Comparison

Victoria vs Handwoven

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

Head to head
About

Victoria

This app provides a digital escape for those seeking inspiration in decorating, entertaining, and cooking. Explore beautiful pages filled with recipes, travel stories, and essays from inspiring women. Enjoy a curated experience focused on femininity, passion, and an enterprising spirit.

Highlights
  • Decorating ideas
  • Entertaining tips
  • Recipes
  • Travel stories
  • Essays from inspiring women
  • Digital magazine format
Features
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In a frantic and hurried world, Victoria offers a respite from the chaos of everyday life. The pages are dedicated to living beautifully when entertaining, cooking, and decorating and even in artistic pursuits- and now you can enjoy every single page on the iPad! With a distinct personality all its own, Victoria personifies femininity, passion, and an enterprising spirit. Each issue features decorating and entertaining ideas, recipes, travel stories, essays from inspiring women, and much more. Download our Free App to get started! The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal will match the initial subscription price. Additional Subscription Information: • 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. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://www.hoffmanmedia.com/privacy-policy/

About

Handwoven

Explore the world of handweaving with a digital magazine. Each issue offers projects, instructions, and inspiration to enhance your skills and design creativity. Stay updated with the latest trends and techniques in the handweaving community.

Highlights
  • Handweaving projects
  • Technical skill instruction
  • Design confidence building
  • Inspiration for weavers
  • Digital magazine format
  • Subscription access to current and future issues
Features
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Connect with the handweaving world through Handwoven. Every issue is packed with projects, instruction and inspiration to help you build technical skills and design confidence. The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal will match the initial subscription price. You may turn off auto-renewing subscriptions by going to your user’s Account Settings after purchase. Please find our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy here: https://longthreadmedia.com/terms-of-use/ https://longthreadmedia.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Victoria4 screens
Handwoven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Handwoven at 63% against Victoria's 17%. Handwoven also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Victoria's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Victoria sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Handwoven sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Handwoven holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 224 and 302 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Victoria's written reviews are positive against 63% of Handwoven's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Victoria ships an update every 4 months, Handwoven every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Victoria versus Handwoven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVictoriaHandwoven
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (224 ratings)4.9 (302 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.9% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings224302 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoffman Media LLCLong Thread Media LLC

Customer experience

Victoria

All ratings219 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.5%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive16.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.1%

Handwoven

All ratings301 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative12.5%

User reviews

Victoria

From 224 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Lovely magazine content
  • ✨ Beautiful photography
  • 😌 Escape and relaxation

Room to improve

  • ❌ Lost purchased magazines
  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🚫 Cannot access subscriptions
  • 💸 Wasted money on app
  • 😩 Frustrating user experience

Handwoven

From 302 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Access to back issues
  • 👍 Great magazine content
  • 👍 Useful for learning weaving
  • 👍 Good for finding patterns
  • 👍 Digital subscription is joyful

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bookmarks losing photos
  • 🐛 Bookmarks disappearing
  • 🐛 Search function not sophisticated
  • 🐛 Search doesn't find designer/yarn/loom
  • 🐛 Bookmarking is pointless without photos

Bugs and requests

Victoria

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Magazines disappear after purchase
  • App crashes during reading
  • Subscription not recognized
  • Downloads fail
  • Unable to restore purchased issues
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  • Issues lost after app updates
  • App freezes
  • Login issues
  • Syncing problems
  • Text and images not displaying correctly
  • Interactive ads cause crashes

Requested features

7 requests
  • Restore old app functionality
  • Improve app stability
  • Fix subscription access
  • Provide better customer support
  • Clarify digital vs. hard copy purchases
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  • Allow access to older magazines
  • Fix download issues

Handwoven

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App won't open
  • Bookmarks have no photos
  • Bookmarks have disappeared
  • Search function is useless/doesn't work
  • No access since last update (requires subscription)
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  • Patterns cannot be printed

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve search sophistication (designer, yarn, loom)
  • Fix bookmark photos
  • Allow printing of patterns

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Victoria

Subscriptions4
  • Victoria | 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • Victoria$2.992 Months
  • Victoria | 6 Months$10.996 Months
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  • Victoria | 12 Months$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • May/June 2013$3.99
  • March /April 2016$4.99
  • May/June 2016$4.99
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  • October 2016$4.99
  • November-December 2016$4.99
  • Best Of Britain 2013$7.99
10 purchases

Handwoven

Subscriptions3
  • 1 Month Subscription$2.491 Month
  • One Year Subscription$34.991 Year
  • 1 Year Subscription$34.991 Year
One-time7
  • March-April 2019$7.99
  • November-December 2019$7.99
  • March/April 2020$7.99
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  • September/October 2020$7.99
  • May/June 2021$7.99
  • September/October 2022$7.99
  • March/April 2023$7.99

Questions

Is Victoria free?
Victoria is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Handwoven free?
Handwoven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Victoria or Handwoven?
Handwoven is rated higher. Victoria averages 4.6 out of 5 from 224 ratings, while Handwoven averages 4.9 from 302 ratings.
Do Victoria or Handwoven have ads?
Neither Victoria nor Handwoven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Victoria or Handwoven?
Victoria ships an update every 4 months, and Handwoven every 5 months. Most recently, Victoria was updated on November 1, 2026 and Handwoven on November 3, 2026.

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