Stash2Go Lite vs GatheredFolk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stash2Go Lite
Access your Ravelry knitting and crochet projects, stash, patterns, and friends on the go, even offline. Browse yarn, find patterns, manage projects, and connect with the Ravelry community.
- Access Ravelry projects, stash, and patterns
- Browse Ravelry friends and their activity
- Search yarn database and find patterns
- Find local yarn shops
- Manage projects and upload photos
- Offline access to downloaded PDFs
- Use row counters and customize themes
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THIS IS THE LEGACY (FREE, ad based) VERSION THE NEW VERSION IS STASH2GOII: https://ios.stash2go.com Stash2Go lets you use Ravelry on the go — even offline — on iPhone and iPad. Browse your projects, stash, patterns, and friends anytime. Ravelry is the world’s largest community for knitters and crocheters. FEATURES • Access your Ravelry projects, queued projects, yarn stash, and stashed needles • Browse your Ravelry friends, plus their projects, queue, stash, and needles • Search the huge Ravelry yarn database and view detailed yarn info and images • Discover matching knitting or crochet patterns directly from a yarn page • Search patterns with full-text search and filters (categories, free, top-rated, etc.) • Find yarn shops near you with directions, hours, available yarns, and more • Start a project from a pattern, from your queue, or as an empty project • Upload photos to your projects or stashed yarn • Batch download PDFs from your Ravelry library and current projects for offline use • Customize what’s available when you’re offline • Attach PDFs to your own projects and store your arrow/position on PDF pages • Use up to two row counters per project across Apple devices (values stored on Ravelry) • Browse your pattern library, favorites (patterns and projects) • Read and reply in subscribed Ravelry forum groups (including images) • Open projects, patterns, and people from forum posts, favorite items, and add friends • Receive and reply to personal Ravelry messages • Get notifications for new personal and forum messages (requires iOS 7 for repeated message checks) • Change the app theme (up to 9 themes) • Use a personal color palette for quick yarn color analysis • Native iPhone + iPad app (supports iOS 6 and iOS 7) SUPPORT For help, please visit our Ravelry support group. For additional information, please visit our website. Suggestions and ideas are welcome — Stash2Go is continuously improved.
GatheredFolk
Organize your knitting and crochet projects, patterns, and yarn stash in one place. Connect with a community of makers, and optionally get help from an AI crafting companion.
- Project tracking with notes and photos
- Personal pattern library
- Yarn stash and color palette management
- Optional AI crafting companion
- Community forum for makers
- Organize creative life
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GatheredFolk is a home for knitters and crocheters: count your rows, keep your patterns and yarn in one place, share what you make, and find your next project. KEEPS: EVERYTHING YOU MAKE, IN ONE PLACE Gather your projects, color palettes, yarn and saved finds into collections. Keep a collection private, or make it public for other makers to see. Every finished project lands in your Projects collection automatically. WANDER: SEE WHAT OTHER MAKERS SHARE Browse finished projects, palettes, yarn, free patterns, Marketplace finds and community posts from makers everywhere. Find something you love? Save it to one of your collections. 8,000+ FREE PATTERNS Search thousands of free knitting and crochet patterns from designers and yarn companies, including Lion Brand Yarn and Jimmy Beans Wool. Filter by craft, skill level, yarn weight and project type: hats, blankets, sweaters, shawls, amigurumi and more. ROW COUNTER & PATTERN TRACKER Track every row as you knit or crochet. Upload a PDF pattern or chart, mark your place, add notes and photos, and pick up right where you left off. When you finish, celebrate it with a beautiful finished-project card. FINISHED PROJECT CARDS Turn your finished piece into a shareable card with your photo, how many days it took, the yarn you used and who the pattern is by. Choose a layout, pick the text color, save it to your camera roll, or share it as an Instagram story. PATTERN LIBRARY & PATTERN WRITER Keep your PDF patterns organized in your own library, and write your own patterns with a simple editor that exports clean PDFs. PALETTE BUILDER & FIND YARN Play with colors side by side, save palettes in three styles, and share them as pictures. Find real yarn that matches any color across brands. YARN STASH Log the yarn you own, with brand, colorway, fiber, weight, yardage and photos, so you always know what's on your shelf. THE GATHERING Our community for knitters and crocheters. Share works in progress, ask questions, swap tips and cheer each other on. THE MARKETPLACE Buy and sell patterns, handmade pieces and yarn with fellow makers, with secure checkout through Stripe and messaging right from your order. KNIT-ALONGS & CROCHET-ALONGS Make a project together, step by step, with video walkthroughs from the host and a space to share progress. PURL, YOUR OPTIONAL HELPER Stuck on a stitch? Purl can explain pattern abbreviations, break down tricky instructions and help with gauge and yarn math. Turn it off any time. CALCULATORS Gauge, yardage, increases and decreases, and more knitting and crochet math. Connect Pinterest to bring your pins and boards into your collections. GatheredFolk is for makers 13 and older. Terms: https://gatheredfolk.co/terms Privacy: https://gatheredfolk.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GatheredFolk at 5.0 against Stash2Go Lite's 2.7. GatheredFolk also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Stash2Go Lite's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GatheredFolk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stash2Go Lite has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Stash2Go Lite ships an update every 2 months, GatheredFolk weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stash2Go Lite | GatheredFolk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Luxx GmbH | Jacob Cillay |
Customer experience
Stash2Go Lite
GatheredFolk
Bugs and requests
Stash2Go Lite
Reported bugs
21 issues- App crashes frequently
- App freezes often
- Ads block UI elements and close buttons
- Video ads cover entire screen
- Network errors
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- Filters reset unexpectedly
- Search function crashes app
- Cannot load subsequent pages due to ads
- Dropdown menus in forums are hard to exit
- Cannot sign in to Ravelry
- App not compatible with certain devices (iPhone 8)
- Cannot rearrange queued items
- Paid version is slow and laggy
- Cannot open patterns in free version
- App limits access to first few items only
- Intro screen loads but no menu access
- Requires frequent re-login
- Search and sorting do not change displayed patterns
- Cannot open any patterns after freezing
- Login fails
- Cannot edit more than first few projects in lite version
Requested features
6 requests- Fix ad placement and obstruction
- Improve app responsiveness
- Add dark mode
- Refine search filters (e.g., 'free only', 'knit only')
- Allow rearranging queued items
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- Improve needle size selection UI
GatheredFolk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stash2Go Lite
No in-app purchases
GatheredFolk
No in-app purchases









