Digiloom vs Beads Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digiloom
Design and create custom virtual bracelets and accessories using a variety of patterns, letters, emojis, and colors. Connect to an interactive loom to weave your digital designs into reality. Offers tutorials and a way to save your favorite creations.
- Design custom virtual bracelets
- Drag & drop letters, emojis, and icons
- Choose from 45+ themed patterns
- Unlock 150+ letters, icons, and emojis
- Select from 30+ colors
- Save custom designs
- Step-by-step weaving guidance
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Are you ready for next level crafting? Create custom virtual bracelets and more with the WowWee Digiloom App. Choose from a variety of pre-made designs or drag & drop letters, emojis and icons to create your own fashion statements. Your imagination is the limit! Want to Digiloom your Mood? Weave your virtual creations into reality with the help of the Digiloom interactive loom & pre-made Digibands - it’s so fast and easy! The Digiloom Machine connects to the Digiloom App on your smart device via Bluetooth and helps you weave faster and easier than ever before. Wear Digibands as bracelets or anklets, turn them into bookmarks or danglers and much more! The result is instant fashion and endless fun with WowWee Digiloom! App Features Include: - Browse, unlock and customize over 45 themed patterns, such as Fashionista, Emojis & Boho Rainbow - Unlock more than 150 letters, icons & emojis using your special code or buy them in-App - Choose from over 30 colors including pastels, glitters and rainbows - Save your custom designs in “My Creations” or mark them as favorites - Weave your creation into reality with the help of the Digiloom interactive loom* - Follow your progress line-by-line, and go back if you make a mistake, it’s easy! - Watch in-App video tutorials for more tips & tricks *Additional purchase required. Digiloom Starter Kit includes the Digiloom electronic interactive loom, 8 pre-made bands and thread colors, shuttle, quick start guide & instructions.Your device must be Bluetooth Smart (BLE) compatible in order to access the app. Find out more: http://wowwee.com/digiloom
Beads Creator
Design custom fuse bead and Perler bead patterns with an intuitive pixel art editor. Import images to create patterns or use the bead list to track colors and quantities. Supports multiple bead brands and sizes.
- Pixel art style editing
- Create patterns from images
- Supports multiple bead brands
- Bead list for color and quantity tracking
- Cross-stitch pattern design
- Supports 6 bead types
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OVER 1.6 MILLION DOWNLOADS Beads Creator is an easy-to-use app that lets you create fuse beads and Perler beads patterns with simple controls. With pixel art style editing, you can intuitively design your own bead patterns and bead layouts. Creating patterns using images is also supported. SIMPLE AND EASY FOR EVERYONE Thanks to a clean and intuitive UI, even beginners can quickly start creating fuse bead patterns. The app supports multiple bead brands such as Perler Beads, Hama Beads, and Nano Beads, making it easy to design patterns that match the beads you already use. It's also great for pixel art creation and cross-stitch pattern design. RECOMMENDED FOR - Fans of fuse beads and Perler beads - Anyone who wants to create bead patterns or bead designs - Lovers of pixel art and retro games - Cross-stitch and accessory makers - People looking for design templates for handmade projects SUPPORTS 6 BEAD TYPES - Perler Beads - Nano Beads - Midi Fuse Beads (5.0 mm) - Mini Fuse Beads (2.6 mm) - Midi Hama Beads (5.0 mm) - Mini Hama Beads (2.5 mm) IMAGE-BASED PATTERN CREATION You can also import images onto a pegboard and use them as fuse bead patterns. Note: Image-based patterns may not work well on non-square pegboards. CHECK COLORS AND QUANTITIES WITH THE BEAD LIST View the colors and required quantities of beads used in your design with the Bead List feature. This makes preparation for crafting much easier. PATTERN CREATION LIMITS - Initial limit: up to 30 patterns - Watch a video ad: +5 patterns each time - Increase the limit up to 480 patterns REMOVE ADS (PAID OPTION) By purchasing the Remove Ads add-on, you can: - Hide all ads - Increase the maximum number of patterns to 480 Note: This is a one-time purchase and can be restored after reinstalling the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beads Creator at 74% against Digiloom's 24%. Digiloom's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Digiloom sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Beads Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Digiloom ships an update every 3 weeks, Beads Creator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digiloom | Beads Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WowWee Group Limited | Takayuki Miyagawa |
Customer experience
Digiloom
Beads Creator
User reviews
Digiloom
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and engaging
- 👍 Great for kids
- 💡 Innovative concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🤯 Overly complicated setup
- 💸 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🤔 Unclear instructions
Beads Creator
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Helpful for creating bead designs
- 🎨 Variety of colors and bead types
- 🔍 Useful for visualizing patterns
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and loses progress
- 🔍 Limited grid sizes and shapes
- 🎨 Lacking some common bead colors
- 📱 Orientation constraints on iPad
Bugs and requests
Digiloom
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent disconnections
- Patterns not displaying correctly
- App crashes and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Improved connectivity and stability
- Clearer instructions and tutorials
- More free design options
- Ability to reuse unlock codes
Beads Creator
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inability to delete saved patterns
- Inconsistent behavior when adding beads
Requested features
5 requests- Copy/paste design elements
- Larger and custom grid sizes
- Import image to convert to pattern
- Fused bead view for final look
- Ability to edit bead colors
In-app purchases
Digiloom
- Digiloom Theme Kit - Princess$1.99
- Digiloom Theme Kit - Rock Diva$1.99
- Digiloom Theme Kit - Emoji$1.99
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- Digiloom Theme Kit - Fashionista$1.99
- Digiloom Theme Kit - Boho Rainbow$1.99
- Digiloom Theme Kit - Starter Kit$1.99
- Digiloom Theme Kit-Cool School$1.99
- Digiloom Theme Kit - Halloween$1.99
Beads Creator
- Remove Ads$4.99









