Around Oslo vs Purl.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Around Oslo
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Oppdag mat- og kulturopplevelser og kampanjer samlet på ett sted. Lei av å lete? Around gjør det enkelt å finne det beste som skjer i ditt nabolag – eller når du besøker et nytt sted. For deg som bruker: • Få en tydelig kalender over lokale events – konserter, smakinger, spesialkvelder og unike arrangementer. • Lagre favorittsteder og oppdag skjulte perler nær deg. • Utforsk nabolag og delta på opplevelser uten å sjekke utallige plattformer. For arrangører og steder: • Enkel publisering: Få en profil og legg ut kommende events på minutter. • Nå ut lokalt: Del arrangementer og kampanjer med gjester som aktivt søker etter opplevelser i området. • Øk besøket: Gjør det enkelt for folk å finne og delta på det som skjer hos deg. Merk: Tidlig tilgang Appen er i testfase. Funksjonalitet kan endres, og nye arrangører og steder legges til fortløpende. Kom gjerne tilbake for å se hva som er nytt! Around kobler deg til ditt lokale miljø – last ned og begynn å utforske i dag!
Purl.
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Purl keeps your patterns, your projects and your yarn in one place. It works the same for knitting and crochet. There is no account to make, and your data stays on your device unless you choose to export it. FOLLOW YOUR PATTERN • Open your PDF patterns, draw on them, highlight and add notes. • Lay a colored band across your row and move it up as you go. It counts the rows for you. • Line up a printed chart, and Purl lights the stitch you are on. • Photograph a paper pattern, and Purl turns the pages into one PDF. • Share PDFs to Purl from Files, Mail, Books or Safari, several at once. • Learning from a video? Watch it from YouTube inside your project, with your counters beside it. DRAW YOUR OWN CHARTS • Color charts: fill in square by square, or start from a photo. • Crochet charts (Beta): draw a line with a finger or an Apple Pencil, and Purl fills it with evenly spaced stitches. Write a round the way a pattern reads, such as "[3 dc, ch 2] 3 times", and Purl draws it. • Knit charts (Beta): knit, purl, decreases and cables on a grid, followed row by row. • Send a chart as a Purl file, and another Purl user can open and edit it. PROJECTS AND STASH • Follow each project from plan to finished, with photos, the yarn and the gauge you actually got. • Note each yarn's color, dye lot and weight, and see how many meters and grams you have. Purl knows about 20 Nordic yarn brands. • Scan a ball band to find a yarn you already have. Purl also spots a new color of a yarn you own. • Find a pattern for a yarn you own, or yarn for a pattern. HANDY TOOLS • A calculator that works out your gauge, spreads increases and decreases evenly, and says how many skeins to buy. • Counters, and knitting and crochet terms in English and Norwegian. • Anything you delete waits 30 days in Recently deleted. • Light and dark mode. On an iPad, your list sits beside what you have open.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Around Oslo at none against Purl.'s 3. Around Oslo also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Purl. sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Around Oslo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Around Oslo ships an update every 5 days, Purl. every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Around Oslo | Purl. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Around AS | Pierre Boniface |
In-app purchases
Around Oslo
No in-app purchases
Purl.
- Buy me a coffee$1.99
- Buy me a skein$5.99
- Big thank-you$11.99









