Knit Now Magazine vs Knit Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knit Now Magazine
Access a vast collection of stylish knitting patterns with step-by-step instructions and expert tips. Discover the latest trends, yarns, and interviews with designers. This app provides inspiration for modern knitters.
- Stylish knitting designs
- Step-by-step instructions
- Expert hints and tips
- Latest trends and yarns
- Designer interviews
- Inspiration and ideas
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Subscribe to Knit Now and receive instant access to a huge collection of stylish, trendy and fun designs for the modern knitter. Each issue covers a wide variety of techniques with clear step-by-step instructions and expert hints and tips. Knit Now brings you the latest and most up to date patterns featuring contemporary styles fresh from the high street. Covering all the latest news, yarns and interviews with hot, new, and established designers every issue is packed with inspiration and ideas you’ll love to try. Quick, simple and stylish Knit Now is the essential magazine for today’s knitter. Please note the free gift included with the print version of the magazine is not included. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx
Knit Tools
Essential tools for knitters, including common conversions, symbol explanations, and calculations for increases and decreases. Track your projects with a built-in counter and tick sheet. Access a variety of modules designed to simplify your knitting experience.
- Common conversions
- Symbol explanations
- Increase/decrease computation
- Kfb increase calculation
- Project counter
- Tick sheet
- 10+ knitting modules
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Made by knitters for knitters. This is a must have app for knitters. This app has essential tools we need as knitters. - Common conversions - What do all those symbols mean - Increase evenly computation - Decrease evenly computation - Increase evenly using Kfb - Counter for your project -Tick Sheet - and much more You will wonder how you got along without this app. The app is designed to have tools to assist knitters in one location. Currently there are 10 modules in the app. 3 modules do not require a subscription. The other 7 modules will display so the user can see what it will do, but a subscription is required for module to produce the result. There are 3 options for purchasing a subscription; 30 days, 90 days and 365 days. This subscription is required for the 7 modules (and future modules when the app is updated) to produce the result. A new subscription will not be required when other modules are added. The 3 modules will continue to work when the subscription expires.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Knit Now Magazine at 67% against Knit Tools's 0%. Knit Now Magazine also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). Knit Tools's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Knit Now Magazine sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $26.99 per 6 months and Knit Tools sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Knit Now Magazine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knit Now Magazine has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Knit Now Magazine's written reviews are positive against 0% of Knit Tools's.
Knit Now Magazine ships an update every 10 months, Knit Tools fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knit Now Magazine | Knit Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Practical Publishing International Ltd | Digital Solutions MB Inc |
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In-app purchases
Knit Now Magazine
- Knit Now Magazine Subscription$26.996 Months
- Knit Now Magazine Subscription1 Month trial$44.991 Year
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- Issue 136 (id:804137)$6.99
- Knit Now 122 (id:803703)$6.99
- Issue 133 (id:804146)$6.99
Knit Tools
- Knit Tools for 30 days$0.99
- Knit Tools for 90 days$1.99
- Knit Tools for 365 days$5.99
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