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YarnWiz vs a spreadsheet
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A fair side-by-side for knitters deciding how to keep track of their yarn.

YarnWiz in short

YarnWiz is a free app for knitters, crocheters and spinners. It reads yarn labels from a photo or a barcode, organizes your stash with running yardage totals, matches your yarn to your patterns, and tracks your projects with counters and timers. It works on iPhone, iPad and Android, and needs no account to start.

  • Cost: free to download, with limits on scans and a few other features. Pro is $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year.
  • Your data: stored on your device, with iCloud sync on iPhone and iPad and a full backup you can export.
  • Offline: your stash, projects and counters work without a signal. Scanning a label needs a connection.
  • Ravelry: connects both ways, so you can bring your library and stash with you.
 YarnWizSpreadsheetPaper notebook
Adding a yarnScan the label or barcodeType each rowWrite each entry
Yardage totalsAutomaticNeeds formulas you set upAdd by hand
Find by color, weight or fiberSort and filterSort and filterFlip through pages
Know what you can knitMatches your yarn to your patternsNot built inNot built in
In the yarn shopScan a skein, see what it fitsOpen the file and searchCarry it with you
Photos of each yarnBuilt inPossible, but clunkyTape or glue them in
Project trackingLinked to the yarn you useA second sheet to keep in syncSeparate pages
BackupiCloud on iPhone and iPad, export on both platformsYou save and back up the fileNone, unless you photograph it
Works without a batteryNoNoYes
CostFree tier, Pro from $4.99 a monthFreeThe price of a notebook

When a spreadsheet is enough

If your stash is small, you like designing your own columns, and you rarely match yarn to patterns, a spreadsheet is a good tool. It is free, it works anywhere, and you fully own the file.

When a notebook is enough

A notebook never runs out of battery and many makers love the habit of writing things down. It works well for a handful of special skeins or a single project.

When an app earns its place

Once your stash grows past a few dozen skeins, typing and totaling by hand gets tiring. An app pays off when you want to add yarn in seconds, see totals without building formulas, check what you already own while you shop, and find out which patterns you can start today.

Already have a spreadsheet?

If your stash lives on Ravelry, YarnWiz can import it and keep the two in sync. You do not have to start from zero.

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Free to download on iPhone, iPad and Android.