Comparison

MakerLog vs HandMade

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

Head to head
About

MakerLog

This app helps makers track their creative projects step by step. Log your progress with photos and notes, manage income and expenses, and gain insights into your project profitability. It supports a wide range of crafts and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Project journaling with photos
  • Income and cost tracking
  • Profitability insights
  • iCloud sync
  • Search functionality
  • Dark mode and VoiceOver support
Features
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-- Your craft, step by step -- Maker Log is a project journal for makers. Keep a journal for every project, collect photos of each stage, and see what every piece earns – from the first sketch to the final sale. -- Made for every maker -- Painting, pottery, woodworking, sewing, knitting, crochet or jewelry making: Maker Log fits around the way you work, so you spend less time on admin and more time on your craft. -- What Maker Log does -- • Journal: Write about each session, add photos, and look back on every step, day by day. • Projects: Give every piece its own page with a cover photo, a photo gallery, its dates and status, and a timeline of its entries, income and costs. • Income and costs: Log materials, commissions and sales against a project and see its profit at a glance. • Insights: See your profit for the year, income and costs month by month, and which projects earn the most. • Search: Find any project, journal entry or transaction by name or by the words in it. • iCloud sync: Your journal stays up to date on all your devices. • Made for iOS 26, with dark mode, large text and VoiceOver support. -- Free and Pro -- Maker Log is free for up to 2 projects and 5 journal entries. Maker Log Pro unlocks unlimited projects and journal entries, and Insights. Whether you work with wood, metal, glass, clay, leather, beads, fabric or yarn – carving, woodturning, blacksmithing, jewelry making, sewing, quilting, embroidery, weaving, felting, macramé, pottery, sculpture, scrapbooking, papercraft, calligraphy, printmaking, candle or soap making – Maker Log keeps every project in one place. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

HandMade

Discover a world of crafts with instructional videos, inspirational images, and patterns for various hobbies like knitting, sewing, and jewelry making. Connect with a community to buy and sell handmade items.

Highlights
  • Instructional craft videos
  • Inspiration gallery
  • Downloadable patterns
  • Buy and sell handmade items
  • Community marketplace
Features
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This app is created for people who do crafts of different sorts. Crafts such as crochet, knitting, sewing, working with metal, jewelry, clay, or other type of crafts… the app contains instruction videos for how to do different stitches, pictures for inspiration, and patterns to use to make different items. Also, the app contains a buy and sell function so any user of the app can sell things they have made or buy things other crafters have made.

Screenshots

MakerLog4 screens
HandMade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MakerLog at 3.0 against HandMade's 1.0. HandMade's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MakerLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. HandMade asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MakerLog holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MakerLog ships an update monthly, HandMade every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MakerLog versus HandMade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMakerLogHandMade
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGruffydd JohnstonPernilla Alagoz

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MakerLog

Subscriptions2
  • Maker Log Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Maker Log Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

HandMade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MakerLog free?
MakerLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HandMade free?
HandMade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MakerLog or HandMade?
MakerLog is rated higher. MakerLog averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while HandMade averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MakerLog or HandMade have ads?
Neither MakerLog nor HandMade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MakerLog or HandMade?
MakerLog ships an update monthly, and HandMade every 5 days. Most recently, MakerLog was updated on November 4, 2026 and HandMade on November 4, 2026.

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