Knitting iCharts vs Knit Rows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knitting iCharts
Design and illustrate custom knitting patterns with this intuitive app. Create detailed charts up to 99 stitches and 99 rows, filling them with symbols or colors. Save and share your designs for use in written patterns or for sale.
- Create knitting charts up to 99x99 stitches/rows
- Fill grid with stitch symbols or colors
- Save charts with stitch key
- Share designs via multiple channels
- Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
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Knitting iCharts - the must-have for everyone that designs their own knitting pattern and wishes to illustrate the charts appealingly. With this app you are able to: ⁃ create a table with up to 99 stitches in 99 rows. ⁃ fill the grid with stitch symbols or colours to create a colourful pattern. ⁃ save the table together with a key explaining the stitch symbols and use it in your written pattern or share it via several channels. Additionally we offer the service to implement missing stitch symbols. Just send an email to our support! When developing this app we made sure that it is easy-to-use and intuitive that creating a new chart is a piece of cake! Please feel free to use the charts built in Knitting iCharts in patterns that you are selling. Happy designing!
Knit Rows
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KnitRows keeps your place in a knitting pattern, one row at a time. Enter a pattern's instructions once, then tap your way through it. KnitRows shows exactly what to work on the row you're on, including every repeat, increase, and decrease that lands there. It works for a simple hat or a multi-size sweater, from written instructions or from a chart, on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. KNIT ROW BY ROW • The current row fills the screen. Tap to advance. • See the row number and the stitch count before and after each row. • Go back, jump to any row, or go full screen with one tap. • Pinch to resize the text. • Your place is saved automatically, so you can put your knitting down and pick it up later. • Keep the screen awake while you knit. BUILD YOUR PATTERN FROM STEPS • Split a project into pieces: Back, Front, Sleeves, Hood. • Describe each piece as steps with a start row, how often it repeats, and how many times. • "Decrease every 4th row, 11 times" is one step. KnitRows works out the rows. • Several instructions can share a row, in the order you choose. • Color-code steps and track stitch increases and decreases. • Copy steps and pieces, within a project or between projects. KNIT FROM A CHART • Crop a chart from your pattern PDF, a photo, or an image file. • Auto-detect finds the chart and straightens it. • KnitRows highlights the current chart row and dims the rest. KEEP THE PATTERN WITH THE PROJECT • Attach the pattern PDF and open it from the project. • Save the designer, gauge, materials, and notes. • Save the pattern's abbreviations and look them up while you knit. • Add a thumbnail from a photo, an image, or a PDF page. SIZES • Knitting a pattern written for several sizes? Give each size its own pieces and steps. • Copy a size to start the next one. STAY ORGANIZED • Tag projects by type and yarn weight, then search and filter. • View projects as a grid or a list. • See rows knit, stitches, and time spent for each project. • Optional timer for each row. YOUR PROJECTS ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • Projects sync through iCloud between iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Back up and restore projects in iCloud Drive. • Export and import project files to share a project with another knitter (iPhone and iPad). EASY TO LEARN • Built-in User Guide. • A sample project to explore. • Tips that walk you through your first project. Syncing, backups, pattern PDFs, and thumbnails use iCloud, so an iCloud account is needed for those features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Knit Rows at Free against Knitting iCharts's $2.99. Knit Rows also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Knitting iCharts's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Knit Rows is free to download; Knitting iCharts costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Knitting iCharts ships an update every 3 months, Knit Rows every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knitting iCharts | Knit Rows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Schneider | Jeremy Bakken |
In-app purchases
Knitting iCharts
No in-app purchases
Knit Rows
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Knitting iCharts or Knit Rows have ads?
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