Comparison

HandMade vs Keepnook

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

Head to head
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.

About

Keepnook

Features
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Keepnook is a notebook you keep with your hands. Paste in a photograph, write beside it, run a strip of tape across the corner. Turn the page like paper. It lives on your iPad. No account, no sign-in, nothing to log into - your notebooks are yours and they stay on your device. A real spread Two pages, side by side, the way a notebook actually opens. Write across the fold. Turn the page and watch the leaf lift. Draw with a pen that means it Pen, pencil, marker and highlighter, all pressure-sensitive with Apple Pencil. Rub something out and the ink is gone, not painted over. Photographs, cut how you like Place a photo, drag its sides to reshape it, or cut around a subject by hand. Round the corners, or give it a polaroid border. Tape, stickers and artwork Washi tape, drawn shapes, and illustrated packs you can add as they arrive. Tint the paper, change the ruling, or pick a texture. Bring your planner in Import a PDF and it becomes a notebook you can write on - a planner, a workbook, sheet music. Save a page as a picture Send a spread to Photos to print or keep. Your work is yours Export a backup any time, free, forever. Import it on another device. Nothing is locked behind anything. Keepnook Plus Three notebooks to start with. Plus adds as many as you like, opens the premium artwork, and unlocks print-quality export. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://keepnook.app/terms

Screenshots

HandMade4 screens
Keepnook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HandMade at none against Keepnook's 2. HandMade also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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. Keepnook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. HandMade asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HandMade ships an update every 5 days, Keepnook every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
HandMade versus Keepnook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandMadeKeepnook
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPernilla AlagozAliaksandra Valodzina

In-app purchases

None

HandMade

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Keepnook

Subscriptions2
  • Keepnook Plus — Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Keepnook Plus — Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is HandMade free?
HandMade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keepnook free?
Keepnook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HandMade or Keepnook have ads?
Neither HandMade nor Keepnook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HandMade or Keepnook?
HandMade ships an update every 5 days, and Keepnook every 3 weeks. Most recently, HandMade was updated on November 4, 2026 and Keepnook on November 6, 2026.

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