Comparison

Bead patterns vs beadot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

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beadot

Features
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beadot converts your photos into fuse bead patterns with accurate color matching. Just take a photo or pick one from your library, and beadot will generate a precise bead pattern for Perler Beads, Nano Beads, or Hama Beads. --- KEY FEATURES --- - Auto-generate bead patterns from any photo - Perler Beads (57 colors) / Nano Beads (50 colors) / Hama Beads (52 colors) - CIEDE2000 color difference formula for accurate color matching - Floyd-Steinberg dithering for smooth gradients - Square / Hexagonal / Circle / Heart / Star plate shapes - S / L / 2L / 4L / Custom sizes - Color / Symbol / Number display modes - Shopping list (auto-calculated bead counts by color) - Actual-size PDF export (print and use immediately) - Gallery to save and manage your patterns - 100% local processing (data stays on your device) - Japanese / English / Chinese support --- FREE --- 1 pattern per day (S / L sizes) --- PREMIUM ($4.99 one-time purchase) --- - Unlimited pattern generation - Multi-plate sizes (2L / 4L) - Custom sizes (up to 128x128) - Actual-size PDF export - No watermark Privacy Policy: https://beadot.mamonis.studio/privacy_policy.html Terms of Use: https://beadot.mamonis.studio/terms_of_use.html

Screenshots

Bead patterns4 screens
beadot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: beadot at Free against Bead patterns's $1.99. Bead patterns's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

beadot is free to download; Bead patterns costs $1.99 up front. beadot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bead patterns asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bead patterns ships an update every 4 weeks, beadot every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bead patterns versus beadot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBead patternsbeadot
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBo KalvslundMAMORU TAKANAMI

In-app purchases

None

Bead patterns

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

beadot

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Bead patterns free?
Bead patterns costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is beadot free?
beadot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bead patterns or beadot have ads?
Neither Bead patterns nor beadot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bead patterns or beadot?
Bead patterns ships an update every 4 weeks, and beadot every 2 months. Most recently, Bead patterns was updated on September 23, 2026 and beadot on September 14, 2026.

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