Comparison

Friendship Bracelet Designer vs BeadPatternCreator

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

Head to head
About

Friendship Bracelet Designer

Create unique friendship bracelet patterns by simply coloring knots. The app automatically generates the design, eliminating the need to worry about knot types or directions. It's a fun and easy way to bring your bracelet ideas to life.

Highlights
  • Automatic pattern generation
  • Color knot design
  • No knot knowledge needed
  • User-friendly interface
  • Save and share designs
Features
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Design your own friendship bracelet with this application. You don't need to think about knot types, threads and directions - just color the knots, and the application does the magic, it generates the pattern for you. The application is licensed under the following EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BeadPatternCreator

Design intricate bead patterns for various stitching techniques. This app offers a comprehensive editor with tools for adding, removing, and manipulating beads, along with a library of stamps, borders, and color options. You can also convert images into patterns and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Create patterns for Square Stitch, Brick Stitch, Peyote Stitch, and more
  • Full-featured bead pattern editor
  • Over 150 stamps and borders
  • Image to pattern conversion
  • Save, print, and share patterns
  • Undo/Redo functionality
Features
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Bead Pattern Creator for your mobile device. Comes with 5 free bead patterns. Download is free. To activate creation is $2.99. Create bead patterns for Square Stitch, Brick Stitch, Peyote Stitch, 2 drop Peyote Stitch and Right Angle Weave. To create bead patterns, select Create a Beading Pattern button. The Bead Pattern Editor will appear. Fill in the squares with beads of any color. To get started - Use the pencil to add beads to your bead pattern. Use the Eraser to remove beads from your bead pattern. You also can select from over 150 stamps and borders to apply to your bead pattern. Icons from left to right in the icon bar are: Color button - Use to add new beads with different colors to your bead list. Save button - Use to save your bead pattern. Pencil button - Use to add beads to your bead pattern. Eraser button - Use to remove beads from your bead pattern. Trim button- Remove squares from your bead pattern. Stamps button - Selectable little stamps (little bead designs) to add to your bead pattern. Borders button - Selectable borders to add to your pattern. Borders automatically wrap around your bead pattern. Dropper button -Lets you extract a bead color from your pattern and add more of that bead to your bead pattern. Bucket button- Use to fill selected area with beads of the current color. Bucket+ button - Used to change the color of all beads of the same color to a different color. Undo button- Undo each last change you made to the bead pattern. Redo button- Redo each change you undid. Selection button - Select an area of the pattern, you want to Cut, Copy, Paste. Cut button- Remove some beads from the pattern. Copy button- Copy some beads from the pattern. Paste button- Paste copied beads to the pattern. Resize button - Resize your pattern. Rotate button - Rotated a select area of the bead pattern. Flip right/left button - Flip a selected area of the bead pattern. Flip top/bottom button - Flip a selected area of the bead pattern. Zoom in button- Magnify the bead pattern. Zoom out button- Minify the bead pattern. Print button - Print your bead pattern. Symbols button- Display a unique symbol on the bead to indicate its color value. Picture button- Select a picture from your device and convert to a pattern. Social media button- Use social media to share your pattern (email, text etc.). Help button- Learn how to use all the tools in the button bar. Resize bars - Resize bars are display at the bottom right corner of your pattern. Drag them to resize your bead pattern.

Screenshots

Friendship Bracelet Designer4 screens
BeadPatternCreator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Friendship Bracelet Designer at 40% against BeadPatternCreator's 0%. Friendship Bracelet Designer also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). BeadPatternCreator's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Friendship Bracelet Designer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and BeadPatternCreator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Friendship Bracelet Designer ships an update every 10 days, BeadPatternCreator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Friendship Bracelet Designer versus BeadPatternCreator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendship Bracelet DesignerBeadPatternCreator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTamas FoldesiSand Castle Designs, Inc

Customer experience

Friendship Bracelet Designer

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

BeadPatternCreator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Friendship Bracelet Designer

Subscriptions2
  • Expert package monthly$5.991 Month
  • Expert package yearly$52.991 Year
One-time2
  • Creator package$4.99
  • Creator Pro package$5.99
1 purchases

BeadPatternCreator

One-time1
  • Bead Pattern Creator$2.99

Questions

Is Friendship Bracelet Designer free?
Friendship Bracelet Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeadPatternCreator free?
BeadPatternCreator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Friendship Bracelet Designer or BeadPatternCreator have ads?
Neither Friendship Bracelet Designer nor BeadPatternCreator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Friendship Bracelet Designer or BeadPatternCreator?
Friendship Bracelet Designer ships an update every 10 days, and BeadPatternCreator every 2 months. Most recently, Friendship Bracelet Designer was updated on October 4, 2026 and BeadPatternCreator on October 7, 2026.

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