PieceWork Magazine vs K Profile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PieceWork Magazine
Explore the personal stories and handwork of traditional makers worldwide. Each issue features in-depth how-to techniques and step-by-step projects for knitters, embroiderers, lacemakers, crocheters, and quilters.
- Traditional maker stories
- In-depth how-to techniques
- Step-by-step projects
- Full-color photographs
- Well-researched articles
- Focus on needlework traditions
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PieceWork magazine explores the personal stories and handwork of traditional makers from around the world, and investigates how specific objects were crafted and the stories behind them. Each issue includes beautiful full-color photographs, well-researched articles, and a wide range of in-depth how-to techniques and step-by-step projects, making needlework traditions come alive for today’s knitters, embroiderers, lacemakers, crocheters, and quilters. By downloading PieceWork Magazine, you can either purchase single issues OR subscribe to the below offer(s): • Single issue: US$6.99 • 1 year subscription (4 issues per year): US$29.99, automatically renewed until cancelled When purchasing through iTunes your account will be charged at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will auto-renew unless you turn this off 24 hours before the subscription runs out. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time from your iTunes account settings. You can manage your subscription through your account settings after purchase on your device. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Privacy Policy: https://longthreadmedia.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://longthreadmedia.com/terms-of-use/
K Profile
This app helps salon owners and hairdressers provide personalized hair care recommendations. It guides users through a diagnostic process to identify customer hair needs and suggest suitable salon rituals and at-home programs. Results can be emailed to clients, and past diagnoses can be retrieved.
- Personalized hair diagnosis
- In-salon ritual recommendations
- At-home program suggestions
- Send diagnosis results via email
- Retrieve past diagnosis results
- Browse Kérastase product range
- Manage hair salon and view statistics
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Kérastase introduces K Profile, the application dedicated to salon owners and hairdressers. The application provides you a tool for a personalized diagnosis, to discover in few clicks which are the in-salon rituals and at-home programs the most adapted to each type of hair. Through a couple of questions, the application helps you to define which are the primary needs of your customers, and recommends the suitable Kérastase products. Even more, the K Profile application allows you to: • Send the diagnosis results by email to your customers • Find the previous diagnosis results, using an email address • Browse the Kérastase range of products, and consult all information you need around our products • Manage your hair salon through a tracking of associated hairdressers, and an access to statistics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PieceWork Magazine at 4.5 against K Profile's 2.3. PieceWork Magazine also leads on ratings volume (69 vs 6). K Profile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. PieceWork Magazine sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. K Profile asks for nothing beyond the download.
PieceWork Magazine holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PieceWork Magazine has 69 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of PieceWork Magazine's written reviews are positive against 25% of K Profile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PieceWork Magazine ships an update every 7 months, K Profile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PieceWork Magazine | K Profile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (69 ratings) — better | 2.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Long Thread Media LLC | L'Oreal |
Customer experience
PieceWork Magazine
K Profile
In-app purchases
PieceWork Magazine
- Piecework Subscription$29.991 Year
- Subscription 1 year$34.991 Year
- Piecework May-June 2012$6.99
- PieceWork July/August 2012$6.99
- PieceWork September/October 2012$6.99
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- PieceWork November/December 2012$6.99
- PieceWork January/February 2013$6.99
- PieceWork - March/April 2013$6.99
- PieceWork May/June 2013$6.99
- January/February 2014$6.99
- PieceWork Magazine May/June 2014$6.99
K Profile
No in-app purchases
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