Comparison

Rejournal vs Rows & Stitches

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

Head to head
About

Rejournal

This app helps you process your thoughts and uncover life's patterns through structured journaling. It offers smart topic suggestions, templates, and scheduled reviews to facilitate self-discovery and reflection.

Highlights
  • Structured journaling for thought processing
  • Weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly summaries
  • Smart topic suggestions with keywords
  • Diverse entry templates for various needs
  • Scheduled reviews with commenting
  • Identify recurring patterns and life narratives
Features
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Living in a remote world, every day can begin to feel the same. It's time to break free from the monotony and see the progress in your life. Journaling is an excellent way to counter this feeling, but most journaling practices merely involve getting thoughts out of your head. Rejournal takes a giant leap forward by helping you not only capture your thoughts but also effectively process them. SUMMARIES: Rejournal goes beyond traditional journaling by empowering you to regularly revisit, collect, and process your thoughts. Every week, entries are filtered by topic, allowing you to write insightful summaries that reveal larger ideas. At the end of each month, you'll explore your weekly summaries to identify recurring patterns, rather than sifting through 30 daily entries. The same enlightening process happens at the end of each quarter and year, enabling you to uncover the narratives that shape your life. Reconnecting with your thoughts helps you pay closer attention and recognize the underlying patterns that govern your life. SMART TOPIC SUGGESTIONS: Say goodbye to the hassle of manually tagging your entries! With Rejournal, you can effortlessly track your thoughts and experiences using multiple keywords for each topic. Our intelligent system suggests relevant topics, making journaling a seamless and enjoyable experience. TEMPLATES, SCHEDULED REVIEWS & COMMENTING: Rejournal offers a wide array of templates to help you explore and unravel more profound ideas. Whether you're dealing with fears, decisions, life lessons, or simply need a blank canvas, our diverse entry types cater to your unique needs. You can schedule entries for regular reviews where you can add comments to expand on your initial thoughts. Engage in an ongoing dialogue with yourself as you unpack ideas and explore how expectations align with reality. Ready to embark on a transformative journaling experience? Download Rejournal now and embrace the power of reflection and self-discovery!

About

Rows & Stitches

Track your crochet and knitting progress directly from your Lock Screen, Apple Watch, or Home Screen. This app offers multiple counters per project, pattern import, and session timing without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen and Apple Watch counting
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
  • Multiple counters per project
  • PDF pattern import
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Session timer
Features
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Rows & Stitches is a crochet and knitting row counter you can use without unlocking your phone. Add a row from your Lock Screen, Apple Watch, or Home Screen — and never lose your place mid-row. One-time unlock. No subscription, no ads, no account. WHY MAKERS SWITCH • Count from your Lock Screen. A Live Activity and Dynamic Island counter let you add a row without unlocking your phone or leaving your show. • Count on your Apple Watch when your phone's nearby. Tap or use the Digital Crown, with haptic feedback for quiet, eyes-free counting. • Pay once, yours forever. A single Lifetime unlock — no monthly fee, no "your patterns are now locked" surprise. • Never lose a row. Free iCloud sync keeps every project, counter, and note backed up and in step across iPhone, iPad, and Watch. COUNT THE WAY YOUR PATTERN WORKS • Multiple counters per project for rows, repeats, and stitch sections. • Milestone markers so you know the moment a repeat is done. • Shake to undo and confirm-before-decrease, so a stray tap never costs you your place. • Tap-anywhere counting and a large-counter mode for fast, glanceable rows. YOUR PATTERNS, IN ONE PLACE • Read your pattern and counter side by side on one screen. • Import PDFs, scan a printed pattern with your camera, or save a pattern from the web. • Turn written instructions into tappable, step-by-step rows that highlight where you are (Lifetime). • Attach a note to any row and see it the moment you arrive (Lifetime). • Start with 50 beginner-friendly crochet patterns built right in. BUILT TO BE READ COMFORTABLY • Choose Lexend or Atkinson Hyperlegible — fonts designed for easy reading — plus adjustable line and letter spacing. • Full Dynamic Type, a real dark mode, and high-contrast visuals. • Reduce-motion, focus mode, and gentle haptics for a calm, distraction-free count. A SESSION TIMER THAT RESPECTS YOUR FLOW • Time your making sessions and keep the screen awake while you work. • Choose what the timer does when you step away. FREE INCLUDES Up to 10 projects, five counters each, Apple Watch, widgets, Live Activities, iCloud sync, pattern import, and every accessibility feature. LIFETIME UNLOCK ADDS Unlimited projects, step-by-step pattern parsing, per-row notes, and Family Sharing — one purchase, no subscription. Made for crocheters and knitters, and just as at home with cross-stitch, amigurumi, granny squares, weaving, and any project counted in rows. Questions or ideas? Reach us at hellogoodday.com/contact.

Screenshots

Rejournal4 screens
Rows & Stitches4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rejournal at none against Rows & Stitches's 1. Rejournal also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Rows & Stitches sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rejournal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Rejournal against 5.0 for Rows & Stitches. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rejournal has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rejournal ships an update fortnightly, Rows & Stitches weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rejournal versus Rows & Stitches: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRejournalRows & Stitches
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul MichalakHello Good Day LLC

Customer experience

Rejournal

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rows & Stitches

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rejournal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Rows & Stitches

One-time1
  • Rows & Stitches Lifetime$5.99

Questions

Is Rejournal free?
Rejournal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rows & Stitches free?
Rows & Stitches is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rejournal or Rows & Stitches?
Rows & Stitches is rated higher. Rejournal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Rows & Stitches averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Rejournal or Rows & Stitches have ads?
Neither Rejournal nor Rows & Stitches shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rejournal or Rows & Stitches?
Rejournal ships an update fortnightly, and Rows & Stitches weekly. Most recently, Rejournal was updated on October 25, 2026 and Rows & Stitches on October 25, 2026.

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