Knit Tools vs Patternum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knit Tools
Essential tools for knitters, including common conversions, symbol explanations, and calculations for increases and decreases. Track your projects with a built-in counter and tick sheet. Access a variety of modules designed to simplify your knitting experience.
- Common conversions
- Symbol explanations
- Increase/decrease computation
- Kfb increase calculation
- Project counter
- Tick sheet
- 10+ knitting modules
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Made by knitters for knitters. This is a must have app for knitters. This app has essential tools we need as knitters. - Common conversions - What do all those symbols mean - Increase evenly computation - Decrease evenly computation - Increase evenly using Kfb - Counter for your project -Tick Sheet - and much more You will wonder how you got along without this app. The app is designed to have tools to assist knitters in one location. Currently there are 10 modules in the app. 3 modules do not require a subscription. The other 7 modules will display so the user can see what it will do, but a subscription is required for module to produce the result. There are 3 options for purchasing a subscription; 30 days, 90 days and 365 days. This subscription is required for the 7 modules (and future modules when the app is updated) to produce the result. A new subscription will not be required when other modules are added. The 3 modules will continue to work when the subscription expires.
Patternum
Easily create interactive and responsive knitting and crochet patterns. Add detailed information, manage sizes, and generate charts with custom symbols. Share your creations as PDFs or within the app.
- Interactive pattern creation
- PDF pattern export
- Gauge, glossary, yarn, and needle details generator
- Size management system
- Customizable chart generator
- Add text, images, and videos to patterns
- Private and public pattern sharing
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Patternum is the first Knitting and Crochet Pattern creation tool, fully optimized to let you create easily and quickly interactive and responsive patterns. The patterns created with Patternum can be used by knitters and Crocheters in the app for a perfect crafting experience, or they can be downloaded as PDF. Among the numerous features of Patternum: PATTERN DETAILS: Gauge, glossary, yarn, needles, technics details generator to let you enter all needed additional information about your pattern easily and very fast SIZE DETAILS: Size management system that helps you give all related size-specific instruction in a clear and easy way. No more () or , , , needed! CHARTS GENERATOR: Create your own charts in a few clicks using our predefined symbols or creating your own symbols, preview your colors charts directly in the app. PATTERN CONTENT: Add text, images, videos PATTERN PUBLICATION: You can decide to keep your pattern private (share it only with your friends, sell it… ) or make it public to the users of the App. You can very easily share your pattern with a dedicated link, and your friends will be able to import the pattern in the App, as well as to download the pattern as a PDF.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Patternum at 55% against Knit Tools's 0%. Patternum also leads on rating (3.4 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Knit Tools's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.4). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Knit Tools sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Patternum asks for nothing beyond the download.
Patternum holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patternum has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Knit Tools's written reviews are positive against 55% of Patternum's.
Knit Tools ships an update fortnightly, Patternum every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knit Tools | Patternum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.4 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Solutions MB Inc | AnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschrankt |
Customer experience
Knit Tools
Patternum
In-app purchases
Knit Tools
- Knit Tools for 30 days$0.99
- Knit Tools for 90 days$1.99
- Knit Tools for 365 days$5.99
Patternum
No in-app purchases
Questions
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