I have spent a lot of time at Joanns and Michaels over the years. They really often many of the same items. Often, the base prices are the same, however, they do put items on sale at different times. Whenever I am shopping around for something specific, I will check both stores (usually using the mobile app) to see which store is offering a better sale. I almost find that one of them is usually offering a sale on something I am looking at - especially for Cricut items. I feel like the Cricut sales are Michael’s are often better, but it can depend on what the item is. I also compare the coupons that are available. I do feel like Joann’s has a wider variety of coupons available, but sometimes I will see something on sale at Joann’s for 25% off, and while the item isn’t on sale at Michael’s, they are offering a 40% off coupon, so it would make more sense to use the coupon on that.