Patchwork vs Patternly by Luca
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patchwork
Create custom charts for various crafts like cross stitch, knitting, and crochet. Transform photos into patterns, generate designs with AI, and match real thread colors. Export your work and track progress stitch by stitch.
- 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 design experience
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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. Try every Pro feature free for 7 days. The trial isn't a purchase, so there is nothing to cancel and nothing renews. When you are ready for everything, get Patchwork Pro your way: Lifetime, a one-time purchase that is yours to keep, or Monthly, a subscription that renews each month until you cancel. 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. Terms of Use: https://withpatchwork.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://withpatchwork.com/privacy
Patternly by Luca
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Patternly by Luca-S is a complete cross stitch studio in your pocket — design patterns from scratch, convert photos into stitchable charts, and track your stitching progress on real kit charts. DESIGN A full pattern editor with layers, selections, shapes, text-to-stitch, backstitch, French knots and more. Unlimited undo. Match colours across Luca-S, DMC, Anchor, Cosmo and Madeira threads. CONVERT Turn any photo into a ready-to-stitch chart. Every pixel is matched to a real thread colour, with fine-tuning, masking and confetti cleanup for a chart that's a joy to stitch. TRACK Load your Luca-S kit chart and stitch off your screen. Tap each stitch as you go, work one colour at a time, pinch to zoom, and never lose your place. Your progress syncs to your account across devices. Bought a kit? Scan the QR code on the insert card and your pattern opens instantly. THREAD TOOLS Match any colour to real threads, pull a palette from a photo, and browse full brand conversion charts. Plus fabric, thread and time calculators for planning any project. PATTERNLY PLUS The editor, converter, thread tools and calculators are free. The Stitch Tracker is part of Patternly Plus, an auto-renewable subscription (monthly or yearly) with a 14-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://luca-s.com/pages/patternly-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Patternly by Luca at every 5 days against Patchwork's every 2 months. Patternly by Luca also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Patchwork sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Patternly by Luca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Patchwork ships an update every 2 months, Patternly by Luca every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patchwork | Patternly by Luca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Troy Thomas | UK Luca-S LTD |
In-app purchases
Patchwork
- Patchwork Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Patchwork Pro$29.99
Patternly by Luca
- Patternly Plus14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Patternly Plus14 Days trial$31.951 Year
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