Comparison

Sewing Pattern Translator vs Crochet Row Counter

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

Head to head
About

Sewing Pattern Translator

Features
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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 โ€ข Folders, nested as deep as you like. By craft, by person, by project. โ€ข Every instruction gets a preview image: from the camera, from your photos or a page from the PDF. Folders get an image too. โ€ข Four traits such as women, child, sweater or knitting. Filter by them with one tap. โ€ข Notes on every instruction: yarn, size, what you changed. Search by name and notes. โ€ข Cards with large images or a compact list, as you prefer. โ€ข 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: โ€ข No AI redraws your artwork. Pattern pieces, alignment marks, knitting charts and crochet charts come from the original untouched. โ€ข The translated text sits where the old text sat, in the same box. โ€ข 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 โ€ข Keep the original typeface. The translated text is set in its own, easy to read font. Measurements and layout stay. โ€ข 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/

About

Crochet Row Counter

Features
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Keep your place in crochet and knitting projects. Follow your own instructions, count rows and stitches, and return to your saved progress. Keep your place See the current instruction and your next row. Your instructions, row by row Type or paste your own plain-text steps. Follow every repeat See your position inside a repeating block. Count rows and stitches Use a row counter with an optional stitch counter. Pick up where you paused Save projects and continue from your last saved place. Undo a misplaced tap Reverse counting changes with Undo and Redo. Back up your work Export a project backup or a readable text copy. Open your own pattern PDFs offline, save a page, and set a manual reading band as you work. Keep yarn, color, hook or needle, size and project notes together. Follow repeats, count rows and stitches, undo, resume and export backups. Monthly or annual subscription and lifetime purchase options are available; existing lifetime owners keep access. Privacy policy: https://keepmyrow.app/privacy Terms of use: https://keepmyrow.app/terms Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://keepmyrow.app/support support@keepmyrow.app

Screenshots

Sewing Pattern Translator4 screens
Crochet Row Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sewing Pattern Translator and Crochet Row Counter are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Sewing Pattern Translator sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month and Crochet Row Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sewing Pattern Translator ships an update every 5 days, Crochet Row Counter every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sewing Pattern Translator versus Crochet Row Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSewing Pattern TranslatorCrochet Row Counter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles ImilkowskiYurii Koshkin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sewing Pattern Translator

Subscriptions1
  • Pattern Translation Plus$6.991 Month
1 purchases

Crochet Row Counter

One-time1
  • KeepMyRow Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Sewing Pattern Translator free?
Sewing Pattern Translator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crochet Row Counter free?
Crochet Row Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sewing Pattern Translator or Crochet Row Counter have ads?
Neither Sewing Pattern Translator nor Crochet Row Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sewing Pattern Translator or Crochet Row Counter?
Sewing Pattern Translator ships an update every 5 days, and Crochet Row Counter every 6 days. Most recently, Sewing Pattern Translator was updated on October 16, 2026 and Crochet Row Counter on October 21, 2026.

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