Comparison

Crochet Row Counter vs Purl & Paper

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

Head to head
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

About

Purl & Paper

Features
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Purl & Paper is a calm, beautifully designed knitting workspace for keeping your patterns, projects, yarn and ideas together on iPhone and iPad. Import a pattern, open your project, annotate the PDF with Apple Pencil on iPad, move your row guide and keep independent row and repeat counters close at hand. From the first gauge swatch to the final photograph, keep the details that help you return to your knitting with confidence. NEW IN VERSION 1.2 Optional iCloud sync keeps your knitting library in sync across iPhone and iPad. No separate Purl & Paper account is required, and you can continue using the app locally with sync turned off. Meet Inspiration—a creative playspace for your next knitting idea. Sketch, write, add photos, decorate with 20 knitting stickers or explore colour combinations on garment templates. Choose Running Stitch or Soft Yarn writing styles, customise your background and save ideas to revisit whenever inspiration strikes. USE PURL & PAPER TO: • Save and organise knitting patterns • Track ongoing, finished and frogged projects • Annotate PDF patterns with Apple Pencil on iPad • Use independent row and repeat counters, with names for project sections • Move and resize a row guide while knitting • Access project progress and yarn usage from the project’s top menu • Record yarn details, dye lots, care notes and storage locations • Compare yarn details when choosing substitutions • Save gauge swatches with photos, yarn details and measurements • Change project cover photos and document finished pieces • Collect sketches, photos, notes and colour ideas in Inspiration • Consult a built-in knitting glossary while working • Choose Classic or Halloween appearance, including a pumpkin app icon • Export backups to keep your own copy of your knitting records Made for the rhythms of knitting: pausing, restarting, making adjustments and picking up where you left off. Your knitting table, wherever you knit.

Screenshots

Crochet Row Counter4 screens
Purl & Paper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purl & Paper at none against Crochet Row Counter's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Crochet Row Counter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Purl & Paper asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crochet Row Counter ships an update every 9 days, Purl & Paper fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Crochet Row Counter versus Purl & Paper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrochet Row CounterPurl & Paper
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYurii KoshkinJinchun Du

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Crochet Row Counter

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
None

Purl & Paper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crochet Row Counter free?
Crochet Row Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Purl & Paper free?
Purl & Paper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crochet Row Counter or Purl & Paper have ads?
Neither Crochet Row Counter nor Purl & Paper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crochet Row Counter or Purl & Paper?
Crochet Row Counter ships an update every 9 days, and Purl & Paper fortnightly. Most recently, Crochet Row Counter was updated on November 6, 2026 and Purl & Paper on October 31, 2026.

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