Garnly vs Purl.

Garnly is the home of your knitting. A space where inspiration comes first. Save the pieces, textures, and colors that define your style, and turn them into projects that feel considered and personal. Garnly brings together everything that shapes your knitting - in one refined place. Whether you follow patterns or create your own, Garnly gives you structure without limiting your creativity. It is designed to support a more intentional way of making, where every detail matters. Organize your patterns by importing PDFs and keeping everything accessible in one place. Follow your progress, add notes, and move through each project with clarity and control. Make each piece your own by adding modifications, sizing adjustments, and personal notes directly into your patterns. Build a system that reflects how you work, and keep track of what defines your style. Keep an overview of your yarn and tools with a clean, structured stash. Know what you have, what you need, and how everything works together across projects. Integrated tools support your process as you knit, from calculations to project tracking, designed to fit naturally into your workflow. Save inspiration and plan what comes next. Garnly allows you to collect references and ideas, and translate them into finished pieces without losing direction. Garnly is made for knitters who value aesthetics, structure, and a more elevated way of creating. Terms of Service: https://www.garnly.no/terms-of-service

Purl is the ultimate companion for knitters and crocheters. Everything lives locally on your device, with no account, no sign-up, and no ads. All features are completely free, always. PROJECTS • Track what you're making, from planned to finished. • Add yarn, needle or hook size, and the gauge you actually got. • View a timeline of all your projects. • Add progress photos with personal notes. PATTERNS • Keep your own written patterns and imported PDFs in one library. • Open PDF patterns, even very large ones, and pinch to zoom, fully offline. • Draw, highlight, add sticky notes, and drop bookmarks. • Row counters and a chart stitch tracker built for following along. YARN STASH • Log your yarn with color, dye lot, weight, fiber, and gauge. • See your stash totals in meters and grams. • Sort and filter to find the right yarn, and match it to a pattern in your library. HANDY TOOLS • Quick standalone counters for anything you need to count. • Craft calculators for gauge, resizing, shaping, and calculation total skeins needed. • A built-in chart maker: design your own chart from scratch, or let Purl generate them directly from a photo. • A comprehensive knit and crochet glossary in both English and Norwegian. MADE TO FEEL RIGHT • Available in both English and Norwegian. • Switch between light and dark mode. • A two-pane layout on iPad and larger screens. • Easily backup and restore everything to a single file. Purl is completely free, with no locked features. If the app helps you, there is an option to leave a tip on the Support Purl page, but nothing is ever put behind a paywall. And lastly, your data stays yours: it lives exclusively on your device unless you actively choose to export it.