Beads Creator vs Tipixel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Tipixel
Create dynamic pixel art with various tools and modes. Transform photos into pixel images, design unique wallpapers, and animate videos. Offers extensive customization for artistic expression.
- Dynamic pixel art creation
- Photo to pixel conversion
- Customizable wallpapers
- Animated video effects
- Multiple creation modes
- Brush and shape customization
- Advanced dynamic parameter adjustment
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Tipixel is an original dynamic pixel image production software, inspire unlimited creativity, simple operation, very artistic beauty.In addition to the creation of your own, you can also convert photos to the entire pixel image, more advanced is the picture can be set to the shape of each pixel, saving video or image and sharing to your friends~ Five modes, everything about pixel gameplay are here: 1, Pixel Photo: the main photo pixelated, with a variety of layout / color, support photos set to a single pixel, fun and good-looking 2, Pixel Number: multiple brushes are optional, coloring reduces fatigue, and it takes time to pass the time. If you can paint, it is a good choice for creating pixel paintings. 3, Magic Wallpaper: built-in multiple expressions, with animation / style, create your own magical wallpaper, also supports the use of photos as pixel elements 4, Funny Video: combined with pixel animation technology, so that the video produces very rich fluctuations, by adjusting the mirror / distortion level can create amazing works 5, Free Creation: This model has the greatest freedom of creation, is the core idea of the product - dynamic pixel art, come and create your own unique work. Main Function Introduction: 1, Brush: With different brush smear pixel area, will show different effects 2, Template: Built-in variety of a good template, very cool, for everyone to use 3, Layout: You can set the pixel image layout rendering shape 4, Style: including the pixel area of the common clear screen operation, to do dynamic or static pixel image, you can through the screen operation to achieve 5, Color: Built-in a variety of color patterns, colorful 6, Shape: Built-in a variety of shapes to choose from, mainly used to set the shape of each pixel 7, Dynamic: Built-in adjustment of good dynamic effect, easy to switch to experience dynamic diagram 8, Advance: Specially prepares for the friend who likes creating, may adjust the dynamic parameter more carefully, has the offset, the scale, the rotation, the color four kinds can adjust. Supported gestures: 1, single finger touch, pixel area, slide edit/paint 2, single finger touch, sliding area, can adjust the corresponding parameters, such as the lower left corner adjustment brush size/color 3, double finger touch move/zoom/rotate View or photo 4, double finger Click Reset View 5, three finger touch can adjust the background color Thanks to each and every user, more features coming soon ... Contact Us: Email:ia_fun@163.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beads Creator at 4.5 against Tipixel's 4.0. Beads Creator also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 1). Tipixel's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). 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. Beads Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tipixel sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beads Creator holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beads Creator has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Beads Creator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tipixel's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Beads Creator ships an update every 2 months, Tipixel every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beads Creator | Tipixel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takayuki Miyagawa | 廷选 王 |
Customer experience
Beads Creator
Tipixel
Bugs and requests
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
Tipixel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beads Creator
- Remove Ads$4.99
Tipixel
- Advance Drift Pro$0.99
- Advance Rotate Pro$0.99
- Advance Scale Pro$0.99
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- Advance Color Pro$0.99
- Brush Pro$1.99
- Layout Pro$2.99









