Not sure which knot you need? Knot IQ helps you choose the right one, then shows you how to tie it in true interactive 3D.
Built by The Bear Essentials, Knot IQ is a practical knot-tying guide with 300+ knots for fishing, camping, climbing, boating, bushcraft, rescue, arborist work, scouting, and everyday rope work. Download the enhanced 3D knots you need and keep learning offline.
CHOOSE WITH KNOTFINDER
Start with the job, not the knot’s name. Answer a few quick questions about what you are doing. KnotFINDER narrows the choices, explains why each recommendation fits, and helps you compare your options.
CONTROL EVERY STEP IN TRUE 3D
Rotate the knot freely, zoom in, scrub through every step, reverse the sequence, pause, and change the playback speed. Adjust the rope colours for better visibility or switch to left-handed mode.
LEARN WHERE AND WHY A KNOT WORKS
Go beyond memorizing an animation. Review practical uses, strengths, trade-offs, and related knots. Interactive scenes show where knots belong in real situations: tap a task to see what to tie and where.
300+ KNOTS, ORGANIZED YOUR WAY
Search by name, browse by activity or knot type, filter your library, save favourites, and build custom lists. Use the Downloaded filter to find the 3D knots you have saved for offline learning.
Explore fishing and fly-fishing knots; camping and bushcraft knots; climbing, rescue, and firefighting knots; boating, sailing, and marine knots; arborist, hoisting, and rigging knots; scouting knots and lashings; plus necktie knots, shoelaces, household, utility, decorative, and specialty ropework.
Learn essentials such as the Bowline, Clove Hitch, Figure Eight, Sheet Bend, Taut-Line Hitch, Trucker’s Hitch, Prusik, and Munter Hitch—plus hundreds of specialized bends, bindings, friction hitches, lashings, loops, splices, stopper knots, and quick-release knots.
KEY FEATURES
• 300+ knots and growing
• True interactive 3D knot models
• Rotate, zoom, scrub, reverse, pause, and change speed
• Guided KnotFINDER recommendations with explanations
• Offline access to downloaded 3D knot resources
• Interactive scenes and practical use guidance
• Rope-colour controls and left-handed mode
• Favourites, custom lists, search, filters, and related knots
• Expert guides and video tutorials from The Bear Essentials
• One-time purchase with no ads or subscriptions
• No data collected
• Apple Family Sharing
Made for beginners and experienced knot tyers alike. Learn. Craft. Explore.
Safety note: Knot IQ is an educational reference. For climbing, rescue, arborist, marine, and other safety-critical uses, follow qualified instruction, inspect your equipment, and use the procedures required for your activity.
The nicest of the knot tying apps that I have come across. Being able to slow down the animation is really useful. It’s the best app that I have bought for a long time and would prove useful for everyone. Only improvement I can think of would be to add the ABK numbersEdit: The ABK numbers are there for knots that have an ABK equivalent. I just couldn’t see them!Edit #2: This has even made the Lanyard Knot, formerly my nemesis, easy to achieve on the first attempt with this app!
Great But Huge!!
Jonnyjohnson2008
This is a great app, but at over 3.5Gb it is massive and eats lots of storage on my phone. It would be so good if you could have the whole app offline, and only download the knots that you were really interested in, therefore massively decreasing the size of the app. I fear that I will keep this on my phone for a while, or when I’m going camping, but eventually it’ll have to be deleted due to its enormous size. If the developer could make it so the 3D assets could be used ‘online’ only, with the option to download specific (or all if wanted) knots then it would 100% be 5 stars!! Hoping to learn the knots I need so I won’t actually need the app, and it’s a great tooo for that as the animations and functionality is great for learning! So for that alone, it’s still worth the price in my opinion.
Developer Response
Johnny, this should be fixed in 2.0 now! Only 400mb of data for the app + optional downloads! I'm listening to everyone's feedback nd making the app better each day! Cheers!
Knot at all bad
Not really a llama
I’ve watched a lot of knot tying clips on You Tube and sometimes struggle to translate that 2D view into a knot when I’m tying it irl. With this app, you can rotate the animation to view the knot from any angle - absolute genius! You can slow the animation down, run it backwards, zoom in or out. This alone makes it worth the entrance fee, but there’s also a wealth of information on how you can use any given knot. Would absolutely recommend.
Very useful knot guide
Robertk55
I have found this app to be really useful when practicing knots. The animation loop saves me from having to restart the explanation when I am stuck on what to do next. Recommended.Be even better if it worked in landscape mode on an iPad.
6 new knots added
• Becket Hitch (double)
• Overhand Knot (triple)
• Round Turn and Buntline Hitch
• Slippery Hitch
• Overhand Loop
• Bow Tie Knot
Revamped settings
• Custom rope colours for downloaded 3D knots
• Larger touch areas
• Clear explanations and focused pop-ups
Keep track of what you’ve learned
• Mark learned knots and sort by Learned when you want.
Smoother animations
• Reposition zoomed-in 3D knots with two-finger panning.
• Mirror an individual knot without changing your left-handed setting.
• Share a knot’s tying animation as a GIF.
Version 4.0.0
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