Comparison

Patternum vs Stitch Craft

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

Stitch Craft

Transform photos into detailed cross-stitch patterns with a vast library of real thread colors. This app offers advanced editing tools and a stitch tracker to guide your needlework projects. It's perfect for creating custom embroidery designs and managing your stitching progress.

Highlights
  • Photo to cross-stitch pattern conversion
  • Real DMC thread color library
  • Advanced pattern editor tools
  • Stitch tracking and progress stats
  • Print-ready PDF chart generation
  • Shopping list with floss calculator
Features
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Turn any photo into a counted cross stitch pattern with real DMC thread colors. Stitch Craft is a pattern creator and stitch tracker for cross stitching and embroidery, on iPhone and iPad. No account needed, works offline. Photo to Pattern • Pick a picture, then choose the grid size and number of colors • Fine-tune brightness, contrast and saturation • See a stitched preview on Aida in a hoop before you start • Or start with a blank grid and draw your own pixel art Real DMC Colors • 3,800+ thread colors from DMC, Anchor, Appletons and COSMO • All 489 DMC Stranded Cotton shades, plus Light Effects, Étoile, Satin, Coloris, Variations, Pearl Cotton and Tapestry Wool • Every color has a real floss code, so you know what to buy Pro Pattern Editor • Color, symbol or combined view • Pencil, fill, eyedropper, shapes, text and backstitch • Half stitches, quarter stitches and French knots • Move, Duplicate, flip and mirror drawing • Check Pattern finds single stitches and colors that look almost the same Stitch Tracker • Tap or drag to mark stitches as done • Large charts are split into sections • Find next stitch shows row and column numbers • Stats and goals keep you going Print and Share • Print-ready PDF chart with symbols, row numbers and a color key • Shopping list with a floss calculator for skeins and fabric size • Share a pattern as a file via AirDrop, Messages or Mail Made for Stitchers • Aida and linen from 11 to 40 count • Finished size in inches and centimeters • Charts work for needlepoint, tapestry and other needlework too • iCloud sync with Premium, backups are free Free to Start Make 3 patterns up to 80 x 80 stitches with 20 colors for free, and save them as a PDF. Stitch Craft Premium unlocks unlimited patterns, grids up to 900 x 900 stitches, up to 525 colors, the Detailed preset and color blending, custom palettes, all editor tools, stitching by section, printing, the shopping list and iCloud sync. Terms of Use (EULA): https://trystitchcraft.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://trystitchcraft.com/privacy

Screenshots

Patternum4 screens
Stitch Craft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Patternum at 55% against Stitch Craft's 0%. Patternum also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.6). Stitch Craft's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stitch Craft sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Patternum asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patternum ships an update every 6 months, Stitch Craft every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Patternum versus Stitch Craft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternumStitch Craft
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschranktPatrick van der Ploeg

Customer experience

Patternum

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

Stitch Craft

Written reviews14 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative92.9%

In-app purchases

None

Patternum

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Stitch Craft

Subscriptions2
  • StitchCraft Pro - Yearly$29.991 Year
  • StitchCraft Pro - Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • StitchCraft Pro - Lifetime$49.99
  • StitchCraft Pro - Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Patternum free?
Patternum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stitch Craft free?
Stitch Craft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Patternum or Stitch Craft have ads?
Neither Patternum nor Stitch Craft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patternum or Stitch Craft?
Patternum ships an update every 6 months, and Stitch Craft every 9 days. Most recently, Patternum was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stitch Craft on November 9, 2026.

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