Comparison

TempoWeave Mobile vs Patchwork

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

Head to head
About

TempoWeave Mobile

Design professional weaving drafts on your mobile device. Explore a vast library of patterns, utilize powerful design tools, and visualize your fabric in 3D. Enhance your weaving experience at the loom with helpful assistants.

Highlights
  • Open and view WIF and TWA drafts
  • Browse public cloud pattern library
  • Drawing and design tools
  • Yarn Catalog with suggestions
  • Fabric view and 3D interlacement
  • Weave Assistant for loom use
  • Thread Assistant for loom setup
Features
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TempoWeave brings professional weaving draft design to your iPad and iPhone — from the makers of TempoWeave Studio for desktop. Open it and start exploring immediately: four sample drafts are included, and the free public cloud pattern library puts hundreds more a tap away. No account needed. FREE Version • Open and view WIF and TWA drafts from any weaving software • Browse, search, and filter the free public cloud pattern library • Try every drawing and design tool • Yarn Catalog with real yarn lines, colors, photos, and sett suggestions • Fabric view and 3D interlacement — see the cloth, not just the grid • Common Weaves library: classic structures ready to explore • Drafts up to 128 shafts and 128 treadles, tie-up or liftplan AT THE LOOM • Weave Assistant: follow your treadling pick by pick, with live cloth view, pick counters, chimes, and color-change alerts • Pair with TempoTreadle 3 via our WIFI connect and weave through distractions error-free. • Thread Assistant: thread your loom in groups with heddle counts and progress tracking WITH APP STORE PURCHASE OR WITH YOUR TEMPOWEAVE ACCOUNT Weavers with a TempoWeave Studio license (Lite, Core, or Pro) sign in to unlock the full feature set on mobile: save and export drafts, upload and share to your personal cloud library, named version snapshots, section markers, and more. One license covers desktop and mobile. Whether you're checking a draft at the yarn shop, designing on the couch, or weaving at the loom with your tablet beside you — TempoWeave goes where your weaving goes.

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

TempoWeave Mobile4 screens
Patchwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: TempoWeave Mobile at 3 against Patchwork's 1. TempoWeave Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 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. TempoWeave Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Patchwork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TempoWeave Mobile against 5.0 for Patchwork. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TempoWeave Mobile versus Patchwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempoWeave MobilePatchwork
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoftyFiberTroy Thomas

Customer experience

TempoWeave Mobile

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Patchwork

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TempoWeave Mobile

One-time1
  • TempoWeave Mobile — Full Version$39.00
1 purchases

Patchwork

One-time1
  • Patchwork Pro$29.99

Questions

Is TempoWeave Mobile free?
TempoWeave Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Patchwork free?
Patchwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TempoWeave Mobile or Patchwork?
TempoWeave Mobile and Patchwork are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do TempoWeave Mobile or Patchwork have ads?
Neither TempoWeave Mobile nor Patchwork shows ads.

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