Comparison

Patternum vs Knit It

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

Knit It

Features
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Turn inspiration into a pattern. KnitIt helps you recreate knitted items you love. Upload a photo and get a structured knitting plan: what it is, how it’s constructed, what you’ll need, and the step-by-step instructions to make it. Features • Photo → step-by-step knitting instructions • Item detection (hat, mittens, socks, sweater, scarf, and more) • Materials: yarn weight + yardage note, needles, notions • Abbreviations explained (only what’s used) • Clean “one step per screen” reading experience • Save projects and come back anytime Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Patternum4 screens
Knit It4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Patternum at none against Knit It's 2. Patternum also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 14.0.0). Knit It's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). 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. Knit It sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Patternum asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patternum ships an update every 6 months, Knit It every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Patternum versus Knit It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternumKnit It
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better14.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschranktKristina Makhianova

In-app purchases

None

Patternum

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Knit It

Subscriptions2
  • KnitIt Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • KnitIt Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Patternum free?
Patternum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knit It free?
Knit It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Patternum or Knit It have ads?
Neither Patternum nor Knit It shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patternum or Knit It?
Patternum ships an update every 6 months, and Knit It every 2 weeks. Most recently, Patternum was updated on September 7, 2026 and Knit It on September 10, 2026.

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