nook vs Craft Catalog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
nook
Save articles, recipes, products, places, videos, documents, and ideas from across the web. Organize your scattered links into visual, searchable saves with context, notes, and reminders. Keep your digital life organized in one quiet place.
- Save articles, recipes, products, places, videos, documents, and ideas
- Visual and searchable saves
- Add context, notes, and reminders
- Organize saves by custom categories
- Consolidate scattered links
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Nook — Your Second Brain for Everything You Discover Ever see a coffee shop on TikTok and never find it again? Screenshot a product on Instagram and lose it in your camera roll? Nook fixes that. Nook is a save-anything app that turns scattered screenshots, DMs, and browser tabs into one organized, searchable space. Save it once, find it forever.
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 in-app purchases: nook at none against Craft Catalog's 2. nook also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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. Craft Catalog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. nook asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for nook against 5.0 for Craft Catalog. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
nook ships an update every 3 days, Craft Catalog every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nook | Craft Catalog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cara Rosengard | Parul Agarwal |
Customer experience
nook
Craft Catalog
In-app purchases
nook
No in-app purchases
Craft Catalog
- ArtCart Unlimited$1.001 Month
- ArtCart Unlimited$9.991 Year
