Filo - Crochet and Knitting

Filo is a companion for crochet and knitting that works entirely offline: row counters built to be used without looking, a pattern reader that keeps your place, and a yarn stash that can tell you whether you have enough — before you start.

COUNT WITHOUT THINKING
• Big counters with a full-screen work mode: tap anywhere, or press the volume keys — no need to look at the screen
• A haptic tick on every count, with an optional click sound
• Targets and automatic repeats: counting past the target starts the next repeat
• Linked counters that advance automatically every N rows of another
• Reminders at a value ("start decreases at row 42"), so you can stop watching the pattern
• Stitch counting in the round, for spirals and amigurumi
• Keeps the screen awake while you work

YOUR PATTERNS, OFFLINE
• Import a PDF, photograph a printed page, pick an image, or paste the text
• Scan a printed pattern: text recognition reads the page so the reader can follow it line by line
• The reader highlights the row you are on, keeps your place and can advance as you count
• Text search inside PDFs and patterns
• Reading ruler for rows and charts, page tints (dim, night) and adjustable text size
• Glossary of standard abbreviations, plus the ones a designer made up
• Everything stays on your device and works with no signal

PROJECTS
• Statuses: planned, in progress, finished, frogged
• Pieces with their own counters — front, back, sleeves
• Notes, photos, tags and due dates with a reminder on the day
• A journal with time worked, start and finish dates
• Attach a pattern and read it with the project's counter floating on top

YOUR STASH
• Yarns with brand, colourway, weight, skeins, metreage, dye lot, price and where they live
• Scan the barcode or photograph the ball band to fill in the details
• "Do I have enough?" compares what a pattern needs against your stash
• An inventory of your hooks and needles, so you stop buying a second 4 mm

TOOLBOX — ALL OFFLINE
• US ↔ UK terms translator
• Hook and needle size charts: US, UK/Canada and metric
• Gauge: how far off your swatch is, and which size to try next
• Yarn substitution and yardage rescaling
• Increases and decreases spread evenly across a row, computed for you
• Abbreviations reference for both crafts

RAVELRY — OPTIONAL
• Browse Ravelry's catalogue of patterns and yarns
• Import your Ravelry stash, library and favourites
• Download your own pattern PDFs into the library

SYNC, BACKUP, PRIVACY
• Offline-first: everything is saved on your device, no account required
• Export and import a full backup — free
• Cloud sync across devices with Filo Pro, with Apple or Google sign-in to get everything back on a new phone
• No ads. Usage statistics and crash reports are strictly opt-in

STATISTICS
• Time tracked, rows counted, projects finished and yarn used — built from what the app already recorded

FILO PRO
The free version includes 3 active projects, 5 patterns in your library and 5 pattern scans. Filo Pro (subscription) unlocks unlimited projects, patterns and scans, cloud sync and backup, and the full statistics breakdown.

Filo is available in English, Italian, German, Spanish and French.

Questions or ideas? Write to [email protected] — every message gets read.