Comparison

Templates for Pages vs Craft

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

Head to head
About

Templates for Pages

Access over 4,000 professional templates for Apple Pages to create business and personal documents. Customize text, images, and colors to suit your needs. Offers monthly updates and a variety of layouts for diverse projects.

Highlights
  • Over 4,000 templates
  • Monthly template updates
  • Customizable text and images
  • Recolorable objects
  • A4 and US Letter sizes
  • 10,000+ layout variations
Features
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* Requires Apple Pages for iOS and iOS 13 or later, which have to be downloaded separately. The modern and polished Templates for Pages - DesiGN supplies a collection of over 4,000 easy-to-use templates for creating business and personal content with Apple’s Pages. It's the biggest template pack for Pages on the App Store. We provide regular monthly updates with new templates. Templates for Pages - DesiGN set gives a large selection of templates from books and invitations to posters and brochures. Some templates consist of up to 10 different pages, so the package provides a variety of around 10,000 layouts to meet your most diverse needs. Each and every layout – from the quintessential elegance of text-only pages to the bright mix of pictures and slogans in the poster and brochure templates – features prime design quality, set apart by attention to fine points, high usability, and abundant creativity. All templates are available in the popular A4 (210 x 297 mm) and US Letter (8½ x 11 in.) sizes, except for non-standard size documents such as landscape brochures (DL Envelope format - 110 x 220 mm / 4¼ x 8¾ in.). Nearly all objects in Templates for Pages - DesiGN can be effortlessly recolored, moved, or removed. Type or paste your own text, add or remove text boxes and change the font if you wish. Replace stock images with your own photos or pictures. Unleash your imagination! Subscription: The first 3 days are on the house and then you can get it in affordable monthly, semi-annual, annual, or lifetime plans! Subscribe to take advantage of all the Premium features described above. • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Instructions to manage your auto-renewing subscriptions can be found here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Privacy Policy: http://graphicnode.com/privacypolicy/ Terms of Use: http://graphicnode.com/termsandconditions/ Help us develop the best app available in the store! If you have found a bug, got a suggestion, or want a new feature, email us at: support@graphicnode.com

About

Craft

This app helps you organize your thoughts, manage tasks, and boost productivity with an AI assistant. Create structured documents, plan your day, and connect with other tools for a seamless workflow across all your devices.

Highlights
  • AI Assistant for research and writing
  • Structured document creation
  • Native task management system
  • Daily notes and calendar view
  • Offline access and sync
  • Integrations with other tools
Features
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Unleash your creativity and take control of your plans with Craft, a productivity app that transforms how you write, organize, and get things done. Create structured documents, manage tasks, organize your knowledge with Collections, and chat about it all with the AI Assistant. With seamless sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the web, your workspace is always ready, online or offline. WRITE ANYWHERE, ANYTIME Your best ideas don’t wait for an internet connection. Work seamlessly offline with full access to all features, then let your changes sync automatically when you reconnect. Whether you’re on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, Craft keeps your writing experience consistent and powerful. AI ASSISTANT IS THERE TO HELP For seamless research, text editing, or searching across your entire knowledge base, Craft’s AI Assistant keeps you in flow on every device you use Craft on. Powered by advanced large language models, it finds any note, answers questions based on your content, and helps you stay on top of your knowledge without making you maintain a strict organizational system. BUILT-IN TASK MANAGEMENT Turn your ideas into action with our native Tasks system. Capture tasks as they emerge in your notes, manage them in a dedicated Inbox, and access them from any page with the Assistant’s help. Set target dates, due dates, and reminders to stay on track. With a unified tasks view, it’s the perfect balance between AI-powered fluidity and a dedicated, always-available space. STAY ON TOP OF YOUR DAY Make daily planning effortless with Daily Notes. Capture quick thoughts, plan your schedule, track tasks, or maintain your personal journal, all in one dedicated space. Switch to the calendar view to visualize your progress, reflect on your week, and understand how your days are shaping up. CONNECT YOUR DOCS TO OTHER TOOLS Turn Craft into the home for your whole workflow. Connect your documents to popular AI chat tools and productivity apps using deep integrations and APIs. Save conversations into Craft, pull in tasks, events, or other content from your existing tools, or even use your Craft documents as a CMS for powering a blog or website. EVERYTHING YOU NEED - Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the web - Markdown and keyboard shortcuts - Link sharing and web publishing - Version history - Fast, reliable sync - Advanced integrations and API support - AI-powered Assistant - Incredible customer support WHAT’S NEW Craft Assistant: your smart partner to brainstorm, research, and write. It can help you find your notes across your space, rewrite and summarize documents, all while keeping you in the flow. MCP & API: connect Craft to AI models and other tools in your productivity stack, turning it into an organizational layer and live memory. Whiteboards: turn thoughts into visuals with a spacious canvas for sketching ideas, mapping projects, and collaborating creatively. QUESTIONS? Contact us on X at @craftdocs or email feedback@craft.do SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS If you purchase a Craft subscription, you’ll be charged via the payment method associated with your Apple ID. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your account settings on the App Store. Craft subscriptions are available as one-month and 12-month packages. Prices may vary depending on country and are subject to change without notice. Current subscriptions cannot be canceled during the active subscription period. If you don’t choose to purchase a Craft subscription, you can continue using Craft for free. Terms of service: https://www.craft.do/terms Privacy policy: https://www.craft.do/privacy

Screenshots

Templates for Pages4 screens
Craft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Craft at free with in-app purchases against Templates for Pages's subscription. Craft also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Templates for Pages's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Templates for Pages sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Craft sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Craft holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Craft has 6.6K ratings behind it against 121, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Templates for Pages's written reviews are positive against 85% of Craft's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Templates for Pages ships an update every 3 months, Craft every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Templates for Pages versus Craft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTemplates for PagesCraft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (121 ratings)4.8 (6.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1216.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB345 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGraphic NodeCraft Docs Limited

Customer experience

Templates for Pages

All ratings121 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative31.7%

Craft

All ratings6,633 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews1,637 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.3%

User reviews

Templates for Pages

From 121 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Large selection of templates (hundreds to thousands)
  • 🎨 Fresh, modern, and inspiring designs
  • ⚡ Easy to customize and modify templates
  • 🔄 Regularly updated with new templates
  • 💰 Good value for money (one-time purchase option)

Room to improve

  • 💸 Misleading 'free' app label with paywall
  • 🐛 Cannot open templates or Pages app integration issues
  • ⚠️ Incomplete templates (only first 1-2 pages designed)
  • 🎨 Limited practical business templates
  • 📦 Poor user experience for template discovery/organization

Craft

From 6.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Absolutely amazing
  • 👍 Beautiful, clean, simple, increasingly powerful
  • 👍 Fantastic Essential App
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 👍 Seamless sync between devices

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🐛 Crashes after recent update
  • 🔍 Lack of customization options (e.g. font size)
  • 🔍 Inconsistent and confusing UI conventions
  • 🔍 Lack of basic features like tags and tables

Bugs and requests

Templates for Pages

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Cannot find Pages app even when installed
  • Templates fail to open in Pages
  • Blank pages appear instead of template content
  • Monthly subscription redirects to yearly payment
  • App crashes or becomes unresponsive
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  • Download gets stuck on pause
  • Installation doesn't complete
  • Missing index.xml file error
  • Lifetime membership disappears/requires repayment
  • Incompatibility with Pages 5.0 and earlier versions
  • Notifications spam for other products
  • Difficulty canceling subscriptions

Requested features

11 requests
  • Auto-install templates directly into Pages
  • More newsletter templates
  • More complete multi-page templates (especially magazines)
  • Better categorization and sorting within app
  • More practical business-focused templates
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  • Info-sheets and proposal templates
  • Railway-themed templates
  • Better help documentation and tutorials
  • Save dialog for downloaded templates
  • Word version equivalent
  • More customization options for photo backgrounds

Craft

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when using voice control dictation
  • Inconsistent behavior when rearranging notes
  • Exporting to PDF creates blank first page

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for tables and columns
  • Implement tagging system for better organization
  • Improve text editing and formatting options
  • Integrate with more third-party apps and services
  • Add graph view for visualizing note connections

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Templates for Pages

Subscriptions3
  • One-Month Plan3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • 6-Months Plan3 Days trial$19.996 Months
  • One Year Plan3 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Templates for Pages$49.99
9 purchases

Craft

Subscriptions9
  • Plus Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Legacy - Monthly Subscription$10.991 Month
  • Family Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$17.991 Month
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  • Team Monthly Subscription$59.991 Month
  • Plus Annual Subscription1 Year trial$95.991 Year
  • Legacy - Annual Subscription$99.991 Year
  • Family Annual Subscription1 Year trial$179.991 Year
  • Business Monthly Subscription2 variants$299.001 Month
  • Team Annual Subscription$599.001 Year

Questions

Is Templates for Pages free?
Templates for Pages is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Craft free?
Craft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Templates for Pages or Craft?
Craft is rated higher. Templates for Pages averages 4.5 out of 5 from 121 ratings, while Craft averages 4.8 from 6.6K ratings.
Do Templates for Pages or Craft have ads?
Neither Templates for Pages nor Craft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Templates for Pages or Craft?
Templates for Pages ships an update every 3 months, and Craft every 11 days. Most recently, Templates for Pages was updated on October 27, 2026 and Craft on October 29, 2026.

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