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Rowtine

Knitting and crochet app: patterns, stash, counters. Offline and free.
New in version 1.4.0
Stitch techniques memo: basic and common knitting and crochet stitches and techniques, in the Tools and in the reader's cheat sheet.
The current row in a notification while you follow a pattern: check off the row, count repeats, chart reminder, without opening the app.
The screen stays on while you follow a pattern.
Badge: each yarn's colorway and the project's fibres.
Various improvements and fixes.
Rowtine is a knitting and crochet app. It keeps in one place what is
usually scattered across a project: yarn stash, PDF patterns, row counters
and project notes.

Features:

* Track every project from cast-on to finished piece. Between sessions the
app remembers where you left off.
* Import a PDF pattern: sections, rows and sizes are rebuilt automatically,
entirely on the device. Patterns in English, French, German and Spanish
are supported.
* Read a pattern with a size selector: every number in the text is
filtered down to the chosen size.
* Follow a chart row by row, with a movable marker and an abbreviations
sheet always at hand. On a tablet, the chart and the text can be shown
side by side.
* Manage a yarn stash: what is reserved for a project, what is still free,
with a warning when there isn't enough left to finish a piece, including
multicoloured yarns (gradient, self-striping, speckled, hand-dyed).
* Track the cost of every project; purchases and gifts are recorded
separately.
* Look up a needle or hook size from a yarn's ball band and a pattern's
gauge.
* Two standalone tools: an increase/decrease distribution calculator and a
free-standing counter.
* Metric or imperial units, five currencies.
* Interface, in-app guide and pattern import in English, French, German
and Spanish.

The app works offline and keeps all data on the device: no account, no
data collection, no server.

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 1.4.0 (12) suggested Added on Oct 02, 2026

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    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • take pictures and videos
      This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • com.rowtine.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 13 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • New in version 1.3.4
    Decimal yarn quantities (e.g. 2.5 skeins). Import your yarn stash from a Ravelry export (.xlsx). PDF import: the pattern's pictures are better preserved, and patterns are read more accurately, German ones in particular. Pattern viewer: large step images, PDF cover at the top, improved preview. Various UI improvements and fixes.
  • Version 1.3.4 (11) - Added on Sep 29, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • take pictures and videos
      This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
    • com.rowtine.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 13 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • New in version 1.3.1
    HEIC/HEIF photo support (requires Android 9 / API 28 or higher). Yarn stash menu: UX improvements.
  • Version 1.3.1 (8) - Added on Sep 23, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • take pictures and videos
      This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
    • com.rowtine.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 13 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log