Is Loopsy free?

Yes, with limits. The free plan has no end date and keeps the counters, timers and stash. It allows 10 pattern and stash imports a week. Loopsy Pro removes the caps for $39.99 a year or $9.99 a month, according to Loopsy's own pricing page. It runs only on Apple devices.

Where the price is

Two of Apple's prices match the website. The other five could be older prices, regional offers or a lifetime plan. Loopsy does not say, and a one-time purchase appears nowhere on its site.

The annual plan is the cheaper way to pay. Twelve months at $9.99 come to $119.88, against $39.99 for the year (derived).

What is free and what is Pro

The table does not say how many projects or stash items a free account holds. The import cap changed on 24 September 2026, when version 4.7.0 replaced “one flat limit” with 10 imports every week. The home page also lists “cloud sync across all your devices” under Pro, which the pricing table leaves out.

The subscription screen at the start

A two-star review from June 2026 describes setting up a profile and then meeting a payment screen before trying anything. The developer's reply says the app is free with no payment details needed: close the subscription screen and the free version has no time limit. The reply also says the first screen was being changed so the free option is obvious. So if Loopsy asks for a card on first launch, closing that screen is the free plan.

A review from September 2025 describes missing the end of a free trial and being charged for a year. Loopsy's terms say a subscription renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and that Apple handles refunds. Since the trial length is not printed anywhere we read, check it on the subscription screen before you start one.

When a paid feature changed

In October 2026 a one-star review said the feature the reviewer bought the annual plan for, converting PDF patterns into step-by-step smart patterns, had been removed mid-subscription. The developer's reply of 6 October apologized and said a new Format Steps feature brings automatic PDF step formatting back for existing Pro subscribers. The reviewer's edit of 9 October says the smart patterns they already had disappeared after updating. We could not check either side of that inside the app.

Loopsy ships quickly: four versions between 30 September and 14 October 2026. That pace is how the app grew fast, and it is also why a feature list read today can differ next month.

Other row counters, and how they price

YarnBuddy's three item names each state their term. Loopsy's own website is clearer than its App Store list; it just prints two prices where Apple shows seven.

What Loopsy does better

• It keeps the whole project in one place. Patterns from PDFs, photos and links sit beside the counter, the timer and the yarn they use. Stitch Keeper counts and keeps notes, and that is all.
• The stash knows your patterns. A four-star review describes looking at a yarn and seeing which saved patterns it suits.
• It runs across Apple devices, including Apple Watch, and Pro covers up to five family members.
• The free plan has no end date, and Apple's privacy panel lists no data used to track you.
• It is being worked on constantly, and the developer answers reviews by name, including the angry ones.

What we could not check

Nothing inside the app was read. So the trial length, the free project and stash limits, what the five unexplained App Store prices are, and whether Format Steps restores what smart patterns did are all missing. Loopsy's “500k+ makers” is its own claim; Apple shows about 17,000 ratings.