Inksightful vs Craft Catalog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inksightful
Transform your handwritten journals into a searchable digital archive. Scan pages, recognize handwriting, and quickly find specific information, names, or themes without manually sifting through notebooks. Preserve your paper writings with a durable digital backup.
- Scan paper notebook pages
- Recognize handwritten text
- Search across journals
- Find people, places, and phrases
- Group pages into dated entries
- Digital backup of notebooks
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Keep writing on paper. Search it later. Inksightful turns handwritten journals and notebooks into a searchable archive. Scan pages with your iPhone, run handwriting recognition, and find names, places, themes, and memories without flipping through old notebooks by hand. Built for paper journal keepers, Inksightful keeps the original page scans close to the recognized text, so you can always check the source. For diaries, it can group pages into dated entries, making long-running journals easier to revisit. Use Inksightful to: • Scan paper notebook pages • Recognize handwritten text • Search across journals and notebooks • Find people, places, phrases, and dates • Revisit entries from past years • Keep a durable digital backup of fragile notebooks • Preserve the feel of writing on paper while adding digital search Inksightful includes a limited number of trial handwriting recognition scans. Additional recognition scans require an in-app purchase. Your writing stays in your library on your device. When AI handwriting recognition is used, pages are processed only long enough to create the recognized text and return it to the app. Inksightful is designed for people who still love paper notebooks, but want a better way to find what they wrote.
Craft Catalog
Organize all your creative endeavors, from knitting to painting, in a single digital space. Track progress with photos, sketch ideas, manage supplies, and link tutorials. Enjoy a focused experience without ads or notifications.
- Project details (photo, status, notes, tags)
- Progress photo timeline
- Idea sketching and inspiration board
- Supplies checklist
- Tutorial/pattern link saving
- Random project suggestion
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A catalog for your craft projects. Knit, sew, paint, bead, or a little of everything - Craft Catalog keeps each project and everything about it in one place. GATHER DETAILS • Cover photo, status, notes, and tags for every project • A timeline of progress photos as your work comes together • A freeform drawing board to sketch ideas and pin inspiration • A supplies checklist, see what you have and what to buy • Save the link to the tutorial, pattern, or video you're following RELAXED No feeds, no notifications, no account to set up. Open it and pick up where you left off. Can't decide what to make next? Tap the dice. YOURS AND ONLY YOURS Everything stays on your device and syncs through your own private iCloud. No ads, no tracking, no third parties. START FREE Your first 3 projects are free, forever. Craft Catalog Unlimited unlocks as many as you can make. Craft Catalog Unlimited (auto-renewable subscription) • Yearly — $9.99/year • Monthly — $1.00/month Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://parulagarwal.com/craftcatalog/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Craft Catalog at 18.0 against Inksightful's 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
Both are free to download. Inksightful sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Craft Catalog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Inksightful against 5.0 for Craft Catalog. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Inksightful | Craft Catalog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Dewey | Parul Agarwal |
Customer experience
Inksightful
Craft Catalog
In-app purchases
Inksightful
- 100 pages of handwriting scans$1.99
- 100 Diary Pages$6.99
Craft Catalog
- ArtCart Unlimited$1.001 Month
- ArtCart Unlimited$9.991 Year
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