Comparison

Yarnova vs Sewing Pattern Translator

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

Head to head
About

Yarnova

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Meet Yarnova, a calm crochet workspace for makers who want to feel more organized from the first stitch. Yarnova helps you plan crochet projects, save patterns, organize yarn and hooks, track rows, and keep project details in one beautiful place. Whether you are just learning to crochet or already have a growing list of works in progress, Yarnova gives your craft the structure it deserves. Built for Beginners, Useful as You Grow Starting a new hobby can feel overwhelming. Patterns may be scattered across apps, yarn details get forgotten, and it is easy to lose your place. Yarnova keeps things simple with a beginner-friendly setup for project notes, materials, photos, row tracking, and pattern links. Use it for easy crochet projects, granny square practice, crochet bags, blankets, amigurumi, hats, flowers, wearables, gifts, home decor, and more. As your skills grow, your project library grows with you. Keep Every Project Organized Create a clear record for each crochet project. Add the project name, status, category, yarn type, hook size, supplies, notes, photos, and pattern details. Track what is active, queued, paused, completed, or archived so you always know what to work on next. Save Patterns in One Place Build your own crochet pattern library for PDFs, website links, YouTube tutorials, photos, and written notes. Yarnova is useful for crochet patterns for beginners, amigurumi patterns, crochet blanket patterns, crochet bag patterns, granny square patterns, crochet flower patterns, and ideas you want to revisit later. Track Rows Without Losing Your Place Yarnova gives you a focused space to track rows, rounds, repeats, notes, and your last stopping point. It is made for real crochet sessions, the kind where you pause, come back later, and need to pick up exactly where you left off. Organize Your Yarn Stash Maintain a digital stash for crochet yarn, cotton yarn, acrylic yarn, wool, blanket yarn, amigurumi yarn, crochet thread, hooks, ergonomic crochet hooks, and other supplies. Add colors, quantities, photos, and notes so materials stay connected to projects. Why Makers Choose Yarnova - Plan beginner crochet projects with more confidence - Save patterns before they disappear - Keep yarn, hooks, and supplies organized - Track rows, rounds, and repeats - Attach photos and notes to each project - Build a personal crochet pattern archive - Keep hook sizes, yarn details, and pattern links together Premium Plans Yarnova offers premium access for makers who want the full studio. Choose the weekly plan for short-term use at $6.99, or the yearly plan at $24.99. Yarnova is designed to feel quiet, practical, and supportive. Open the app, choose what you are making, and keep crochet beautifully organized. Privacy Policy: https://yarnova.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://yarnova.com/terms

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Sewing Pattern Translator

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All your instructions in one place. And in your language. This app is a library for instructions as PDFs. Built for sewing, knitting and crochet, but it takes any instruction: the assembly guide for the shelf, the recipe, the user manual. You create folders, give every instruction an image and find it again on every one of your devices. If one is in a language you do not read, the app translates it. With the right craft terms and without distorting the pattern sheet. YOUR LIBRARY • Folders, nested as deep as you like. By craft, by person, by project. • Every instruction gets a preview image: from the camera, from your photos or a page from the PDF. Folders get an image too. • Four traits such as women, child, sweater or knitting. Filter by them with one tap. • Notes on every instruction: yarn, size, what you changed. Search by name and notes. • Cards with large images or a compact list, as you prefer. • PDFs come from Files, Mail, iCloud or from a finished translation. THE SAME ON ALL YOUR DEVICES The library lives in your iCloud, under your Apple ID, not on someone else's server. What you file on the iPad sits in the same place on the iPhone. New device, sign in with your Apple ID, and the library is there. TRANSLATE WITHOUT DISTORTING THE SHEET Ordinary PDF translators rebuild the page and redraw it in the process. In sewing that is fatal: a pattern sheet scaled by two percent no longer fits. This app works differently: • No AI redraws your artwork. Pattern pieces, alignment marks, knitting charts and crochet charts come from the original untouched. • The translated text sits where the old text sat, in the same box. • Page size and scale stay. You print and tape the sheet exactly as before. THE RIGHT CRAFT TERMS A plain translator turns the German rechts into right. In a knitting pattern it means knit. It turns Maschenprobe into stitch sample instead of gauge. This app translates with a craft dictionary for sewing, knitting and crochet. You get the terms and abbreviations your patterns actually use. Centimetres become inches, in size charts as well. For crochet you choose between US and UK terms. HOW TO TRANSLATE 1. Pick your PDF from the library, from Files, Mail or iCloud. 2. Pick the language you want to read. The app detects the source language itself. 3. Start the translation. It runs on the server, so you can close the app. 4. File the finished instruction in your library with one tap. 17 LANGUAGES English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Italian, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish. You translate between all of them and switch the app itself too. YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY YOURS Your library lives in your iCloud, not with us. A server does the translating; the source file and the result are deleted there after delivery. Patterns are protected by copyright, translated ones as well. That is why there is no way to publish one. WHAT IT CANNOT DO • Keep the original typeface. The translated text is set in its own, easy to read font. Measurements and layout stay. • Translate instructions over 50 MB or over 40 pages. TRY IT Five translations are free. Take the pattern that is annoying you right now, print the sheet and measure it. No trial that quietly turns into a subscription, and no charge without your consent. TERMS OF USE Apple's standard licence agreement applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Yarnova4 screens
Sewing Pattern Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sewing Pattern Translator at every 5 days against Yarnova's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Yarnova sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Sewing Pattern Translator sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yarnova ships an update every 3 weeks, Sewing Pattern Translator every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Yarnova versus Sewing Pattern Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYarnovaSewing Pattern Translator
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobimeCharles Imilkowski

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Yarnova

Subscriptions2
  • Yarnova - Weekly Access$6.997 Days
  • Yarnova - Yearly Acces$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Sewing Pattern Translator

Subscriptions1
  • Pattern Translation Plus$6.991 Month

Questions

Is Yarnova free?
Yarnova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sewing Pattern Translator free?
Sewing Pattern Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yarnova or Sewing Pattern Translator have ads?
Neither Yarnova nor Sewing Pattern Translator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yarnova or Sewing Pattern Translator?
Yarnova ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sewing Pattern Translator every 5 days. Most recently, Yarnova was updated on October 10, 2026 and Sewing Pattern Translator on October 1, 2026.

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