Is the woodworking app market saturated? What the App Store US data says

8 keywords measured on App Store US, last scanned 2026-10-31. Figures are read directly from store pages, not estimated.

NEW ENTRANTS · 12 MONTHS

How many woodworking apps released in the last 12 months are ranking on App Store US today, and how many reached the ratings threshold?

Not enough apps old enough to judge Only 1 of the apps holding top-10 here was released 6–12 months ago; 10 more were released in the last 6 months and are too young to judge — too small a sample to call the niche either way.

Released 6–12 months ago, past 50 ratings

0/1

top-10 apps released 6–12 months ago that reached 50 ratings

Too young to judge

released in the last 6 months, not counted either way

Over 24 months

2/6

same ratings threshold

Median release year, top-10

2025

of 24 dated apps

Store autocomplete confirms people search for this niche. Searched for: "diy woodworking projects with 3d modeling software" suggested after typing 40% (position 0).

WHAT WINNERS CHARGE

Are woodworking apps profitable, and what do the top apps on App Store US charge?

5 of 5 sell in-app purchases; prices were read for 4 of them, top prices range from 7.99 USD to at least 154.99 USD. 1 not updated in a year.

Real prices, read from each app's own store page, not estimated

App holding top-5	Ratings	What it charges	Last update
Woodturning 3D	475,463	at least 154.99 USD — Vault of 800 Skip It's	updated 2026-11-02
WoodSense: Wood Plans & Guides	21,231	at least 39.99 USD — WoodSense Premium	updated 2026-11-03
Moblo - 3D Furniture Modeling	681	7.99 USD — Premium access	updated 2026-10-27
MakeByMe: 3D Furniture Design	146	sells in-app purchases, price not read	no update in 12 months
Lumbernatics - Woodwork Design	67	49.99 USD — Perpetual Upgrade	updated 2026-09-27

How to read this

App Store pages list at most 10 in-app purchases and do not order them by price. 2 of these 4 apps filled that limit, so their price is the highest of the items shown, not necessarily the highest they sell. Google Play prints one price range instead, and its upper end is the real top.

REVENUE CHARTS

Do woodworking apps make money on App Store US, judged by days on a top-grossing chart?

1 of 24 apps holding a top-10 position sat on their category's top-grossing chart on at least 3 of the last 30 days.

App	Category	Best rank	Days on chart
WoodSense: Wood Plans & Guides	Reference	15	30/30

How to read this

Chart read on 30 of the last 30 days.

Only the top-grossing chart counts. Top-paid charts are left out: paid-app sales are thin enough that almost any paid app reaches one. Each category chart lists the 100 highest-earning apps in that category on this store, so the bar is far higher in Games than in Medical.

KEYWORDS

What do people search to find a woodworking app, and which keywords does nobody target?

4 of 8 keywords have no top-10 app aiming at them: rockler woodworking, woodworking projects, woodworking plans and 1 more.

Keyword	Difficulty (0–100)	Apps targeting it
rockler woodworking	2	nobody — 0/10
woodworking projects	7	nobody — 0/10
woodworking plans	9	nobody — 0/10
diy woodworking projects with 3d modeling software	13	nobody — 0/10
woodworking design tool	9	1/10
woodworking	18	3/10
woodworking 3d	29	3/10
woodwork design	24	4/10

How to read this

Difficulty is the cost of reaching the top, 0–100. "Apps targeting it" counts top-10 apps carrying every word of the keyword in their name or subtitle.

COMPLAINTS

What do users complain about in the top woodworking apps?

Too few complaints collected to summarise (0).

How to read this

The store shows only a slice of reviews and skews positive — so the shares show which problems dominate, not how many users hit them.

OTHER STORE

Is the woodworking app market different on Android (Google Play)?

See woodworking on Google Play US → 1 of 4 top-10 apps released 6–12 months ago reached 50 ratings there