Comparison

Stash2Go vs Patternum

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

Head to head
About

Stash2Go

Access your Ravelry knitting and crochet projects, stash, patterns, and friends on your mobile device, even offline. Browse yarn databases, find patterns, and manage your crafting journey with various organizational tools.

Highlights
  • Access Ravelry projects, stash, and patterns
  • Browse Ravelry friends and their activity
  • Search yarn database and discover patterns
  • Find local yarn shops
  • Upload photos and attach PDFs
  • Offline access to downloaded content
  • Manage Ravelry messages and forum posts
Features
Currently charting
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THIS IS THE LEGACY VERSION THE NEW VERSION IS STASH2GOII: https://ios.stash2go.com Stash2Go lets you use Ravelry on the go — even offline — on iPhone and iPad. Browse your projects, stash, patterns, and friends anytime. Ravelry is the world’s largest community for knitters and crocheters. FEATURES • Access your Ravelry projects, queued projects, yarn stash, and stashed needles • Browse your Ravelry friends, plus their projects, queue, stash, and needles • Search the huge Ravelry yarn database and view detailed yarn info and images • Discover matching knitting or crochet patterns directly from a yarn page • Search patterns with full-text search and filters (categories, free, top-rated, etc.) • Find yarn shops near you with directions, hours, available yarns, and more • Start a project from a pattern, from your queue, or as an empty project • Upload photos to your projects or stashed yarn • Batch download PDFs from your Ravelry library and current projects for offline use • Customize what’s available when you’re offline • Attach PDFs to your own projects and store your arrow/position on PDF pages • Use up to two row counters per project across Apple devices (values stored on Ravelry) • Browse your pattern library, favorites (patterns and projects) • Read and reply in subscribed Ravelry forum groups (including images) • Open projects, patterns, and people from forum posts, favorite items, and add friends • Receive and reply to personal Ravelry messages • Get notifications for new personal and forum messages (requires iOS 7 for repeated message checks) • Change the app theme (up to 9 themes) • Use a personal color palette for quick yarn color analysis • Native iPhone + iPad app (supports iOS 6 and iOS 7) SUPPORT For help, please visit our Ravelry support group. For additional information, please visit our website. Suggestions and ideas are welcome — Stash2Go is continuously improved.

About

Patternum

Easily create interactive and responsive knitting and crochet patterns. Add detailed information, manage sizes, and generate charts with custom symbols. Share your creations as PDFs or within the app.

Highlights
  • Interactive pattern creation
  • PDF pattern export
  • Gauge, glossary, yarn, and needle details generator
  • Size management system
  • Customizable chart generator
  • Add text, images, and videos to patterns
  • Private and public pattern sharing
Features
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Patternum is the first Knitting and Crochet Pattern creation tool, fully optimized to let you create easily and quickly interactive and responsive patterns. The patterns created with Patternum can be used by knitters and Crocheters in the app for a perfect crafting experience, or they can be downloaded as PDF. Among the numerous features of Patternum: PATTERN DETAILS: Gauge, glossary, yarn, needles, technics details generator to let you enter all needed additional information about your pattern easily and very fast SIZE DETAILS: Size management system that helps you give all related size-specific instruction in a clear and easy way. No more () or , , , needed! CHARTS GENERATOR: Create your own charts in a few clicks using our predefined symbols or creating your own symbols, preview your colors charts directly in the app. PATTERN CONTENT: Add text, images, videos PATTERN PUBLICATION: You can decide to keep your pattern private (share it only with your friends, sell it… ) or make it public to the users of the App. You can very easily share your pattern with a dedicated link, and your friends will be able to import the pattern in the App, as well as to download the pattern as a PDF.

Screenshots

Stash2Go4 screens
Patternum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Patternum at Free against Stash2Go's $9.99. Patternum also leads on ads (none vs shown). Stash2Go's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 55%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On rating, ratings volume, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Patternum is free to download; Stash2Go costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for Stash2Go against 3.4 for Patternum. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 25 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Stash2Go's written reviews are positive against 55% of Patternum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stash2Go ships an update every 3 months, Patternum every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Stash2Go versus Patternum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStash2GoPatternum
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (33 ratings) — better3.4 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings33 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#151 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuxx GmbHAnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschrankt

Customer experience

Stash2Go

All ratings33 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative18.3%

Patternum

All ratings25 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative28.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative27.3%

Bugs and requests

Stash2Go

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes when accessing forums
  • Blank or white screen on launch
  • App frozen on startup screen
  • Paid patterns redirect to PayPal checkout instead of displaying
  • Watch app incompatibility with iOS 14
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  • Network errors on iPad despite working internet connection
  • Barcode scanner not functioning
  • Pattern search returns fewer results than website
  • Row counters not working as advertised
  • Data loss of previously loaded patterns and projects
  • App icon not appearing after installation
  • Paid version slower and laggier than free version
  • Field misalignment and display issues on iPhone

Requested features

14 requests
  • Tutorial or help documentation for new users
  • Ability to reorder queue items
  • Advanced pattern search filters
  • Forum post context while composing replies
  • Handspun project support
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  • Forum notifications for all posts (not just personal replies)
  • Pooling calculator for Apple app
  • Barcode scanner functionality improvements
  • Direct pattern entry into app (not just synced from website)
  • Needle inventory creation directly in app
  • Bundle creation functionality
  • Portrait orientation option
  • Higher resolution graphics for iPad
  • Ability to add items to library without purchasing

Patternum

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stash2Go

No in-app purchases

None

Patternum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stash2Go free?
Stash2Go costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patternum free?
Patternum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stash2Go or Patternum?
Stash2Go is rated higher. Stash2Go averages 3.5 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Patternum averages 3.4 from 25 ratings.
Do Stash2Go or Patternum have ads?
Stash2Go shows ads; Patternum does not.
Which is updated more often, Stash2Go or Patternum?
Stash2Go ships an update every 3 months, and Patternum every 6 months. Most recently, Stash2Go was updated on October 3, 2026 and Patternum on October 1, 2026.

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