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Best Knitting Puzzle Apps for iPhone (2026)

7 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Puzzle Games.

Yarn Loop: Knit Puzzle is the top-ranked of 7 knitting puzzle apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 55,948 ratings.

  1. 1
    Yarn Loop: Knit PuzzleS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 55,948 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    Knit Away - Yarn 3DS
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 24,727 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    Knit OutS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 36,948 ratings · score 92
  4. 4
    Yarnation: Unravel FlowS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,877 ratings · score 92
  5. 5
    stitch.A
    n/a · ★ 4.8 · 34,826 ratings · score 85

What belongs in this list

Solve puzzle levels that use knitting, yarn or stitches as the core play.

Not here: a yarn sorting puzzle alone; a knitting pattern or tutorial app alone; an art or drawing puzzle alone; a general puzzle collection alone; a yarn wallpaper pack alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Yarn LoopKnit AwayKnit OutYarnation
A
stitch.
B
Color Knitzy
C
Thread Jam
D
None at D yet
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Yarn Loop: Knit PuzzleS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 55,948 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    Knit Away - Yarn 3DS
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 24,727 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    Knit OutS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 36,948 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  4. 4
    Yarnation: Unravel FlowS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,877 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  5. 5
    stitch.A
    n/a · ★ 4.8 · 34,826 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  6. 6
    Color KnitzyB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,299 ratings · score 78 · good
  7. 7
    Thread Jam - Untangle 3D RopesC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 11,439 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best knitting puzzle app for iPhone?
Yarn Loop: Knit Puzzle, S tier, ranked #1 of 7, rated 4.8 by 55,948 people.
Which knitting puzzle apps are free?
6 of 7 are free to download: Yarn Loop: Knit Puzzle (S), Knit Away - Yarn 3D (S), Knit Out (S), Yarnation: Unravel Flow (S) and more. 3 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which knitting puzzle app has the best App Store rating?
Knit Away - Yarn 3D at 4.9 from 24,727 ratings.
How many knitting puzzle apps reach S or A tier?
5 of 7. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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