I discuss the software used by designers and tech editors, sharing my knowledge and research into what works and what doesn’t.
- Text Editors
- Word ($6 to $22 per month billed annually for suite), Microsoft Office 365
- Google Docs
- Pages
- Math/Number crunchers
- Excel
- Google Sheets
- Numbers
- Document Layout
- InDesign (20.99 per mth/ or 54.99 per mth for suite)
- Affinity Publisher 69.99/19.99 for iPad (entire suite on all platforms, Mac, iOS, and Windows 169.99)
- Some have used presentation software like PowerPoint (Microsoft) or KeyNote (Apple office)
- PDF readers and annotators
- Acrobat
- Preview
- iAnnotate (have not found it available on MAC, 9.99 iOS)
- Photo Editing
- Photoshop
- Lightroom
- Photoshop Elements (99.99 one time, with Premiere elements/video editing 149.99)
- Affinity Photo
- Charting Software
- Stitchmastery, knit only (Windows, Mac, and Linux: $75)
- Stitch Fiddle ($2.50 per mth)
- Stitch Maps, knit only
- Software I found but can’t talk about since I have no experience with them
- Pattern Genius, 24.99
- Knitting Chart, subscription 6 mths – $20.49, 1 yr – 32.99, iOS 19.99, does both knit and crochet, Mac & iOS
- iOS only
- Pattern Craft. 3.99
- Pattern Maker, free, knit only
- Knitting iCharts, 2.99
- Crochet Chart, 8.99 (same people who did Knitting Chart), complaints seem to be around not being able to do straight charts – rows and columns which is allowed in Knitting Chart.
- CrochetCreator, lots of in-app add ons that cost from .99 to 2.99 and poor reviews
- Schematics
- Illustrator
- Affinity Designer
- Vectornator (MAC and iOS only: free)
- Inkscapes (free, Mac & Windows – stay current requires reading their site regularly)
- Invoicing/Payment methods
- Ravelry
- Lovecrafts
- KnitCompanion (information on getting your patterns listed, note, you must be a Ravelry designer)
- Etsy
- added to your personal website
NOTE: for non-Ravelry sources, you can list in the YarnDatabase