Patternum vs Cameras Ultra
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.
Cameras Ultra
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View all your HomeKit cameras in one place. Cameras Ultra brings your home security cameras together in a clean, responsive grid — with live streaming, fullscreen views, and room conditions at a glance. See everything at once View all your cameras in a customisable grid layout. Switch between 1–4 columns and choose to group cameras by room. Jump to a fullscreen multi-camera grid to monitor your whole home simultaneously. Live streaming & smart snapshots Stream live video from your cameras directly in the tile grid or in fullscreen. Auto-refreshing snapshots keep thumbnails current when you're not streaming. Cameras Ultra intelligently manages concurrent streams to keep everything smooth and operate within HomeKit video stream limits. Fullscreen camera control Tap any camera for a detailed view and optionally show room environment details like temperature, humidity, and air quality. Room conditions See temperature, humidity, and air quality readings from HomeKit sensors right on your camera cards. Choose where conditions appear in fullscreen, or turn them off entirely. Favourites for quick access Star the cameras you check most. Your favourites sync across all your devices via iCloud, so your setup follows you from iPhone to iPad to Mac to Apple TV. Works on every screen Designed for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Each platform gets a tailored experience — sidebar navigation on iPad, toolbar controls on Mac, and focus-driven navigation with your remote on Apple TV. iCloud Sync Your preferred camera order and favourites are synced across devices avoiding you have to setup this kind of configuration over and over again across your devices. Your privacy, respected All video stays between your device and your HomeKit hub. No footage is stored, recorded, or sent anywhere. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party services. Just your cameras, your way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Patternum at Free against Cameras Ultra's $0.99. Patternum also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 26.5). Cameras Ultra's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Patternum is free to download; Cameras Ultra costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Patternum ships an update every 6 months, Cameras Ultra every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patternum | Cameras Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschrankt | Jonathan Clarke |
In-app purchases
Patternum
No in-app purchases
Cameras Ultra
No in-app purchases
Questions
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