Knitting Buddy vs Knitwise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knitting Buddy
This app helps knitters and crocheters meticulously track all their projects. It features a row and repeat counter, a project timer, and a space to display your pattern directly on the screen. You can also log your needles, hooks, and yarn stash.
- Multiple project support
- Row and repeat counter
- Display knitting pattern
- Needle and hook tracker
- Yarn stash management
- Project timer
- Notes pages
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Knitting Buddy is an all-in-one knitting and crochet project tracker that allows you to track multiple knitting or crochet projects. Knitting Buddy has a row counter, repeat counter, project timer, notes pages, and it even displays your knitting pattern on the row counter page! In addition to tracking projects, the app allows you to track your needles, hooks, and your yarn stash. Knitting Buddy isn't your standard knitting row counter -- it is a true knitting and crochet project tracker. Here are more details about the features of Knitting Buddy: MULTIPLE PROJECT SUPPORT: No limit to the number of knitting or crochet projects that you can track. Each project has individualized settings. ROW COUNTER: Track the current row of your knitting or crochet project. The row numbers are displayed nice and big on the main page. Increase (or decrease) the row number by pushing on an actual "button" on a knit background. REPEAT COUNTER: Track the current repeat row, and optionally link the repeat counter to the row counter. You can specify the number of repeat rows on the project settings page. DISPLAY PATTERN: Take a screen shot of your knitting pattern and display it on the main project page. This feature is super handy as it eliminates the need to switch between applications or to carry a paper copy of your pattern. NEEDLE/HOOK TRACKER / LOG: Track all of your knitting needles. The log displays US, metric, and UK sizes, and allows you to track needle length, material, type, and whether or not the needle is in use. PROJECT TIMER: Ever wonder how long it actually takes to complete a knitting or crochet project? Use the project timer to track the time it takes to complete each project. Each project has an individual timer that must be manually started/stopped. NOTES PAGE: Track all of the project's notes, such as yarn, yarn weight, needles, gauge, and other notes. Please email the developer if you have additional items that you would like to track! PROJECT SETTINGS: Completely customize your Knitting Buddy experience. The screen can be tailored to according to your preferences, such as showing or hiding features such as repeat rows, knitting pattern, project timer, and project progress. TRACK PROGRESS: Set the total number of rows for your knitting project, and Knitting Buddy will track your percent complete. KNITTING NEEDLE AND CROCHET HOOK SIZE CHARTS: Convert needle sizes between metric, U.S. sizes, and U.K. sizes and crochet hooks between metric, numeric, and letter. YARN CHARTS: Helpful data to convert different sizes of yarn. SOCK CHARTS: Common foot sixes for men, women, and children! Knitting Buddy is now on Ravelry - become one of Knitting Buddy's Buddies at: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/knitting-buddys-buddies
Knitwise
This knitting companion helps you track rows and stitches without ads or login. It keeps the screen active while dimming to save battery, allowing one-tap counting and swipe-to-reset functionality. Future updates will include pattern input and side indicators.
- Ad-free tracking
- No login required
- Automatic screen dimming
- One-tap row/stitch increase
- Swipe to reset counter
- Pattern input (coming soon)
- Right/Wrong side indicators (coming soon)
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Keep track of rows and stitches without ads or logging in. No need to unlock your phone between rows, Knitwise automatically stays open but dims the screen to save battery. Tap anywhere to increase the count, swipe down to reset. That’s it. Make beautiful things, use beautiful tools. Coming soon: - Easily input your pattern and we’ll remind you what’s next - Right / Wrong side indicators - Silence notifications for uninterrupted stitching
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Knitwise at 100% against Knitting Buddy's 36%. Knitwise also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2). Knitting Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Knitwise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knitting Buddy has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Knitting Buddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Knitwise's.
| Parameter | Knitting Buddy | Knitwise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Colorwork Apps | Tortuga Inc. |
Customer experience
Knitting Buddy
Knitwise
In-app purchases
Knitting Buddy
No in-app purchases
Knitwise
No in-app purchases
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