“Instructions so-so, most behind paywall — For a beginner, the videos and instructions are not very clear. They only use one camera angle making it difficult to see key details you need to make the stitches. The videos are narrated by AI…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 164 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.7 ★33,229 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
212 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
YarnPal helps you learn crochet and knitting with ease, even if you’ve never held a hook before. Learn new stitches, explore hundreds of patterns, track your progress, and design your own projects all in one place. With tons of beginner-friendly patterns and step-by-step video guides, YarnPal supports your crafting journey from the very first stitch. It’s an all-in-one crochet tutor and pattern maker designed to help you create with confidence.
Main Features: Learn Step-by-Step Go from "how-to" to "I-made-this." Our five signature beginner courses guide you through basic stitches and into real-world projects. With a clear, natural progression, you’ll build the skills and confidence to create anything you imagine.
Full Video Tutorials Master basics with video guides. Unlike fragmented social media clips, YarnPal offers complete project videos.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.63 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.63, updated 2026-09-23.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (3.0% of 164 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Great app but… — I loved this app at first. And I still use it sometimes, but now I can’t crochet anything because everything or ‘pro’ which means that it costs money. And a lot of the pictures of the projects are ai generated. I don’t…”
“AI and Subscription Required — I recently started learning how to crochet and thought that this app might be helpful to find patterns. Unfortunately, when I opened the app I discovered that almost all of the patterns are blocked behind a…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.63.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown6
Lowest$3.99
Highest$49.99
Yarnpal Premium$39.99
Knitpal Premium$3.99
Yarnpal Premium$3.99
Knitpal Premium$39.99
Yarnpal Premium$29.99
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Knitpal Premium$49.99