Creative Knitting vs Knitting Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Creative Knitting
Access a variety of knitting projects with detailed instructions and full-color photography. Enhance your skills with knitting classes and informative articles. Back issues and future issues are available for purchase.
- Variety of knitting projects
- Detailed stitch guides
- Full-color photography
- Knitting class section
- In The Know articles
- Back and future issue purchases
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30-DAY RISK-FREE TRIAL - Download and read the current issue for FREE for 30 days. Cancel within 30 days at no charge or do nothing and we'll begin your subscription. Creative Knitting’s primary goal is to bring knitters a variety of fun-to-knit projects using wonderful new yarns and patterns that are easy to understand. Each issue contains a basic stitch guide, metric conversion chart, knit technique reference page, abbreviation glossary and other references that make your knitting guaranteed to work out. Every issue you’ll get projects photographed in full color with clear, see-every-stitch detail, including fashionable designs for real people, afghans and home accents, accessories for entertaining, delightful baby and kids garments, and gift ideas that don’t take a huge time or dollar expenditure. Our Knitting Class section and In The Know articles offer clearly written information to enhance your knitting experience. Back issues and future issues are available for purchase within the App. Future issues are also available through the following auto-renewing subscription(s): -6 Issues (1 Year - 30 day free trial) at $19.99 / £13.99 The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase – Please find our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy here: http://www.pixelmags.com/en/termsconditions – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable
Knitting Assistant
Organize your knitting projects with this app. Store patterns, track yarn, plan rows, and manage ideas. Enjoy a calm workspace with iCloud sync and warm visuals to focus on your stitches.
- Pattern PDF and notes storage
- Yarn stash tracking
- Row counter
- Idea tagging
- iCloud sync
- Warm visual design
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Knitting Companion is your calm workspace for every project. Capture pattern PDFs and notes in tidy cards, track yarn stash with colors and weights, plan rows with counters, and keep tags to find ideas fast. Enjoy iCloud sync, warm visuals, and quick access to the details that matter - so you can focus on the stitches.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Knitting Assistant at 100% against Creative Knitting's 0%. Knitting Assistant also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Creative Knitting's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Creative Knitting sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $21.99 per month. Knitting Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.
Knitting Assistant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Creative Knitting's written reviews are positive against 100% of Knitting Assistant's.
Creative Knitting ships an update every 9 months, Knitting Assistant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Knitting | Knitting Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Annie's Publishing, LLC | Martin Dissing |
Customer experience
Creative Knitting
Knitting Assistant
In-app purchases
Creative Knitting
- Creative Knitting1 Month trial$21.991 Month
- Creative Knitting1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Creative Knitting: Summer 2013$6.99
- Creative Knitting: Spring 2013$6.99
- Creative Knitting: September 2012$6.99
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- Winter 2016 of Creative Knitting$6.99
- Creative Knitting: Easy Everyday Openwork & Lace$9.99
- Spring Special 2014 of Creative Knitting$9.99
- SIP April 2016 of Creative Knitting$9.99
- Creative Knitting: SIP Fall 2012$14.99
Knitting Assistant
No in-app purchases
Questions
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