Row Counter: Knitting Tally

New: shaping plans that work out every decrease row, a count key that ignores stray touches, Siri counting and backups. Pro is one payment, no subscription.

Row Counter keeps your place while you knit or crochet, and it looks like the piece on your needles. Every row you count becomes a row of stitches on the screen: the fabric hangs from a bamboo needle, the newest row sits on it, and a pattern repeat closes with a ridge, the way it does in your hands.

A big key at the bottom counts the row when you lift your finger, so a brush of the hand or a phone in your lap does not count by mistake. Counted one too many? Undo sits right next to it, and two quick taps leave a short "2 rows counted · Undo" note. A lock keeps pocket taps out, and the screen stays on while you count.

Shaping plans, new in 2.1: type the pattern's instruction once, such as "decrease at each end every 8th row 3 times, then every 6th row 4 times", and the counter works out the rows. When one comes up, the instruction hangs on the needle as a tag: "Row 89 · Decrease at each end · 2 of 7".

Pattern repeats are counted the way charts number them: row 11 of 12, repeat 7, with the total underneath. Row reminders put a note on the row it belongs to, once or every few rows.

Count without touching the screen: ask Siri, press the Action Button or use Shortcuts to count a row, take one back or hear which row you are on.

Backups: save every project to one file in Files or iCloud Drive, and restore it on a new phone by replacing what is there or adding to it.

Give a piece a row target and the tape shows how far along it is, your pace in rows an hour and roughly how long is left. Each project has its own yarn colour, its stitch (stockinette, garter, 1×1 or 2×2 rib), notes and the hours it has spent on the needles. Share a progress picture with whoever is waiting for the sweater.

Sounds start off, respect the ring switch and leave your music or podcast playing. Counting needs no login, no network and no sign-up. Your projects are stored here, and the privacy card lists no collected data.

Free: one project with its row counter, undo, notes, target, pace and backups, a complete row counter. Pro is a single payment that adds unlimited projects, counters side by side, pattern repeats, row reminders and shaping plans. Never a subscription.