Purl vs Rowmark

Mark your cross-stitch chart right on your iPhone and never lose your place again. Purl opens your PDF pattern, reads its thread key and lets you mark stitches as you go: tap one stitch, swipe across a row or box-select a whole area. Your marks are saved to your account, so they are still there on your iPad or after you reinstall. MADE FOR PDF CHARTS • Import a PDF from Files or a link, or scan a paper pattern • Purl reads the thread key for you: DMC, Anchor and more • Find a symbol: every stitch of one colour lights up • Full stitches, backstitch, French knots and fractionals • Apple Pencil support, and the screen stays awake while you stitch SEE HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME • Stitches left for every thread, sorted the way you like • A stitch calendar, an optional timer and an estimated finish date • Projects in progress, paused, finished or planned, with start and finish dates • Progress photos with the date and percentage PLAN BEFORE YOU START • Fabric calculator: design size and cut size for any count • Skein estimate for every thread • Your DMC and Anchor stash with a barcode scanner, and a shopping list for what is missing KNITTING AND CROCHET TOO • Row counter for knitting, round counter for crochet • Pieces and parts, imported from your PDF pattern YOUR WORK IS BACKED UP Sign in with Apple or Google and your projects, marks and PDFs are backed up to your Purl account. ONE PRICE Try everything free for 14 days. Then one purchase unlocks Purl for good. No subscription. Works in English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Russian and Japanese. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://qubillc.com/purl/privacy

Rowmark counts rows without opening the app. Put +1 on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, on the Action Button or on a Home Screen widget — and keep your hands on the needles. No account, no ads, no subscription. Just your projects, the row you're on, and a big +1. The app, the Home Screen widgets and the Lock Screen counter all have −1 too, for the row you counted twice. FREE • Small Home Screen widget with +1 and −1 — tap it without opening the app • As many projects as you like • Attach a pattern (PDF or a photo of a paper chart) to a project and keep a row marker on it while you count — the marker moves with +1 • In the app: a target ("78 rows to go") and a repeat counter ("every 6 rows" — where you are in the repeat) ROWMARK PRO — one-time purchase, no subscription • Lock Screen counter (Live Activity): your count with +1 and −1 on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and in StandBy. iOS keeps it running for up to 8 hours at a time; start it again from the app. • Controls (iOS 18 or later): "+1 row" in Control Center, as a Lock Screen button, or on the Action Button (iPhone 15 Pro and later) • Medium and Large widgets: where you are in the repeat and progress to your target, with +1 and −1 • Lock Screen widgets: your count and a gauge to your target PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. Your projects stay on your iPhone. • Only anonymous usage counts are sent (which parts of the app are used) — never project names or row counts. You can turn this off in Settings. Rowmark is a counter first: no pattern shop, no community.