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Rick Fleuren
For craft enthusiasts and hobbyists, specifically in knitting, crochet, and miniature painting, who require structured digital management for their projects.
Known for
For craft enthusiasts and hobbyists, specifically in knitting, crochet, and miniature painting, who require structured digital management for their projects.
Providing specialized digital toolkits for hobbyists to manage complex craft projects and inventory. Helping creators organize their creative workflows with precision.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 10Last updated
Pocket Knitting
v1.0.149
4mo ago
Primary focus
Niche productivity tools for hobbyists and crafters
Scale
indie
Target audience
Craft enthusiasts and hobbyists, specifically in knitting, crochet, and miniature painting, who require structured digital management for their projects.
Origin
Developed by avid music fans who identified a gap in the market for a dedicated ticket management solution for live music events.
Released 26 updates across the portfolio in the last 6 months, demonstrating a high-frequency development cycle across both core productivity and entertainment titles.
10 apps analysed
Zero-cost utility for members
Venue-specific UX (auto-brightness/QR zoom)
Intuitive drag-and-drop sizing
2
Positive apps
0
Neutral / mixed
0
Negative apps
89/100
Avg sentiment score
With over 6,600 reviews and a consistent release cadence, this is the dominant, feature-rich market leader in the digital knitting assistant space.
A niche-specific entrant that directly targets the crochet demographic with a dedicated, modern project-tracking suite.
Shows high development velocity with 11 releases in six months, signaling an aggressive push into the craft-tracking space.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
As the category-defining custom widget app, it is the primary gatekeeper for home screen real estate and the benchmark for photo-based widget utility.
Ribblr dominates the niche with a massive user base and a specialized ecosystem that integrates pattern management with a social marketplace.
Spond is a high-velocity rival (18 releases in 6 months) that directly competes for group event coordination and availability tracking.
A direct, high-quality competitor focused on project organization and row counting that serves the exact same user intent.
A major aesthetic competitor that bundles photo widgets with full system-wide themes, including icons and wallpapers.
The primary community-building alternative, offering superior role-based access control for complex organizational structures.
The dominant 'Social Photo' rival that turns the home screen into a live communication channel rather than a static gallery.
Specifically optimized for the administrative side of event planning, focusing on attendee management and check-ins.
High-velocity rival (13 updates in 6 months) that dominates the electronic music niche with a highly optimized digital wallet.
A mature platform with deep roster management capabilities that serves as a robust alternative for organized group logistics.
Targets the 'Personal/Emotional' widget niche through interactive features for couples and friends, moving beyond passive photo display.
known foriScreen - Widgets & Wallpaper
A high-velocity competitor with 27 releases in the last 6 months, signaling an extremely aggressive feature-ship cadence.
Focuses on the 'Total Makeover' use case, prioritizing icon replacement over deep widget customization.
Aggressive update cadence (14 releases in 6 months) focused on streamlining the 'Mobile ID' entry process.
A direct peer in the 'Aesthetic' niche that prioritizes visual style over functional utility.
The dominant player for mid-market and independent events, focusing on high-speed QR scanning for entry.
A productivity peer that competes for the user's 'PDF pattern storage' use case through superior annotation tools.
A streamlined peer focused on the 'next event' UX, ideal for groups that find Discord or TeamSnap too complex.
An adjacent discovery platform that serves as the primary source for pattern inspiration before users move to a tracking app.
A privacy-focused peer for groups that prioritize secure internal communications for sensitive logistics.
A lightweight messaging peer that bridges the gap between app users and those relying on SMS.
The industry standard for digital entry; its 'SafeTix' technology is the primary reason users require a dedicated wallet app.
An established player focusing on the 'Icon + Widget' bundle to capture users looking for a complete phone redesign.
The default 'low-friction' rival that I.R.I.S. must displace by offering specialized event utility.
The 'Pro' tool for widget enthusiasts, offering a visual editor similar to Photoshop or Figma.
An emerging threat that treats event staff like a professional workforce with structured task management.
Extreme development velocity with 25 releases in the last 6 months, signaling a rapid expansion of their 'Experience' and 'Wallet' features.
Provides a unique real-time voice utility that replaces physical radios during live event coordination.
