YarnBuddy – Knit and Crochet Reviews

YarnBuddy is great for keeping track of your WIPs and your yarn stash. I love that it has multiple features that come in handy for your projects, tools, and yarn.

I would like to note that with the dark mode feature it is very difficult to see text. I’m personally an all dark mode all the time kind of person but I have to keep YarnBuddy in light mode so that I can read what’s written on the page :/ not a huge problem though and it doesn’t overshadow all the excellent features YarnBuddy has.

I noticed that there are several different options within the “other” tab when selecting the type of project you’re working on—I would love to see an option for tatting in there as well! My main WIP right now is a needle-tatted doily and I’ve filled out the info for it as best as I can, but I’d love to be able to accurately categorize the project itself as well as the thread and needle that I’m using :)

I’ve had YarnBuddy for going on two years now I believe. I just tried to open YarnBuddy on my iPad for convenience and I seem to have to open and possibly pay for a new account on my iPad? Surely that’s not true!!! This has been a very convenient way for me to keep my projects with me at all times that’s why I decided today on a rainy day I would go ahead and use my iPad also. So I’m hoping someone’s checking these reviews and will get back with me as I can’t seem to find any other way to contact that actual creator. If anyone else knows of an idea please let me know. I’d really love to have the same information on my iPhone on my iPad. Otherwise just like I said it’s a lovely app but I really don’t want to pay for it twice. Becky are you out there?!? Please guide me through this. Thank you.

App seems good, just started using it. I love the multiple counters options, very helpful if doing amigurumi! A couple of suggestions though, I need to be able to edit previous notes, if I want to add of delete from them. Also cannot read numbers when entering yardage and net weights in dark mode - they don’t show up on the ‘saved’ entry screen. It will kick you out completely if you touch outside the ‘adding’ Pop-up screen, and you have the start over when adding your yarns to the stash, so maybe an auto save function? That pickiness aside, this is a very comprehensive tool. Please keep up the good work!

I don’t know where else to report bugs.

There is a bug on the watch app with pop up messages/row alerts.

The row alert message never leaves. It continues to pop up immediately after pressing cancel or dismiss. I cannot get rid of the pop up.
When it pops up I cannot access anything else. I can’t swipe between or increment counters, I can’t go back to the main menu, the row alerts don’t sync when linked counters are incremented, and it doesn’t sync with the phone at all.
The only way to get out of the pop up menu and regain usability is to remove YarnBuddy from my watch and reload it.

Another glitch.

Also I accidentally hit delete pattern and the the verify delete message kept popping up whenever I opened a pattern despite hitting cancel or no each time. Finally I had to select yes delete to get rid of the message. And it of course deleted the pattern.

Something about the pops up are not registering as being read because they keep popping up blocking anything it pops up over, and in the case of row alerts, making it non functional.

My devices are all updated.

I love YarnBuddy! It’s so handy. The row counters are great, I love in the notes (paid for) you can link videos and web addresses. It’s so handy when working something complicated and I forgot how to do it. I took 1 star because I can’t get the widget or Apple Watch app to work? Otherwise this is a must have app for knitters/crocheters. I do wish there was Dropbox integration because that’s where all my patterns are saved, but it does have quite a few other options for patterns already.

Update: I don’t know where to make a suggestion, but maybe a counter for 2 colored brioche? Like each row tap would be an A and B before it changed rows? 😅

I rarely leave app reviews, but YarnBuddy has been a game changer for me while crocheting. I can see and update my current stitch count (instead of using actual stitch counters, which can be a pain), easily browse and mark my place in the pattern, keep track of my hook size and yarn, and see when I started the project, and I can do that for each of my projects. And all of this is without the upgrade, which is awesome. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is into crocheting or knitting and wants to make their process more efficient and organized!

This is a good app and I would pay for the pro But I think $50 is a little steep for this. Personally I think they should come down on that price. There are other apps that are $9.99 for the year and offer more functions.

Often I use my watch but while crocheting it’s a good time to charge the watch but syncing rows I counted on the phone back with the watch is not accurate. Due to that issue I can’t justify $50 even with it syncing properly $50 for a row counter with some added tracking features is a tuff sale IMHO. I think they would get more sales at a $25 to $30 price range. If this was $25 I wouldn’t hesitate purchasing...if it was under $10 annually I wouldn’t hesitate.

I am loving that this will allow me to keep track of my stash. I tend to buy yarn I don’t need because I don’t realize I have it — having this at my fingertips in a store will be fantastic.

To the developers:: Would it be possible to add headlines to the sorting options? Also, would it be possible to add fractional skeins for counts? I realize the fractions wouldn’t be precise accuracy and would be open to my own judgement and error...but for some of my yarn I have only half skeins or even just scrap balls or what have you left and would like a way to count those too.

Thank you for developing this!

I just downloaded YarnBuddy and started to look through it. This developer has thought of everything! If YarnBuddy works as well as it presents (and according to other reviews it does) I’ll come back with a five star. So far YarnBuddy is intuitive, full of features, and easy on the eye. If I had a dollar for every app I’ve downloaded and deleted within a day or two because it was terrible from the start, I’d be rich. This is one app that appears to be exactly what it claims thank you!

I want to love YarnBuddy, I really do. But I cannot get the transportation feature to work at all. I’ve tried both with and without my Apple Pencil, and it just makes big blurry dots rather than actually writing my notes. Erasing those notes is just as awful and takes a lot of patience to clear whatever weird blurry marks showed up

I had to update to a different phone, so I’m not sure if the counter edit feature is just spazzing out because of the screen dimensions, but when I try to edit the names of my row counters within a project, I tap on the “Name” field, and the keyboard pops up and then disappears immediately. I’ve updated my phone software and YarnBuddy , but this is still happening. However, it does seem like it is now synced with my watch, which had been an issue (at least for me) after my last app update.

Update: YarnBuddy is amazing for ten hoarders like myself. The developer is also so receptive to feedback! 5 stars for sure!!

I’d love to give YarnBuddy all five stars and I hope some day I can. I have a few suggestions to take YarnBuddy from super cool to the most robust crochet/knit tool!

First, please make the stash searchable. Sometimes I know exactly what yarn I need but I have to scroll through the stash until I get to the right yarn. Sometimes YarnBuddy also crashes (I have a large stash so that might be my fault).

Second, I would love it if YarnBuddy could auto add or subtract quantities of yarn rather than calculating and then re-entering the new quantity.

Also, the add note feature does not work from the stash list, you have to click into the yarn and then add the note.

It needs a barcode scanner so we can just scan the info into YarnBuddy allowing for faster organization and more crafting time each time I go do a yarn hull I end up having to manually put it in and that takes lots of time so a barcode scanner would be an amazing addition to this already good app

YarnBuddy is great! My yarn stash is finally organized and the process was much easier than I anticipated. Adding a project is quite easy, although I've not been able to import a pattern from my Ravelry library; I'm assuming that's user error. The counters are awesome and the entire project layout is quite convenient and easy to navigate.

I use an iPad and my iPhone for YarnBuddy. Lately though I’ve been losing notes I wrote in my patterns. Then yesterday i went to look at my notes section of a project and it had deleted the last notes I put in and I know I saved them the time before. This is getting annoying. I really hoped YarnBuddy could replace Raverly which I have issues with before but losing my notes is a big issue.

I really like the features in YarnBuddy and the ability to use it on my Apple Watch. Overall it works smoothly, but there is a bug when accessing more than one counter where the other counter goes backwards when clicked. It’s a great app, but will be better when this is resolved.

I really like YarnBuddy and have paid for a lifetime upgrade but I can’t seem to figure out how to make the widget show my current projects. It keeps saying no recent projects found. Also it does not seem to be syncing to my Apple Watch. I also wish I could sync this so I can switch between iPad and iPhone. However YarnBuddy is beautiful and functional!

So the widget does not update the rows completed, it shows 12, but had done 40, and completed it. I market it finished, started on a new project for which I have 1 row, and it’s not showing that project. In addition, the Apple Watch will not sync my projects to it. The phone counter works just fine!

I love YarnBuddy! For some reason I can’t get the projects to show up in app on my watch so that’s a bummer but I still use it on my phone to do the counts. It’s just quicker and easier on my watch to keep track of my counts. Overall great app, just needs that to be fixed.

It is a great app to get “control” of your yarn stash. Everything works as stated except the number of skeins stashed. I am using the free version, so I am not sure if that is why it doesn’t fill in the number. The number of skeins can be seen if the yarn is in edit status. It would be great if it could be seen without editing it.

I have used the Mind My Stash app in the past but it had major glitches. I like YarnBuddy but wonder if I ever have to replace my iPad or iPhone if I will lose all my Projects? If I upgrade to the Pro is this a feature that is offered?

I just started crocheting again and was looking for an app to help make managing my projects easier. I LOVE the counters they help so much, as well as being able to import patterns. Keep up the good work!

YarnBuddy is really easy to use and was clearly made by a knitter/crocheter. It is really intuitive and has the exact features you need while working on a project.

Hi, love YarnBuddy, easy to use, I have this on my IPhone but I can’t find where this syncs with my IPad. Is it available on the Pro version? My stash is large and don’t want to enter it twice. Thanks!

I absolutely love YarnBuddy. Just have one issue. It will not allow me anymore to add more then one page of directions. Any ideas?

I downloaded YarnBuddy yesterday and so far I’m loving it. And love the feedback between the users and the developer.

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Love YarnBuddy. Thoughtfully put together and so easy to track details of my projects! I love that there’s a pattern import and the in project counters.

Thank you for this app - I only wish I had discovered it years ago!!!

Finally, a native yarn app that actually works and looks beautiful. Give me some complications and I'm yours!

Waste of time and money; Ravelry is easier to use