Comparison

iWeaveIt vs Machine Knit Community

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

Head to head
About

iWeaveIt

Design hand weaving patterns with this intuitive app. It offers gesture-based editing, supports WIF files, and allows for yarn and project management. View your designs in single or multiple repeats for a comprehensive look at your woven cloth.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based draft manipulation
  • Edit threading, treadling, and tieup
  • Supports WIF files (import/export)
  • Yarn and project management
  • Track weaving progress
  • Create custom color palettes
  • Multiple undo levels
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iWeaveiIt is drawdown app for designing hand weaving patterns. It was developed by the same people who did WeaveIt for the PC Windows environment. The single purchase of iWeaveIt will download to both your iPhone and your iPad. The iWeaveIt app supports Apple’s human interface guidelines with many of Apple's features. It uses gestures and touches for draft manipulation. This makes the program easy to use on the iPhone, iPod and iPad. The many animations give the program pizazz. The result is a fun and enticing program to create and view weaving drafts. √ Zoom with gestures, double click and two finger click similar to Apple’s Map program. √ Create and edit threading, treadling, and tieup for your drafts with multiple edit functions ( cut, copy, paste, flip, wrap, and change colors). √ Supports lift plans. √ Multiple levels of undo are available for editing. √ Create custom color palettes. √ Reads and writes WIF files. √ Export your pattern drafts as WIF files via email, iCloud or save to local storage and transfer with iTunes. √ Import WIF files into iWeaveIt from email or internet (www.handweaving.net) with only one click. WIF files are recognized for iWeaveIt and load immediately. √ Sync files using iCloud between all your devices (iPhone, iPod, iPad and Macintosh, Windows PC). √ Print the draft to your air printer. You do not have to email or transfer your file to another computer. √ View one repeat of the design or multiple repeats to get a feel for how the whole cloth will look. Editing allows up to 8 shafts on iPhone and 24 shafts on iPad. The following modules are now included with the app at original purchase √ Yarn and Project Management √ Tracking your threading or treadling while you weave √ Designer One -- Add Tabby, Turn Drafts, Find Floats,

About

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.

Highlights
  • Private global community
  • Self-paced workshops
  • Live technique classes
  • Group challenges
  • Knit-alongs (KALs)
  • Video archive of events
Features
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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!

Screenshots

iWeaveIt4 screens
Machine Knit Community4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Machine Knit Community at Free against iWeaveIt's $39.99. Machine Knit Community also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). iWeaveIt's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 50%) and ratings volume (75 vs 20). On ads 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

Machine Knit Community is free to download; iWeaveIt costs $39.99 up front. iWeaveIt sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Machine Knit Community asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Machine Knit Community holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of iWeaveIt's written reviews are positive against 50% of Machine Knit Community's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iWeaveIt ships an update every 2 months, Machine Knit Community weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
iWeaveIt versus Machine Knit Community: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWeaveItMachine Knit Community
Price$39.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (75 ratings)4.8 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings75 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB145 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCanyon Art, LLC.Machine knit community Ltd

Customer experience

iWeaveIt

All ratings75 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative20.5%

Machine Knit Community

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

iWeaveIt

One-time3
  • Project and Yarn Calculator$6.99
  • Treadle Tracker$6.99
  • Designer One Tools$6.99
None

Machine Knit Community

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iWeaveIt free?
iWeaveIt costs $39.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Machine Knit Community free?
Machine Knit Community is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iWeaveIt or Machine Knit Community?
Machine Knit Community is rated higher. iWeaveIt averages 4.4 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while Machine Knit Community averages 4.8 from 20 ratings.
Do iWeaveIt or Machine Knit Community have ads?
Neither iWeaveIt nor Machine Knit Community shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iWeaveIt or Machine Knit Community?
iWeaveIt ships an update every 2 months, and Machine Knit Community weekly. Most recently, iWeaveIt was updated on September 21, 2026 and Machine Knit Community on September 19, 2026.

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