Ribblr - Crochet & Knitting

I cannot begin to describe how amazing this app is!! I’ve had it for over a year now, and it’s the best thing ever! They have so many amazing features like being able to rebuild and easily create patterns, posting journals of your finished plushie, being able to sell patterns and makes, as well as being able to cross off lines/rounds in a pattern once you finish it, and so much more. They offer so many patterns both free and paid. It’s also super easy to startup and manage a shop, and have testers even as an absolute beginner! There are tester calls, sales, everything. But the best part has to be its amazing community💗 you can easily connect with so many other crafters of all ages! Everyone is so supportive and kind and friendly. There are multiple chats where you get to share makes, talk anything crafty. Whenever you have a problem, need help, or just wanna share something, it’s so easy to make a post for it! I’ve made so many friends on this app it’s crazy. Ribblr is one of the highlights in my life, I couldn’t live without it <3

ribblr used to be my absolute go to for most patterns. i love the interactive patterns and there are a lot of great patten makers on here, but oh my god i cannot deal with how SLOW the app has gotten. i have good internet and it take upwards of 30-40 seconds to load anything, and don’t even get me started on how long it takes to load photos. i’ve waited upwards of 5 minutes before for it to load the payment screen to buy a pattern. ribblr is basically unusable for me on computer since you can’t just scroll through the pattern and have to load each section individually. and what is up with mandatory follows to get a pattern? this shouldn’t even be an option for pattern makers to have. if i like a persons patterns i will follow them anyway, but pattern makers can only have one pattern and i HAVE to follow them to get it? it wouldn’t be so bad but then i get no less than 10 notifications for each pattern that comes out for each person i have to follow to get a pattern. i don’t think i’ve ever seen an app get so bloated and awful to use so quickly. currently in the process of writing down the patterns that are ribblr exclusive (not to share) so i can actually use them.

This app is amazing to get free patterns from! I love the helpful features for customizing patterns and converting them too! I love having a ton of options right in front of me to choose from easily instead of having to search for exact pattern I want on google or Pinterest. I’ve had a few problems though. It is a bit slow, so patience is needed a bit. I’m not a big fan of the limit of free patterns you can get a day, it should be stated in the beginning so you don’t go pattern crazy, then after the five, you find on you really want, but find out you can’t get it for another 24 hours. These aren’t exactly issues, but they could maybe be improved a bit. My only bigger issue, I’d that I found a pattern that was followers only, so I followed that person, but when I tried to get the pattern, it said I needed to follow the designer first, even though I already did. Overall, it is an amazing app if you have patience!