Comparison

Knitandnote vs Rowwise

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Knitandnote

This app simplifies knitting and crochet by organizing projects, offering a vast pattern library, and providing essential crafting tools. It also features an in-app yarn shop and a community for sharing creations.

Highlights
  • Project organization
  • Expansive pattern library
  • In-app yarn shop
  • Multi-functional pattern viewer
  • Yarn & needle inventory
  • Social community
  • Crafting statistics
Features
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Everything you need for your knitting in one place. Bring out your creative potential with Knit&Note – an app designed to make your knitting and crochet journey as easy, inspiring and enjoyable as possible. We're here to simplify every aspect of your crafting, allowing you to focus on unleashing your creativity and create beautiful, handmade items. Key Features: - Organize your projects effortlessly with detailed pages for patterns, yarn details, and more. - Experience an expansive pattern library and dive into a wide range of high-quality knitting and crochet patterns, presented in a convenient and intuitive style, similar to popular streaming services. Ideal for crafters at any skill level. - Buy the yarn and stash you need for your projects in our in-app yarn shop, and get it delivered to your doorstep - Enhance your knitting with tools that helps you progress. Multi-functional pattern-viewer, featuring color highlighters, integrated row counters, increase/ decrease calculator, yarn calculator, ruler, video tutorials and more. - Stay motivated and keep track of your progress with fun statistics that showcase your crafting achievements and growth. - Efficient Yarn & Needle Inventory: Keep track of your crafting materials with ease, ensuring you're always prepared for your next project. -Social Community where you can share, inspire, and connect with fellow crafters in a supportive and creative environment. - Eco-Conscious Crafting: Embrace sustainability with our eco-friendly app, powered by 100% renewable energy. Knit&Note isn't just an app; it's a catalyst for your creativity. It's designed to remove the hurdles in your crafting journey, leaving you free to explore, create, and share in a more organized, sustainable, and enjoyable way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Rowwise

Features
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Rowwise counts rows for knitting and crochet, and keeps the record of what you made. COUNTING · One wide tap band. A thumb on a live stitch does not need precision. · A haptic tick on every row, so you can count without looking at the screen. · Undo takes back exactly one row. Anything you already wrote or photographed stays where it is. · Several counters in one project — body, sleeve L, sleeve R — each keeping its own total. · Set a target, and the screen says 28 to go instead of just 46. THE ROW-BY-ROW LOG Every row you note becomes a line with the date it was counted: 40 started chart B, 32 switched to 4.0 mm, 1 cast on 148 sts. When a sleeve goes wrong three weeks later, that log is where you find the row you changed something. PHOTOS, BACKUP AND A CARD (Rowwise Pro, one-time purchase) · A photo on any row: the swatch, the gauge, the mistake you want to remember. · A ZIP backup that carries the photos with it, so a new phone can have the whole history back. · A printable PDF project card — the entire row-by-row log on one page, for the person who wants to know how you made it. STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account, no sign-in, no server, no ads, no tracking. Rowwise makes no network calls at all: your work lives in the app's own storage until you export it yourself. If a save ever fails, or a file cannot be read, the app says so on the screen and keeps the file rather than starting you over. ONE PRICE Counting, notes, counters and projects are free, and they stay free. Rowwise Pro is a single purchase — not a subscription, not a trial that expires. The price is whatever the App Store shows in your currency. The interface is English only in this version; this page is here so you can see what the app does before downloading. iPhone only.

Screenshots

Knitandnote4 screens
Rowwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rowwise at none against Knitandnote's shown. Knitandnote's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Knitandnote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $11.90 per month and Rowwise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Knitandnote versus Rowwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKnitandnoteRowwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (182 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings182 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKnitandnote AS小明 郭

Bugs and requests

Knitandnote

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Row counters lose progress/don't save
  • App crashes frequently
  • App freezes or glitches
  • Cannot log in/forgot password issues
  • Page closes when scrolling up in pattern view
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  • Stash tracking not accurate (doesn't deduct used yarn)
  • App doesn't work on iPad
  • Cannot upload certain pattern PDFs due to size
  • Photos reorder randomly after saving
  • Row counter drops a row randomly
  • App doesn't work offline
  • Row counter doesn't transfer between web and app
  • App is slow to load
  • Stitch counter doesn't save new rows
  • App keeps asking to upgrade to premium
  • Measurement ruler is incorrect

Requested features

21 requests
  • Option to buy patterns individually
  • Request patterns in other languages
  • Messenger feature to ask designers questions
  • Yarn weight in pattern details
  • Timer for tracking project time
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  • Add free patterns
  • More categories for toys/stuffed animals
  • Ability to link to Ravelry patterns
  • Option to take a picture with notes
  • Ability to create crochet project charts
  • Grams in Imperial setting for yarn
  • Yards/meters in stash instead of grams
  • Widget for stitch counter
  • Offline mode
  • Dark mode option
  • More crochet patterns and tutorials
  • Add crochet hooks to stash
  • Reset button for row counter
  • Option to set row counter to reset after certain rows
  • Left-handed learning option
  • Typing feature for notes

Rowwise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Knitandnote

Subscriptions4
  • Premium$11.901 Month
  • Premium$14.991 Month
  • Premium1 Month trial$107.991 Year
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  • Premium14 Days trial$107.991 Year
1 purchases

Rowwise

One-time1
  • Rowwise Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Knitandnote free?
Knitandnote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rowwise free?
Rowwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Knitandnote or Rowwise have ads?
Knitandnote shows ads; Rowwise does not.

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