Comparison

Kilter Knits vs Yarn Squirrel

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

Head to head
About

Kilter Knits

This app helps knitters manage their projects by converting PDF patterns into a tick-through format, displaying only the relevant instructions for their chosen size. Users can customize display settings, organize patterns, and track project details like yarn and notes.

Highlights
  • Tick-through PDF pattern viewer
  • Size-specific instruction display
  • Customizable text and display modes
  • Organized pattern and project library
  • Project notes and yarn tracking
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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The Kilter App simplifies your knitting. Add your favourite PDF to view your pattern in a tick-through format, seeing only your size. You can customize your settings, and organize all your patterns and knits in one place. Keep the joy of knitting in your hands. Keep Track: You'll see just the instructions for your size, and tick off instructions as you go. Never lose your place! Your Way: Choose your text size, light or dark mode, and whether you prefer see just your size numbers, or all the pattern numbers. Stay Organized: All of your patterns and projects in one place, at your fingertips! Add photos, record your yarn choices, and make notes too. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Yarn Squirrel

Organize all your knitting and crochet patterns in one place. Sync your Ravelry library, import PDFs, and save patterns from the web. Track projects, manage your yarn stash, and plan color palettes.

Highlights
  • Ravelry library sync
  • PDF pattern import with OCR
  • Web pattern saving
  • Project tracking
  • Yarn stash management
  • Color palette planner
  • Supply and tool tracking
Features
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YarnSquirrel is your helper for all aspects of your knitting or crochet hobby: See your patterns and projects, catalog your stash and search for new ideas all from within one app. It works with Ravelry if you have it but it works just as well without it! You can sync or import all of your patterns. If you add a PDF it will try to get the most important information from it directly so you do not have to write everything by hand. It will also try and match it to Ravelry to be able to get even more detailed information from that. If all you have is a URL or a YouTube link, you can add them, too. YarnSquirrel is the easy way to have ALL of your patterns in one place where it is easy to filter them by yarn weight, needed yarn length or category or many other aspects. Each pattern gets a beautiful detail view where you can add all of the information that might be available like needed yardage, recommended yarns, hook sizes, difficulty etc. Similarly we try and make keeping on top of your stash way less work. Take a photo of the wrapper and we will try and get the name and search for the detail information on Ravelry. If it cannot be found you can add it manually of course. Got multiple colors? Just add the colors instead of having to re-add all information again. You can even store the Care Instructions for the yarn and it will get synced to your projects! You can then filter your stash any way you like to see what you have on hand. You can even directly filter your patterns or favorites based on a yarn you have stashed or go the other way round from a pattern to check whether you already own a fitting yarn. Making it easier to bridge the gap of combining the two. Patterns and yarns obviously make the basis for your projects, so the app makes it easy to start a project and add the yarn you are using to it. You can add notes and information like which needles or hooks you used to be sure to have all information in one place. Keep track of your progress and optionally sync it to Ravelry, too. For the projects the app also offers the ability to view the pattern instructions in the app and have multiple row counters visible at the same time to make sure you do not forget where you left off. Counters can be set to start and end between specific rows (with alerts) and can count their repeats, too. Of course you can also link counters to make it easier to keep your total while working on a sub-section. In addition to all of this you can also store information about your Bits & Bobs in the app: we've all bought beautiful buttons or safety eyes and forgotten what it is we actually have stored. You can easily add it to the app, too, and connect them to your projects as well. You can also search on Ravelry for patterns and yarns, even if you do not have an account with them. Save your favorites to know what you might want to work on in the future or create a color palette from some yarns to see if you would like that combination for a piece. Found a pattern online you like? You can directly save the url, too. Last but not least the app is trying to bridge the international gap: easily see what a yarn weight means in a different system (like for example what a German yarn would be in the US system) or switch between yards and meters on the fly. All of this in a cozy little app by an indie developer. It syncs via iCloud across all of your devices and there is no tracking and many parts of the app work offline, too. YarnSquirrel is free to start, with an optional Premium subscription (monthly, annual, or a one-time lifetime option) that unlocks everything without limits. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Kilter Knits4 screens
Yarn Squirrel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yarn Squirrel at 5.0 against Kilter Knits's 4.0. Yarn Squirrel also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Kilter Knits's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Kilter Knits sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Yarn Squirrel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yarn Squirrel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Kilter Knits's written reviews are positive against 100% of Yarn Squirrel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kilter Knits ships an update every 3 days, Yarn Squirrel every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kilter Knits versus Yarn Squirrel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKilter KnitsYarn Squirrel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB37 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPurl Technologiesilscipio GmbH

Customer experience

Kilter Knits

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Yarn Squirrel

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Kilter Knits

Subscriptions2
  • Kilter Upgrade Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Kilter Upgrade Yearly$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Yarn Squirrel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$34.99

Questions

Is Kilter Knits free?
Kilter Knits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yarn Squirrel free?
Yarn Squirrel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kilter Knits or Yarn Squirrel?
Yarn Squirrel is rated higher. Kilter Knits averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Yarn Squirrel averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Kilter Knits or Yarn Squirrel have ads?
Neither Kilter Knits nor Yarn Squirrel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kilter Knits or Yarn Squirrel?
Kilter Knits ships an update every 3 days, and Yarn Squirrel every 4 days. Most recently, Kilter Knits was updated on October 6, 2026 and Yarn Squirrel on October 13, 2026.

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