Bead patterns vs The Magical Colouring Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bead patterns
Create and share colorful bead patterns with a variety of designs. Features include pattern masking for row-by-row creation and magnification for detailed viewing. Save your own creations to your personal gallery.
- Create colorful bead patterns
- Mask patterns for row-by-row creation
- Magnify patterns for detail
- Save your own creations
- Includes various animal and character patterns
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Bead patterns - full of awesome patterns for your creativity. Make great, fun and colourful bead patterns. Patterns of animals, princesses and mermaids. Mask the pattern to make one row at a time. Touch the pattern to magnify. The patterns are 15 x 15 cm (30 x 30 rows of beads) equal to 900 beads. Video showing the making of the Panda. Patterns included in the app: -Dinosaur. Green, beige, pink and black beads. -Panda. White, black and pink colors. -Cat. White, gray, black and pink colors. -Dog. Dark brown, light brown, red, white, pink and black colors. -Dolphin. White and light blue colors. -Elephant. Black, gray, white and pink colors. -Mouse. Black, gray, white and pink colors. -Teddy bear. Dark brown, light brown, white and black colors. -Owl. Dark brown, light brown, beige, orange, white and black colors. -Princess. Yellow, orange, pink, pink, pink, violet and black colors. -Squirrel. Dark brown, light brown, black and white colors. -Mermaid. Orange, pink, pink, light blue, green, white and black colors. -Puppy. Black, light blue, white, purple colors. -Robot. Black, grey, red, orange, white and three shades of blue colors. -Easter Chicken. Black, yellow, orange, red and white beads. "Your site" is a feature where you can save pictures of your creations. Once the your pattern is created – and every bead is beside another – the design is then fused together using bakery release paper and an iron.
The Magical Colouring Book
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In the magical lands there are only colors when you use your imagination, otherwise it's all black and white. Use your imagination and color - and then use the app to see what happens! In The Magic Coloring Book, you can color the pictures - and then scan them with your smartphone, where they are animated with colours!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Magical Colouring Book at Free against Bead patterns's $1.99. Bead patterns's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
The Magical Colouring Book is free to download; Bead patterns costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bead patterns ships an update every 4 weeks, The Magical Colouring Book every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bead patterns | The Magical Colouring Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 310 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bo Kalvslund | Peasoup ApS |
In-app purchases
Bead patterns
No in-app purchases
The Magical Colouring Book
No in-app purchases
Questions
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