counter to track progress.

Highlights
  • Organize knitting and crochet projects
  • Store patterns, notes, and yarn details
  • Track progress with row counters
  • Hands-free voice commands for counting
  • Sync projects across devices
  • Document yarn, sizes, and needles
Features
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Yarnal is your personal knitting and crochet journal, designed to help you store, organise, and manage all your creative projects with ease. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced maker, Yarnal keeps everything you need in one beautifully simple app. With a clean, user-friendly interface, Yarnal makes it simple to store patterns, notes, yarn details, photos, and more. The built-in row counter lets you pick up right where you left off. KEY FEATURES • Clear, organised overview of all your knitting and crochet projects • Easily recreate past projects with stored details and photos • Never lose a pattern again—store PDFs directly with your projects • Pick up your work anytime with per-project row counters • Add yarns, sizes, hooks/needles, and more for complete documentation • Hands-free tally/row counting with simple voice commands • Sync across your devices via iCloud • All your projects in one easy-to-use app FEEDBACK Missing a feature? Found a bug? Have a suggestion? Get in touch—your feedback helps make Yarnal even better. FREE VS. UNLIMITED The free version includes a limited number of projects, ads, and some feature restrictions. Upgrade to Yarnal Unlimited to unlock the full experience—available via monthly, yearly, or one-time purchase. Payments are charged to your App Store account. Subscriptions can be managed or canceled at any time in your account settings under Subscriptions. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Patternum4 screens
Yarnal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yarnal at 4.8 against Patternum's 3.4. Yarnal also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 55%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Patternum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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. Yarnal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Patternum asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yarnal holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 64 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Patternum's written reviews are positive against 87% of Yarnal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patternum ships an update every 6 months, Yarnal monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Patternum versus Yarnal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternumYarnal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (25 ratings)4.8 (64 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews87.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2564 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschranktRene Heijndijk

Customer experience

Patternum

All ratings25 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative28.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative27.3%

Yarnal

All ratings64 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.3%

In-app purchases

None

Patternum

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Yarnal

Subscriptions2
  • Yarnal Unlimited Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yarnal Unlimited Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Yarnal Upgrade$3.99
  • Yarnal Unlimited$34.99

Questions

Is Patternum free?
Patternum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yarnal free?
Yarnal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Patternum or Yarnal?
Yarnal is rated higher. Patternum averages 3.4 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Yarnal averages 4.8 from 64 ratings.
Do Patternum or Yarnal have ads?
Yarnal shows ads; Patternum does not.
Which is updated more often, Patternum or Yarnal?
Patternum ships an update every 6 months, and Yarnal monthly. Most recently, Patternum was updated on October 22, 2026 and Yarnal on October 25, 2026.

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