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Strikk is a private, offline workspace for counters, projects, yarn stash and patterns. Everything stays on your device — there is no account to lose access to and no server to be down.

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Common questions

Can I count without opening Strikk?

Yes, and it is free. On a project's counters, or on the Counters tab, tap Show on Lock Screen: the project's name and its two top counters appear on the Lock Screen, each with − and +, and in the Dynamic Island on an iPhone that has one. To choose which two, touch and hold a counter and pick Move Up or Move Down. Remove from Lock Screen takes them off. On a locked iPhone, iOS may need Face ID or your passcode before a Lock Screen button counts. If Live Activities are turned off for Strikk, Strikk says so, with a button to Settings.

You can also add Count a Row to Control Center, or to the Action button on an iPhone that has one, or say “Count a row in Strikk” to Siri. Both count the counter you used last, and “Undo a row in Strikk” takes one back.

Why didn't my pattern's chart come through?

Strikk does not read charts (colourwork or cable grids) into structured data yet — it recognises where a chart is referenced and tells you so rather than guessing at what it shows. Work from the original pattern for the charted sections; everything else in the pattern digitises normally.

A row in my digitised pattern looks cut off

Strikk is conservative on purpose: if it can't read a row with confidence, it flags it for review rather than guessing at a stitch count. The pattern-review screen is the same screen as the manual editor, so you can fix any row by hand — check the original page for that row's flagged content.

Do I need a subscription?

No. Strikk Pro is one payment, once. Unlimited counters, unlimited yarn stash, manual recipes, and up to three projects are free forever, with no catch.

I bought Pro on another device — how do I get it back?

Open the Projects tab and tap the round button in the top-left corner: a sparkle before you buy, a seal once Pro is yours. The Strikk Pro screen it opens always has a Restore Purchases button. Strikk doesn't keep its own record of whether you've bought Pro; it asks Apple every time, so restoring always reflects your real purchase history.

Does digitising a pattern or resizing it need the internet?

No. Both run on your iPhone, with Strikk's own pattern reader, on any iPhone that runs iOS 26. An optional extra step on iPhones with Apple Intelligence uses Apple's on-device model, which runs on the phone too. Nothing is uploaded. The only two things in Strikk that can involve leaving the app at all — searching for patterns online, and asking an AI chat to help read a pattern — open your own browser, or hand the pattern to an app you choose, and only when you choose to use them. Full detail: Privacy Policy.

Can I sort my patterns into groups?

Yes, and it is free. Make your own categories — sweaters, children's clothes, gifts — from the button at the top of the Patterns or Projects list, and tap one to show only what is in it. A pattern or project can be in several. The same menu sorts the list by name or by what changed most recently, and Projects can also sort In Progress First, which is how that list opens unless you have chosen another order.

Can I use Strikk without buying Pro?

Yes — the free tier is a complete, usable app: unlimited counters, unlimited yarn and needle stash, your own hand-written or manually entered patterns, and up to three projects. Pro adds automatic pattern digitisation, gauge-based resizing, the stash matcher, handing a pattern to the AI chat you already use, and unlimited projects.

Privacy

Strikk collects nothing: no accounts, no analytics, no servers. Full policy: Privacy Policy.