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YarnPal - Crochet & Patterns
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Top complaints - extracted from 52 negative reviews
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1
"patterns"
19 negative reviews mention this · 37% of all complaints
★★★★★ "AI Slop. All the images and patterns are AI generated" - Oogaboogaungabunga
2
"free"
16 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "AI. Decided to download after seeing a couple ads don’t waste your time if you find one good pattern in the sea of AI nonsense you’re lucky!! Oh and it’s not free and the free trial ain’t worth it ☺️" - C.E.V.O
3
"money"
12 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "AI generated. AI generated info that has so many inaccuracies that it will make you believe you are a bad crocheter. What a waste of money. You are better off using free tutorials on YouTube." - Verpoo
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"everything"
11 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Make it better. Let's say that this application is paid, but it is far from being something that helps beginners, it is difficult to understand the patterns for beginners, it is not very explanatory and not every project has video to help. This complicates…" - loregiovana7
5
"waste"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "AI. Decided to download after seeing a couple ads don’t waste your time if you find one good pattern in the sea of AI nonsense you’re lucky!! Oh and it’s not free and the free trial ain’t worth it ☺️" - C.E.V.O
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"find"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "AI. Decided to download after seeing a couple ads don’t waste your time if you find one good pattern in the sea of AI nonsense you’re lucky!! Oh and it’s not free and the free trial ain’t worth it ☺️" - C.E.V.O
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"trial"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "AI. Decided to download after seeing a couple ads don’t waste your time if you find one good pattern in the sea of AI nonsense you’re lucky!! Oh and it’s not free and the free trial ain’t worth it ☺️" - C.E.V.O
8
"free trial"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "AI. Decided to download after seeing a couple ads don’t waste your time if you find one good pattern in the sea of AI nonsense you’re lucky!! Oh and it’s not free and the free trial ain’t worth it ☺️" - C.E.V.O
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"project"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Make it better. Let's say that this application is paid, but it is far from being something that helps beginners, it is difficult to understand the patterns for beginners, it is not very explanatory and not every project has video to help. This complicates…" - loregiovana7
10
"doesn"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not great. Doesn’t show how to add embellishments and safety eyes. Quite disappointing" - I loved the game before
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"crochet"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Deleting even though I paid. It’s so bad that even though I forgot to cancel the free trial and paid for a year, I’m still deleting it. Wish I would’ve paid attention to reviews. Can’t find a search option so I’m just scrolling for days before I find what I need. I don…" - Landaeh
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Glitchy app
Can’t change my dominant hand
AI Slop
All the images and patterns are AI generated
AI
All the patterns on here are AI and make no sense. Don’t waste your 35 dollars. If I could give it a 0 star rating I would. Wish I could get a refund.
AI generated
AI generated info that has so many inaccuracies that it will make you believe you are a bad crocheter. What a waste of money. You are better off using free tutorials on YouTube.
Not great
Doesn’t show how to add embellishments and safety eyes. Quite disappointing
The AI photos are a total turn off
Why are there so many AI pics of the projects in the inspiration page. It makes it feel cheap and scammy. 👎
Bro
Literally have to pay for every when the ads say it’s FREE scam:(
What to believe
Is this app a scam I want to download but everyone saying ai the developer says no it’s not but if I download what would I get I don’t like ai don’t forget to clear my cookies
Not Free
Not free, the ad is a lie
Patterns
You have to pay for EVERYTHING
DO NOT PAY FOR
This whole app is AI. ALL of the pictures and patterns are just generated from AI and almost ALL of them DO NOT make ANY sense. If you are advanced with crochet you MIGHT be able to figure out some patterns yourself by tweaking them and using your creative judgement but if you are a beginner do NOT PAY FOR THIS APP. The patterns make NO sense and your project WILL NOT COME OUT LIKE THE PICTURE!!
Shady
Was supposed to notify me before my free trial ended. Never did, now I ended up paying 40$ for a year subscription I won’t use. Thanks for that, and in the app it won’t let me click on the contact us. Shady company if you ask me
HORRIBLE
You don’t have to pay for to watch a vid a follow it but you have to pay for pro things to crochet and its makes no sense and there is no free trail, everything free is ugly and what u have to pay for is SOOO cute
Not clear instructions
missed steps, disorganized steps, not good for learning. so confusing, spending way to much time asking AI questions that rarely clarify instructions. waste of money!
NO
Very difficult to use, you have to pay for everything, don’t buy this app
Complete Ai
Most of the thumbnails for the patterns are AI. Like mesh bags standing on their own without support, dolls that are severely top heavy also stand on their own. Stitches aren’t even real stitches, or so blurry all over it just looks like fabric. Some do look real, but when I scroll for an hour, and 90% are AI? I’ll give some credit, I didn’t try to make the patterns, because usually it’s a pattern that doesn’t turn out right at all. Don’t waste your time or money!
Bad App
Every Single Pattern on this app is AI. None are real patterns, don’t get the app. It will steal your money.
AI
They clearly use AI for a lot of the pictures of the projects and it’s very disappointing
NOT RECOMMEND
DON’T RECOMMEND BC U HAVE TO PAY TO USE THE PATTERNS THAT SAY PRO AN/D NOT A LOT OF PATTERNS THAT ARE FREE
AI slop
They used AI to do the voice overs and it doesn’t match with the videos. Insane to pay for a subscription for something that they didn’t even take the time to make great.
AI SLOP
every tutorial is just ai videos it’s actually terrible
Detail videos
I see most project just have guide and no videos and it's confusing I would recommend adding videos too
Dishonest
Horrible app that steals your money! Says it’ll be one price a month for a subscription and takes a much larger amount and refuses to refund it. HORRIBLE!
USES AI FOR PHOTOS
The photos showing the crochet items are all just about AI, the stitches blur together or are X’s which isnt a crochet stitch.
all of it is ai
every single picture shown is ai. instructions were clearly written with ai as well. there’s roughly only 12 free patterns and the other 100 you have to pay for which is dumb. i would recommend looking up tutorials on youtube instead of wasting money on a cash grab app
What happened?
I used this app this morning and now it won’t load! I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled and no changes.
Please fix!
Please fix!
Any crochet project
What I see on FB and what your app shows are 2 completely different things. I signed up for a year and I cannot find any patterns that was on FB. I would like my money back as this is a bait and switch scam
YarnPal
I loveeee this app yess now when I said that u mite be wondering y did I put a 2 star well most of the stuff are with pro and the stuff that army pro u don’t have a video to show u how to do stuff just reading paragraphs and in the beginning they asked like the question can u crotchet with this like the reading and I put I don’t understand nothin’ I will download another app.
Not useful
There is no search option. I am forced to scroll through all the patters instead of searching for items that I want.
Don’t waste space.
Not sure how it’s gotten 5 stars. No filtering or search capabilities. The patterns available - terrible. The “advertisement “ of cup cozies….dont exist. Terrible.
AI patterns
I'm honestly super upset. I bought this and the patterns I have looked at have all been AI. They don't even come close to the picture. They only included 1 picture and didn't even show the whole animal. Not worth it. Wish I could get my money back.
They reached out, and I've tried to continue. Found more AI photos with tutorials that are nothing like the picture.
They reached out, and I've tried to continue. Found more AI photos with tutorials that are nothing like the picture.
boooo
everything is pro, and you have to pay to see 99% (maybe even more) of all the patterns in the app. and i’m pretty sure all of the pictures are AI generated and i don’t think i want to subscribe to pro.
Worse app ever
This app does not allow you to cancel. I canceled right away and it is making me pay for an entire year
Knitting and Money
Everything is locked behind a HUGE pay wall. Don’t buy this is you want to keep your money. Also, there is NO knitting content. They should change the name and image to advertise correctly. Only crocheters who are willing to pay should get this app
Disappointed by the AI
I was super excited to get the subscription and have patterns that I could get step by step instructions and track progress. I was super disappointed because the first project I tried made no sense due to AI seeming to be the sole way these are out together. The AI voice over for the videos is grating and you’re better off finding a free YouTube tutorial. I canceled my subscription immediately.
Awful
I unfortunately forgot to cancel my free trial and I’m now out $40. This app is terrible. There is no search function, which should be a basic thing to have. You can’t see the whole pattern, you have to scroll through step by step. And pretty much everything on here is AI garbage.
AI
Decided to download after seeing a couple ads don’t waste your time if you find one good pattern in the sea of AI nonsense you’re lucky!! Oh and it’s not free and the free trial ain’t worth it ☺️
Make it better
Let's say that this application is paid, but it is far from being something that helps beginners, it is difficult to understand the patterns for beginners, it is not very explanatory and not every project has video to help. This complicates a lot because there should be video for everything!!
Deleting even though I paid
It’s so bad that even though I forgot to cancel the free trial and paid for a year, I’m still deleting it. Wish I would’ve paid attention to reviews. Can’t find a search option so I’m just scrolling for days before I find what I need. I don’t care how much they say it’s not ai, they’re flat out lying. Humans may be uploading the pattern, but everything after that is ai including pics and videos. I’m sticking to yt because that’s honestly how I’ve grown in crocheting already. They only got 2 stars because I love the concept.
Mmmh
It can be easy to understand for beginners like how to do a chain but this can also find it in YouTube the rest of stuff that they have u need to pay for it. They have cute stuff but is not free
Pretty Disappointed
I did the free trial, only to open the app and be bombarded by ai patterns and clearly ai pictures. It’s really disappointing that patterns aren’t being filtered, or that ai is possibly being used. Looks like you could find real patterns, but you have to dig through the influx of fraud
Eh
Almost all of the patterns and photos are Ai
Can’t find specific patterns
Patterns shown in some of the advertising are not actually available in the app, nor is there any way to search for specific patterns without scrolling through all of them.
Why so much money?
Well, it’s a great app, I love all of the patterns bookmarked them, looked at the app and then I saw that everything said pro on the bottom of the corner wondered why? I tap on it. It says I have to pay $39. I’m not gonna pay $39.the whole reason I got it was because I thought everything was free!😡 just like why
This app makes me very mad
As a skilled crocheter I love to learn new patterns, but this app makes you pay for 80% of all their patterns. I think that’s just absurd. Especially for people who want to try crochet but don’t want to pay so much money for a couple patterns that they’ll do and forget about. I don’t have my own credit card, and I don’t see any other way to pay for this app. Please get an app that doesn’t make you pay for patterns, not this one.
4/10
You have too use money you can only use the recommended ones pls fix it
No customer service
Won’t allow me to login on my tablet, when I go to the contact us it doesn’t work.
ai generated projects on the very first page
ai
Yarnpal Review
I’m still working on project one making a bow bro she goes to fast where do u think I learned everything? YouTube ofc yarnpal is literally no help 💀
Bro
Bro stop making everything pro like let us enjoy the app for free
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Sentiment summary
93%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)