Needle. vs Kinora.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Needle.
This app provides AI-powered guidance for leathercraft projects. Get personalized advice from virtual craftspeople for making items like card sleeves, belts, and totes. Save important project details and reference past conversations.
- AI leather worker guidance
- Project-specific advice
- Save and reference conversations
- Create detailed work cards
- Voice memo for project notes
- Guidance for various leather goods
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Needle brings a practical leathercraft bench to your iPhone. Ask questions, work through difficult steps, and keep useful guidance close while you make card sleeves, belts, totes, key fobs, and hand-finished edges from vegetable-tanned leather. Choose from ten AI leather workers, each shaped by a different specialty and personality. Mara Quinn helps refine slim card sleeves, while Ellis Crowe focuses on smooth folds and thoughtful linings. Jonah Pike brings measured precision to dress belts, and Rhea Vale offers direct advice for durable work belts. Bruna Holt understands reinforced tote straps, while Cedric Ash explores structured tote construction. Nia Bramble helps with brass snaps and secure hardware seating, and Otto Finch makes the most of flexible offcuts for key loops. Soren Wick guides patient burnishing routines, while Paloma Reed focuses on sanding and edge-paint order. Start a conversation with the craftsperson who fits your project, ask follow-up questions, and return to the same thread whenever you need it. Pin especially useful replies for quick reference. Create work cards with a leather photo, stitch-tension notes, edge-finishing steps, hardware details, and a short voice memo so important decisions stay connected to the piece you are making. Whether you are learning your first saddle stitch or refining a familiar process, Needle helps turn workshop questions into clear next steps and a lasting record of your craft.
Kinora.
Create a digital biography for a cherished object, capturing its image, story, and even the original voice of the storyteller. Print a physical page to attach to the item or share digitally with its accompanying audio.
- Capture object likeness
- Record spoken stories
- Create digital biographies
- Printable pages for objects
- Share stories with voice
- Organize family memories
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Kinora keeps a biography for one family object, together with the voice that belongs to it. Photograph the piece. Answer a few questions, or speak a short telling. Kinora composes one page: the likeness, the name your family uses, how it found you, the story to remember, the original voice, who told it, the date, and who it is for. Print a vertical page for 10×15 cm or A6 paper, ready to paste on the object, inside a box lid, or on a drawer. Share the full page so the picture, the words, and the voice travel together. Open a finished page to listen again, print it, or pass it on. Start with one object. Finish with a page you can hold.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kinora. at every 5 days against Needle.'s every 2 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Needle. sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Kinora. sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Needle. against 5.0 for Kinora.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Needle. ships an update every 2 weeks, Kinora. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Needle. | Kinora. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GAKU FUKUHARA | RAINE LIPPONEN |
Customer experience
Needle.
Kinora.
In-app purchases
Needle.
- Needle Bargain Rate 02$1.99
- Needle Bargain Rate 03$4.95
- Needle Bargain Rate 04$7.99
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- Needle Bargain Rate 05$11.95
- Needle Label Rate 07$19.99
- Needle Label Rate 08$29.99
- Needle Bargain Rate 06$35.99
- Needle Label Rate 09$49.99
- Needle Bargain Rate 07$79.99
- Needle Bargain Rate 01$99.99
Kinora.
- Kinora Prime Fee 01$1.99
- Kinora Prime Fee 02$4.99
- Kinora Prime Fee 03$7.99
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- Kinora Prime Fee 04$11.95
- Kinora List Fee 05$15.99
- Kinora List Fee 06$19.99
- Kinora Prime Fee 05$35.99
- Kinora List Fee 09$59.99
- Kinora Prime Fee 06$79.99
- Kinora List Fee 10$99.99





