MotifChart vs Knithub App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MotifChart
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MotifChart is a premium app for pixel drawing, colorwork charts, and creative timelapses. Whether you want to sketch pixel art, build colorwork charts, or plan motifs for knitting, crochet, and tapestry, MotifChart gives you a focused workspace to create clearly and fast. Create your way Use MotifChart as a flexible pixel canvas for drawing ideas, building motifs, and refining color-based designs with precision. Built for chart making Turn ideas into structured motif charts that are easy to edit, organize, and use in real creative workflows. Make timelapses automatically Capture your process and turn your work into satisfying timelapses you can review or share. Stay organized Keep your work structured with projects, palettes, stamps, and packs, so your tools and designs stay easy to manage as your library grows. Great for • Pixel drawing • Motif design • Knitting charts • Crochet charts • Tapestry planning • Colorwork workflows • Creative timelapses Features • Material and color tracking and analytics • Row counter and knitting companion • Background removal, great for creating stickers • Design from images with automatic pixelation • Extract color from images and save illimited palettes MotifChart is made for creators who want a clean, modern tool for both freeform design and practical chart building. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.motifchart.com/terms/
Knithub App
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Knithub is a colorwork chart designer for knitters. Design your chart stitch by stitch on an intuitive pixel grid, with as many colours as your pattern needs. Zoom, pan and paint directly on the canvas, the editor is built for a phone screen, not squeezed onto one. See it before you knit it Preview any chart on real knitwear (a sweater, a beanie, mittens or socks) and see how your colorwork will actually sit on the garment before you cast on. Start from a photo Turn a photo into a starting chart. Pick an image, choose how many colours to reduce it to, and the app builds the grid for you to refine. Share with the community Publish your charts so other knitters can discover them, or keep them private while you work. Browse what other people are making, follow designers whose work you like, comment, and gather charts into collections for later. Knit from your chart Follow along row by row in knitting mode, with the current row highlighted and the rest dimmed, so you never lose your place mid-round. Knithub is available in 12 languages: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Knithub is free to use. Knithub Pro is an optional subscription, monthly or yearly, that adds unlimited charts and previews, knitting mode on any chart, duplicating any chart, PDF export and every chart editor feature. An account is needed to create and save charts; browsing published charts is open to everyone. Terms of Use: https://knithub.nl/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://knithub.nl/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Knithub App at 15.0 against MotifChart's 17.0. 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
Both are free to download. MotifChart sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Knithub App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MotifChart ships an update weekly, Knithub App every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MotifChart | Knithub App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduardo Furtado | Seher Merve Ilgun |
In-app purchases
MotifChart
- MotifChart Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- MotifChart Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- MotifChart Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
Knithub App
- Knithub Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Knithub Pro Annual$49.991 Year
- Knithub Pro Lifetime$89.99






