Type One Style vs Threadly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Type One Style
This app offers vibrant, high-quality patches to personalize and protect diabetes monitoring devices. It aims to make managing diabetes more colorful and positive, fostering a supportive community and offering discounts on products.
- Device protection patches
- Personalize medical devices
- Diabetes community access
- Discount on first order
- Raise diabetes awareness
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We're on a mission to raise awareness of diabetes through colour & positivity. To provide useful products of the high quality that people with diabetes deserve, in a fun way. Take your devices from cold & clinical to bright & beautiful with our world-leading patches. Live without the fear of losing a Dexcom or Libre (and many other devices) ever again. The proof? We've already protected over 1,000,000 diabetes devices around the world, and this number keeps climbing. Join our diabetes community today and get 20% off your first order when you install our app.
Threadly
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Threadly is a home for craft patterns, designers, testers and makers. Browse crochet, knitting, amigurumi, embroidery, sewing, quilting and other craft patterns. Save favourites, organise your pattern library, view owned patterns in a protected reader, manage yarn stash details, and follow independent designers. For designers, Threadly includes tools to manage a shop, upload patterns, organise sections, run pattern tests, host CALs, manage bundles, review feedback, and protect digital patterns with watermarking and access controls. Threadly is built for makers who want patterns, projects and community in one place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Threadly at none against Type One Style's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Type One Style | Threadly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (190 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Type One Style Limited | Dominic Mann |
Bugs and requests
Type One Style
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot log in to account
- Tracking information shows nothing for shipped orders
- Automated replies to customer service inquiries
Requested features
3 requests- More Medtronic stickers
- Option to turn off specific app notifications (e.g., promotional)
- Cut out for Dexcom or Omnipod
Threadly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Type One Style
No in-app purchases
Threadly
No in-app purchases









