Patternum vs Yarnly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Yarnly
This app is a comprehensive tool for knitters and crocheters, offering project timers, advanced row counters, and a pattern viewer with rulers. It also helps manage yarn and materials, calculate costs, and suggests market prices. Seamlessly syncs with Ravelry projects across devices.
- Project timer
- Advanced row counters
- Pattern viewer with rulers
- Yarn and materials management
- Cost calculator
- Market price suggestion
- Ravelry project sync
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Your fiber arts companion for yarn pros & enthusiasts ALL YOUR TOOLS IN ONE PLACE ■ Timer: Keep track of total project time ■ Row Counters: Support for repeats & multiple counters ■ Pattern Viewer with Rulers: View patterns alongside timers, row counters & notes ■ Yarn, Tools, & Materials Management ■ Notes FIND THE RIGHT PRICE ■ Cost Calculator: Know your yarn & materials costs ■ Market Price Suggestion: Get pricing recommendations based on labor, materials, and markup. SUPER-CHARGED PATTERN VIEWER ■ Versatile: Works with PDFs, webpages, images, & Ravelry downloads ■ Reading Rulers: Keep your place with ease ■ Sync across Devices: Remembers your spot across devices with Ravelry & Yarnly+ WORKS WITH RAVELRY ■ Project Sync: Import & update your Ravelry projects ■ Cross-Device Sync: Sync your projects across devices with Yarnly+ Yarnly is free-to-try with both one-time and subscription purchase options. Yarnly+ subscription: • Yarnly offers a auto-renewing subscription (Yarnly+) to unlock certain features • Payment will be charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • Your subscription to Yarnly+ will automatically renew unless you disable auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can turn off auto-renew or manage your subscription from your App Store account settings. • See terms: https://getyarnly.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Yarnly at 4.6 against Patternum's 3.4. Yarnly also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 55%). Patternum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Yarnly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Patternum asks for nothing beyond the download.
Yarnly holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Patternum's written reviews are positive against 83% of Yarnly's.
Patternum ships an update every 6 months, Yarnly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patternum | Yarnly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (25 ratings) | 4.6 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 82.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschrankt | okayest! studios |
Customer experience
Patternum
Yarnly
In-app purchases
Patternum
No in-app purchases
Yarnly
- Yarnly+ Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yarnly+ Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Yarnly Basic$9.99
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