Comparison

Yarnly vs InterTwined

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

Head to head
About

Yarnly

This app is a comprehensive tool for knitters and crocheters, offering project timers, advanced row counters, and a pattern viewer with rulers. It also helps manage yarn and materials, calculate costs, and suggests market prices. Seamlessly syncs with Ravelry projects across devices.

Highlights
  • Project timer
  • Advanced row counters
  • Pattern viewer with rulers
  • Yarn and materials management
  • Cost calculator
  • Market price suggestion
  • Ravelry project sync
Features
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Your fiber arts companion for yarn pros & enthusiasts ALL YOUR TOOLS IN ONE PLACE ■ Timer: Keep track of total project time ■ Row Counters: Support for repeats & multiple counters ■ Pattern Viewer with Rulers: View patterns alongside timers, row counters & notes ■ Yarn, Tools, & Materials Management ■ Notes FIND THE RIGHT PRICE ■ Cost Calculator: Know your yarn & materials costs ■ Market Price Suggestion: Get pricing recommendations based on labor, materials, and markup. SUPER-CHARGED PATTERN VIEWER ■ Versatile: Works with PDFs, webpages, images, & Ravelry downloads ■ Reading Rulers: Keep your place with ease ■ Sync across Devices: Remembers your spot across devices with Ravelry & Yarnly+ WORKS WITH RAVELRY ■ Project Sync: Import & update your Ravelry projects ■ Cross-Device Sync: Sync your projects across devices with Yarnly+ Yarnly is free-to-try with both one-time and subscription purchase options. Yarnly+ subscription: • Yarnly offers a auto-renewing subscription (Yarnly+) to unlock certain features • Payment will be charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • Your subscription to Yarnly+ will automatically renew unless you disable auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can turn off auto-renew or manage your subscription from your App Store account settings. • See terms: https://getyarnly.app/terms

About

InterTwined

This app helps knitters and crocheters track their progress by reading pattern PDFs and organizing them into easy-to-follow sections. It offers multiple tracking modes, voice commands, and a garment schematic to visualize your project.

Highlights
  • Reads and organizes pattern PDFs
  • Multiple tracking modes (Basic, Simple, Advanced)
  • Garment schematic visualization
  • Voice commands for hands-free control
  • Ravelry integration for pattern import
  • Colorwork helper for yarn changes
  • AI pattern assistant
Features
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InterTwined reads your knitting and crochet patterns so you don't have to squint at a PDF while counting stitches. HOW IT WORKS Drop in any pattern PDF, from your files, Ravelry, or our curated library of 125+ patterns. An on-device scan reads gauge, sizes, and stitch counts straight away. A deeper extraction then structures the whole pattern into trackable sections, which takes a couple of minutes and runs in the background while you carry on. Tap "Next Row" and keep knitting. YOUR PATTERN, YOUR WORDS The instructions come from the original designer. We don't generate patterns, invent stitches, or replace anyone's work. The AI reads and organizes, and where it computes something, like a running stitch count, it is working from the designer's own numbers. The designer wrote the pattern. We just help you not lose your spot in it. THREE MODES, PICK WHAT FITS - Basic. Your PDF on top, a row counter and garment schematic below. Follow along at your own pace. The simplest possible tracker, and it always works. - Simple (default). Your pattern's original text organized by section, with completion checkmarks and your PDF always visible beside it. - Advanced. Row-by-row instructions with computed stitch counts, shaping events, and a live garment schematic showing where you are in the piece. Switch between all three anytime. Your progress carries over. FEATURES - Charts tracked in place, with your current row marked on the chart itself - Side-by-side PDF and tracker on iPad and in landscape - Garment schematic built from real stitch data - Extract multiple sizes and switch between them instantly - Redo any section for "make 2" pieces like sleeves - Voice commands, say "advance" or "go back" hands-free - AI pattern assistant that knows your specific pattern - Quality score on every extraction across 7 dimensions - On-device pre-scan detects gauge, sizes, and checkpoints - Ravelry integration, search free patterns and tap to import - 125+ curated patterns ready to track, no extraction needed - Colorwork helper for tracking yarn changes PRICING 2 free pattern extractions included. Need more? $4.99 for a credit pack. No subscription, and credits never expire. Free forever, with no extraction needed: - Row tracking and counters - Voice commands - The full curated library - Garment schematics and the abbreviation decoder YOUR DATA STAYS PRIVATE All project data is stored on your device. We don't track you, show ads, or sell data. Optional anonymous telemetry helps us improve, off by default and fully disclosed.

Screenshots

Yarnly4 screens
InterTwined4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: InterTwined at 5.0 against Yarnly's 4.6. InterTwined also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Yarnly's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Yarnly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and InterTwined sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

InterTwined holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yarnly has 69 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Yarnly's written reviews are positive against 100% of InterTwined's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yarnly ships an update every 3 weeks, InterTwined every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Yarnly versus InterTwined: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYarnlyInterTwined
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (69 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerokayest! studiosSampaTek Labs LLC

Customer experience

Yarnly

All ratings68 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral13.0%
Negative4.3%

InterTwined

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Yarnly

Subscriptions2
  • Yarnly+ Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yarnly+ Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Yarnly Basic$9.99
1 purchases

InterTwined

One-time1
  • Credit Pack$4.99

Questions

Is Yarnly free?
Yarnly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is InterTwined free?
InterTwined is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yarnly or InterTwined?
InterTwined is rated higher. Yarnly averages 4.6 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while InterTwined averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Yarnly or InterTwined have ads?
Neither Yarnly nor InterTwined shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yarnly or InterTwined?
Yarnly ships an update every 3 weeks, and InterTwined every 8 days. Most recently, Yarnly was updated on October 27, 2026 and InterTwined on October 24, 2026.

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