ValuePal vs Machine Knit Community
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ValuePal
Instantly determine the grayscale value of any part of an image with a touch. Compare values to reference images, create value maps, and visualize light and dark patterns for better painting.
- Instant grayscale value detection
- Image value comparison
- Create value maps
- Bracketing for structure visualization
- Notan feature for black and white pattern identification
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Every color has an underlying value between pure white and pure black. Being able to translate a color into its value is surprisingly difficult, but essential for bringing your paintings to life. ValuePal is the only gray scale value finder that will instantly give you the grey scale value of any part of an image with just a touch. You can then compare your value to a reference image by swiping back and forth. An advanced feature of ValuePal allows you to create a “value map” of all areas having the same value. This helps you see a pattern for that value(s). Another feature, “bracketing”, can be used to establish the fundamental structure of your painting. It is useful in visualising paths of light and dark in your painting. The ’Notan’ feature converts all shapes to black and white. This helps the artist identify light and dark patterns in their work. No other app has more features to make you a better painter! ValuePal is the essential artist tool!
Machine Knit Community
Connect with a global community of over 1000 machine knitters for 24/7 support and learning. Access self-paced workshops, live classes with experts, group challenges, and a video archive to enhance your skills.
- Private global community
- Self-paced workshops
- Live technique classes
- Group challenges
- Knit-alongs (KALs)
- Video archive of events
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The App no machine knitter would want to be without - all things Machine Knitting and nothing else! Help and support with your machine knitting is available at the tips of your fingers 24/7 with access to our private community of over 1000 members worldwide. Featuring: -Self-paced machine knitting workshops -Live technique classes each month with leading designers & tutors -Group challenges that stretch you with new techniques -KALs - knit along with other machine knitters as you work on a project together -Inspirational presentations from makers & authors -Video archive of all our previous events & classes -Access to a global community for help & support From an activity feed to share your wins and ask questions, to a library of self-paced machine knitting workshops and an exciting schedule of live events and classes with leading machine knitting designers and tutors, help is never far away. Learn machine knitting in the way that works best for you and become the Machine Knitter you want to be! Never get stuck again!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Machine Knit Community at Free against ValuePal's $14.99. Machine Knit Community also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). ValuePal's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Machine Knit Community is free to download; ValuePal costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Machine Knit Community holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Machine Knit Community has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of ValuePal's written reviews are positive against 50% of Machine Knit Community's.
ValuePal ships an update every 21 months, Machine Knit Community weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ValuePal | Machine Knit Community |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ingeborg Abelman | Machine knit community Ltd |
Customer experience
ValuePal
Machine Knit Community
In-app purchases
ValuePal
No in-app purchases
Machine Knit Community
No in-app purchases
Questions
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