Comparison

Aiko vs Patchwork

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

Head to head
About

Aiko

Discover your next great idea with this premium inspiration engine. Explore content tailored to your tastes without ads or distractions. Import existing collections or start anew as the app evolves with you.

Highlights
  • AI-powered inspiration engine
  • Ad-free and distraction-free experience
  • Content discovery tailored to user taste
  • Import existing collections
  • Evolves with user preferences
Features
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Aiko is a premium inspiration engine designed to help you find the spark for your next idea. Built for a seamless, uninterrupted experience, Aiko lets you explore freely! scroll as much as you want and discover content that actually resonates with you. No ads. No distractions. Just pure inspiration. Import your existing collections or start fresh- Aiko adapts to your taste and evolves with you over time.

About

Patchwork

Create detailed charts for various crafts like cross stitch, knitting, and crochet. Transform photos into stitchable patterns, generate designs with AI, and match real-world thread colors. Export your work and track progress stitch by stitch.

Highlights
  • Design on a live pixel grid
  • Convert photos to patterns
  • AI-generated design starting points
  • Match real thread colors (DMC, Anchor, Madeira)
  • Export charts, PDFs, and shopping lists
  • Crafting mode for progress tracking
  • Private and ad-free
Features
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If it lives on a grid of color, you can make it in Patchwork. Cross stitch, knitting, crochet, needlepoint, and more. Built natively for iPhone, so it feels fast and at home on your device. Here is what you can do. Design on a live pixel grid. Place stitches one at a time or fill whole areas at once. Draw lines and shapes, copy and paste sections, work in layers, and step back through your history whenever you need to. Turn a photo into a pattern. Bring in any picture and Patchwork maps it to threads you can actually buy. No tracing, no guesswork. You get a chart you can start stitching instead of a screenshot you have to squint at. Generate with AI. Describe what you want and get a starting point in a tap, then refine it however you like. It is a head start, not a black box, and your work stays yours. Match real thread colors. The full DMC, Anchor, and Madeira libraries are built in, over 900 colors, so what you see on screen matches the floss in your hands. Export anything. Save your chart, your symbol key, or a print-ready PDF, plus a shopping list with stitch counts so you know exactly what to buy. Crafting Mode. Track your progress stitch by stitch. Patchwork remembers exactly where you left off. Make it yours with color themes that follow your style. Now the part that matters as much as the features. Your patterns are private. There is no account to make and no server of ours collecting your work. Everything stays on your device and syncs through your own iCloud, which only you can see. No advertising, no tracking, no analytics watching what you make. Patchwork is free to download so you can try it. When you are ready for everything, Patchwork Pro unlocks the full toolkit with one purchase. No subscription. iPad and Mac support are on the way, and your purchase and your patterns will come right along with you. If you stitch, knit, crochet, or design on a grid, Patchwork was made for you. Come make something. Questions or ideas? Write to support@withpatchwork.com. A real person reads every message. From pixels to stitches.

Screenshots

Aiko4 screens
Patchwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aiko at none against Patchwork's 1. Aiko also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Patchwork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Aiko asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Aiko against 5.0 for Patchwork. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Aiko versus Patchwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAikoPatchwork
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB80 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRiley DrcelikTroy Thomas

Customer experience

Aiko

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Patchwork

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Aiko

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Patchwork

One-time1
  • Patchwork Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Aiko free?
Aiko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patchwork free?
Patchwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aiko or Patchwork?
Aiko and Patchwork are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Aiko or Patchwork have ads?
Neither Aiko nor Patchwork shows ads.

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