Pixelable vs BeadApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixelable
Create pixel art with intuitive tools and advanced features like layer editing and color customization. Export your creations as animated GIFs or PNG files. Save multiple projects and adjust canvas sizes for detailed artwork.
- Layer editing
- Color making
- Basic drawing tools
- Undo/redo functionality
- Animated GIF export
- Pinch-to-zoom canvas
- Multiple project saving
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Here is a pleasant pixel art editor! This is an app which pursue the stress-free and intuitively drawing of pixel art. The app has genuine functions, like layer editing, color making, and various tools. Also, you can operate intuitively. For example you can enlarge and reduce the canvas by pinch in or pinch out. Main functions are below. - Layer editing You can add and erase, and copy layers. Also, you can select display or non-display mode, change the order of layers, and make a layer transparent. - Tools The app has basic tools to draw pixel arts. (For example, pen, spuit, filling and transfer) ・Undo and redo You can cancel drawing. - Animated GIF export Each layer is going to be one frame. - Color making You can make your favorite color easily. You can save 150 colors in maximum by a work. - Pinch in and pinch out You can enlarge and reduce the canvas by pinch in and out. It enables you to draw more details. - Saving multiple pictures You can save several projects, so that you can edit other projects later. - Setting canvas size You can select the size of canvas from 5*5 to 256*256. - Setting a exporting pixel size You can select exporting size. Pictures will be saved to camera roll as a png file. - Reflection function You can reflect the selected layer vertical and horizontal. ※There is another flunked app, ‘Dottable’. ※To prevent a crash, you need more than 150MB of free space to make a new project. Sorry for the inconvenience.
BeadApp
Easily design intricate jewelry patterns digitally, eliminating the need for graph paper. Arrange beads with popular shapes and colors, clone sections, and export your creations. Automatically generates material lists for your projects.
- Digital bead pattern creation
- Arrange, rotate, and flip beads
- Clone design elements
- Automatic material list generation
- Export patterns as images
- Supports popular bead shapes and colors
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BeadApp lets you create intricate jewelry patterns quickly and easily. No need to get your pencils and graph paper anymore. You can arrange the beads in app using all the popular shapes and colors. Select your beads, move them around the canvas, rotate or flip them in any way to suit your creative intent. You can select multiple beads and clone parts of your design to quickly multiply modular parts of your pattern. Unlike pen&paper, all the beads will always be to scale in out beading app, helping you fit them together realistically. Your finished patterns can be exported as a picture and shared on social media. Shopping for beads or making a list of materials for your project? Count no more, because BeadApp will do it for you. A handy list of all colors and shapes with numbers appears at the tap of your finger. You can use BeadApp for free. The free version is limited to 10 bead shapes only and does not support layers. To get all the variety of beads, subscribe using a monthly or discounted yearly subscription. This will help us continue developing BeadApp indefinitely. BeadApp is being regularly updated with more features and more bead shapes and colors. All new content will be free for subscribers. We appreciate your support and welcome your ideas and comments. Thank you for helping us create a digital tool the beading and jewelry making community needs. Terms and Conditions: https://www.websitepolicies.com/policies/view/8GDHWFRA
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixelable at 78% against BeadApp's 0%. Pixelable also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 27). BeadApp's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pixelable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BeadApp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixelable holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixelable has 3.4K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Pixelable's written reviews are positive against 0% of BeadApp's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixelable | BeadApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better | 2.0 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosuke Seki | Jakub Tomes |
Customer experience
Pixelable
BeadApp
Bugs and requests
Pixelable
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to save or create new projects
- Issues with layers not working as expected
- Color picker and eyedropper tool not functioning properly
- Mirroring tool not aligning pixels correctly
- Resizing canvas causes loss of work
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to import/trace images
- Increase canvas size limit
- Add more layer management options
- Improve color palette management
- Add animation timeline and better animation tools
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- Implement auto-save and better save/load functionality
- Add option to remove ads for a one-time fee
BeadApp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pixelable
- Remove ads$3.99
BeadApp
- Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Yearly subscription$39.99








