Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad vs WeaveMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad
Create professional documents like books, brochures, and magazines on your iPad. This powerful app offers advanced layout, typography, and image editing tools optimized for touch and Apple Pencil. Seamlessly manage files and export in various professional formats.
- Optimized iPad gesture controls
- Professional layout tools
- Advanced typography controls
- Image and graphics editing
- Productivity features
- Import/export options
- Professional output formats
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Work wherever and whenever you want without compromise, with Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad, the on-the-go version of our award-winning desktop publishing software. This equally powerful page layout and design app has everything you need to create books, brochures, posters, reports, letters, portfolios, magazine layouts, book covers, ebooks, and so much more. OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD • Fully integrated and optimized iPad gesture controls to speed up your workflow • Command controller hosting on-screen modifiers • Quick Menu for context-sensitive access to commands • Context bar for all tools • Sliders for various attributes • Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping, and preview mode options • Metal accelerated to achieve blazing-fast performance, even when editing large images • Sensitive to pressure, tilt, and angle, the app harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil • Full iCloud drive integration allows for seamless file management, storage, and sharing • External display support with separate configuration options PROFESSIONAL LAYOUT TOOLS • Facing page spreads • Live master pages • Advanced guides, grids, and snapping • Tables and custom table formats • Wrap text around any object or image • Create text frames of any shape • Link multiple text frames together across your document • Footnotes, sidenotes, and endnotes ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY • Full control over character and paragraph styles • Comprehensive OpenType support • Write text along any path • Advanced flow options and hyphenation PERFECT IMAGES & GRAPHICS • Link or embed images in your document • Place PSD, AI, PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG, DWG, or Affinity files • Correct and enhance images with non-destructive adjustment layers • Precision engineered pen and node tools for creating vector curves and shapes • Boolean operations to add, subtract, combine, and divide shapes BUILT FOR PRODUCTIVITY • Section manager to organize your documents • Savable undo history with alternate futures • Smart master pages • Automatically generate indexes and table of contents • Manage and create anchors • Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again • Collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder using the Package feature • PDF passthrough • Autoflow of multiple images and multi-page PDFs • Running headers • Cross-references ADVANCED OPTIONS FOR PLACING CONTENT & IMPORT/EXPORT • IDML & XLSX import • Import/export from Adobe InDesign ® and other programs • Layer visibility override for placed linked files (PDF/DWG/DXF/PSD and Affinity files) • Place linked web images using URLs • Dropbox API integration to retain placed resource linkage across multiple devices • AutoCAD DWG/DXF import, place, and edit (maintaining layer structure and scaling) PROFESSIONAL OUTPUT • End-to-end CMYK, PANTONE© and spot color • Live preflight checking • PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 output for professional printed works FULL INTEGRATION WITH OTHER AFFINITY APPS • Instantly switch to the advanced photo editing features of Affinity Photo and precise vector tools of Affinity Designer without leaving Affinity Publisher with StudioLink • The most fluid workflow ever conceived in a creative suite of applications
WeaveMe
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A yarn dyed woven fabric design app for everyone in woven textile business. WeaveMe weaves your creativity and inspiration to actual fabric. Customize your fabric in detail such as combination of multiple yarn count, color of your own inspiration or use from manufacture library, heald frame ploting, reed arrangement, create multiple colorway for your collection. Send and share your design with your team and your clients or manufacturers. Design Features: - Customize fabric density and width - Plain, Twill, Satin or Dobby design up to 48 frames. - Multiple warp per reed dent - Multiple weft density - Create new color way - Create your own color library and share with your client - Create design template with predefine fabric composition and weaving detail - Yarn consumption calculation - Share design via AirDrop - Print design and production detail - Weft by weft for hand woven
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WeaveMe at fortnightly against Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad's every 6 weeks. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WeaveMe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad ships an update every 6 weeks, WeaveMe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad | WeaveMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (871 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 871 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.7 GB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serif (Europe) Ltd. | Phichai Leangtong |
Bugs and requests
Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashing when working with large files
- Corrupted layers and lost work
- Printing issues and scaling problems
- Inconsistent behavior with text formatting and layout
- Laggy performance and freezes when scrolling through font lists
Requested features
5 requests- Support for right-to-left text (Arabic, Persian, etc.)
- More templates and pre-designed layouts
- Improved file management and renaming capabilities
- Better support for large, complex documents
- Enhanced keyboard shortcuts and power user features
WeaveMe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad
- Publisher 2 for iPad LicenseFree
WeaveMe
- All Features (Monthly)7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- All Features (Yearly)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
Questions
Is Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad free?
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