Alpaca: Your Ravelry Companion

Alpaca is a paid mobile client for Ravelry that enables crafters to manage patterns, projects, and yarn stash on the go. The app currently ranks #3 in Mexico's paid Lifestyle charts and #160 in Sweden's paid Lifestyle charts, indicating niche regional traction.

Similar apps: Ravelry (official web/mobile interface), Goodreads, Pinterest

Users appreciate the app's superior interface and ease of use compared to the Ravelry mobile website, particularly for browsing patterns and managing projects. However, recent updates have introduced critical bugs that break search filters and cause crashes, leading to significant frustration and a drop in usability.

Mixed but leaning positive (58% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for working reliably, and its design. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.

What people like

• Crashes & bugs: “Love this app but glitchy lately”
• Design: “A better UI than the actual Ravelry site”
• Features & content: “Within the past week or so the filters feature stopped working”
• Fun: “I use this app a lot, and it’s very very enjoyable”

Common complaints

• Crashes & bugs: “The IPhone search doesn’t work”
• Updates: “Latest update broke filters”