Comparison

Crocheting Patterns Lite vs ShelfSense

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

Head to head
About

Crocheting Patterns Lite

Organize your crochet patterns, manage yarn stash, and find inspiration for your next project. This app helps you keep track of purchased, magazine, or personal patterns, sort them by category, and add details like yarn requirements and photos.

Highlights
  • Pattern library management
  • Yarn stash tracking
  • Project inspiration
  • Customizable categories
  • Pattern filtering
  • Add photos and PDF instructions
  • Track yarn quantities and accessories
Features
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(NOTE: This free trial version is fully functional, but has a maximum of 10 Patterns) Have you ever tried going on a shopping spree for new yarn (in physical stores or online), only to feel completely lost by not knowing exactly how you would use that nice-looking skein of yarn, and end up purchasing the wrong thing - or purchasing the right thing, but in the wrong quantity - or worse, still: Leaving empty-handed? If your answer is "yes", then Crocheting Patterns will be your indispensable companion in the future. The inspiration in the form of your pattern library is right at your fingertips, wherever you go, and you can easily make sure that you purchase the right yarn in the right quantity - and with the right accessories. The app also helps you find inspiration on how to best make use of your current stash of yarn. The app lets you gain the perfect overview in a single place, whether your patterns are purchased, found in magazines, or your own creations entirely. You can categorize your patterns based from standard garment types, or create as many of your own categories as you like. You can have your patterns sorted alphabetically, by most recent usage, or in any particular order you like. Each pattern can be associated with as many categories as you wish. It is entirely up to you how many details you want to register for your individual patterns, but the more details you supply, the more help you will find in the built-in filtering function. When browsing your patterns, only the filled-in information is shown, so you won't have to deal with lots of empty fields. Using the camera, you can supply your pattern details with pictures of the model, attach PDF files for the instructions, or perhaps add pictures of the finalized garments. You can add as many attachments as you like, both for your categories, your patterns and your yarns. Use the Filter function if you need to search for a specific pattern in your pattern library, or just need inspiration for your next project, based on a specific yarn. In all aspects, Crocheting Patterns is an indispensable app, for the experienced crocheter and the newcomer alike!

About

ShelfSense

Features
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Make the most of the skincare and makeup you already own. Photograph your shelf once. ShelfSense reads every bottle on it, then turns what you have into celebrity looks, at-home treatments and a weekly routine — so the good stuff gets used while it is still good. GET THE LOOK FROM YOUR OWN SHELF Celebrity, movie, skincare and hair looks, each one ranked by how much of it is already sitting on your shelf. • Every step names your product: "Your Victoria Beckham Satin Kajal Liner" • Missing one thing? It stays in the plan, and you decide whether to buy it • Try it on: take a selfie and see the look on your own face, with your features and skin tone kept exactly as they are AT-HOME TREATMENTS, NO SHOPPING TRIP Facials, exfoliation resets, vitamin boosts, gua sha and scalp massages, built from the products you own. • "You have 5 of 6" before you start, so you know what tonight can be • Steps in the right order, with the time each one needs to sit • Build your own: pick a purpose, and it slots in your products and finds a free evening ONE PHOTO, THE WHOLE SHELF Point the camera at a shelf, a cabinet or a whole vanity and take one picture. Every product is identified and labeled on the photo as it is found — brand, product, type, shade and size. • Nothing is saved until you confirm it • Anything already in your stash is flagged, not duplicated • Low-confidence reads are marked so you can correct them YOUR WEEK, FROM YOUR OWN BOTTLES ShelfSense plans your evenings around the actives you already own, and it never puts retinol and an exfoliating acid on the same night. Every step names your bottle and tells you why the other one is sitting this evening out. • Own several of something? It opens the one closest to its date first • Still introducing a retinol? It starts you at two nights, not three • Tonight, step by step, in about four minutes NOTHING GOES OFF UNUSED Opened products have a clock on them. ShelfSense tracks period-after-opening for everything on your shelf, reads the printed expiry date off a label, and gives the forgotten ones a job in your routine. • See what is expiring, what is forgotten and what you doubled up on • A reminder about a week before something is past it • Log your empties and see what you actually finished YOUR SHELF, FINALLY WRITTEN DOWN One tidy beauty inventory of everything you own, what it cost, how much is left and how much of it is actually in rotation. • Filter by skincare, makeup, hair or body • Add products from email receipts too (Gmail, Outlook and iCloud Mail) • In the shop? Check first. It tells you when you already own two a lot like this ALSO IN THE APP • Duplicate spotting — five shampoos and three near-identical corals, grouped, with a straight answer on which one to finish first • Read my skin — a photo of your face, and a gentle routine written for what is visible in it. Not a diagnosis, and it says so before the camera opens • Sign in with Apple or Google and your stash follows you across devices. No account is needed for your first scan SHELFSENSE PRO Three shelf reads a month are free. ShelfSense Pro adds unlimited scans, the look try-on, the skin read, the dupe finder, email receipts and the full look, treatment and evening detail — free for 7 days, then a monthly or yearly subscription. Cancel anytime. ShelfSense is not a medical device and does not diagnose skin conditions. If something about your skin concerns you, please see a professional. Privacy Policy: https://noordwell.com/pages/shelfsense-privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Crocheting Patterns Lite4 screens
ShelfSense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crocheting Patterns Lite at none against ShelfSense's 2. Crocheting Patterns Lite also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). ShelfSense's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price and ads 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. ShelfSense sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Crocheting Patterns Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crocheting Patterns Lite ships an update every 2 months, ShelfSense every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Crocheting Patterns Lite versus ShelfSense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrocheting Patterns LiteShelfSense
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClaus Krogholm PedersenNoordWell B.V.

In-app purchases

None

Crocheting Patterns Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ShelfSense

Subscriptions2
  • ShelfSense Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • ShelfSense Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Crocheting Patterns Lite free?
Crocheting Patterns Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShelfSense free?
ShelfSense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crocheting Patterns Lite or ShelfSense have ads?
Neither Crocheting Patterns Lite nor ShelfSense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crocheting Patterns Lite or ShelfSense?
Crocheting Patterns Lite ships an update every 2 months, and ShelfSense every 6 days. Most recently, Crocheting Patterns Lite was updated on October 3, 2026 and ShelfSense on October 9, 2026.

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