Knitting Assistant vs Purori
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knitting Assistant
Organize your knitting projects with this app. Store patterns, track yarn, plan rows, and manage ideas. Enjoy a calm workspace with iCloud sync and warm visuals to focus on your stitches.
- Pattern PDF and notes storage
- Yarn stash tracking
- Row counter
- Idea tagging
- iCloud sync
- Warm visual design
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Knitting Companion is your calm workspace for every project. Capture pattern PDFs and notes in tidy cards, track yarn stash with colors and weights, plan rows with counters, and keep tags to find ideas fast. Enjoy iCloud sync, warm visuals, and quick access to the details that matter - so you can focus on the stitches.
Purori
This app helps knitters and crocheters by intelligently reading PDF patterns, extracting key information like steps and stitch counts. It personalizes instructions by automatically updating numbers for your chosen size and offers multiple viewing modes for a focused crafting experience.
- Intelligent PDF pattern import
- Automatic size-specific number updates
- Step-by-step instruction extraction
- Multiple viewing modes (list, cards, focus)
- Dark mode support
- Saves your place in patterns
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Purori is a pattern reader built for knitters and crocheters who want to focus on the craft, not the paperwork. Import any PDF pattern and Purori reads it intelligently — pulling out your steps, your stitch counts, and your construction options. Pick your size once and the numbers update throughout. No more squinting through brackets. No more mental math mid-row. Purori strips away every size that isn't yours, so you only ever see the instructions that matter to you. Read through your pattern as a list, flip through steps as cards, or drop into focus mode when you need to think about nothing but the row you're on. Dark mode included, for the late night knitters. Whether you're casting on your first sweater or your fiftieth, Purori keeps your pattern clear, your place saved, and your hands free to knit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Knitting Assistant at none against Purori's 2. Knitting Assistant also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.2). Purori's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Purori sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Knitting Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Knitting Assistant against 5.0 for Purori. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Knitting Assistant ships an update every 2 months, Purori daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knitting Assistant | Purori |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Dissing | Shan Rajbir Johar |
Customer experience
Knitting Assistant
Purori
In-app purchases
Knitting Assistant
No in-app purchases
Purori
- Purori Pro$5.991 Month
- Purori Pro – Annual$49.991 Year









