Creative Knitting vs Stash2Go Lite
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
Stash2Go Lite
Access your Ravelry knitting and crochet projects, stash, patterns, and friends on the go, even offline. Browse yarn, find patterns, manage projects, and connect with the Ravelry community.
- Access Ravelry projects, stash, and patterns
- Browse Ravelry friends and their activity
- Search yarn database and find patterns
- Find local yarn shops
- Manage projects and upload photos
- Offline access to downloaded PDFs
- Use row counters and customize themes
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THIS IS THE LEGACY (FREE, ad based) VERSION THE NEW VERSION IS STASH2GOII: https://ios.stash2go.com Stash2Go lets you use Ravelry on the go — even offline — on iPhone and iPad. Browse your projects, stash, patterns, and friends anytime. Ravelry is the world’s largest community for knitters and crocheters. FEATURES • Access your Ravelry projects, queued projects, yarn stash, and stashed needles • Browse your Ravelry friends, plus their projects, queue, stash, and needles • Search the huge Ravelry yarn database and view detailed yarn info and images • Discover matching knitting or crochet patterns directly from a yarn page • Search patterns with full-text search and filters (categories, free, top-rated, etc.) • Find yarn shops near you with directions, hours, available yarns, and more • Start a project from a pattern, from your queue, or as an empty project • Upload photos to your projects or stashed yarn • Batch download PDFs from your Ravelry library and current projects for offline use • Customize what’s available when you’re offline • Attach PDFs to your own projects and store your arrow/position on PDF pages • Use up to two row counters per project across Apple devices (values stored on Ravelry) • Browse your pattern library, favorites (patterns and projects) • Read and reply in subscribed Ravelry forum groups (including images) • Open projects, patterns, and people from forum posts, favorite items, and add friends • Receive and reply to personal Ravelry messages • Get notifications for new personal and forum messages (requires iOS 7 for repeated message checks) • Change the app theme (up to 9 themes) • Use a personal color palette for quick yarn color analysis • Native iPhone + iPad app (supports iOS 6 and iOS 7) SUPPORT For help, please visit our Ravelry support group. For additional information, please visit our website. Suggestions and ideas are welcome — Stash2Go is continuously improved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stash2Go Lite at 2.7 against Creative Knitting's 1.2. Stash2Go Lite also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Creative Knitting's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price 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. Stash2Go Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stash2Go Lite holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stash2Go Lite has 35 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Creative Knitting's written reviews are positive against 42% of Stash2Go Lite's.
Creative Knitting ships an update every 9 months, Stash2Go Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Knitting | Stash2Go Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (5 ratings) | 2.7 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 41.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Annie's Publishing, LLC | Luxx GmbH |
Customer experience
Creative Knitting
Stash2Go Lite
Bugs and requests
Creative Knitting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Stash2Go Lite
Reported bugs
21 issues- App crashes frequently
- App freezes often
- Ads block UI elements and close buttons
- Video ads cover entire screen
- Network errors
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- Filters reset unexpectedly
- Search function crashes app
- Cannot load subsequent pages due to ads
- Dropdown menus in forums are hard to exit
- Cannot sign in to Ravelry
- App not compatible with certain devices (iPhone 8)
- Cannot rearrange queued items
- Paid version is slow and laggy
- Cannot open patterns in free version
- App limits access to first few items only
- Intro screen loads but no menu access
- Requires frequent re-login
- Search and sorting do not change displayed patterns
- Cannot open any patterns after freezing
- Login fails
- Cannot edit more than first few projects in lite version
Requested features
6 requests- Fix ad placement and obstruction
- Improve app responsiveness
- Add dark mode
- Refine search filters (e.g., 'free only', 'knit only')
- Allow rearranging queued items
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- Improve needle size selection UI
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
Stash2Go Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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