Tejas Beads vs Sam's Bead Shop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tejas Beads
Discover a wide selection of natural gemstone beads, pearls, and jewelry-making supplies. This app offers both wholesale and retail options, backed by a reputation for top quality and excellent customer service.
- Natural gemstone beads
- Pearls
- Jewelry making supplies
- Wholesale options
- Retail options
- Top quality beads
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Wholesale and retail supplier of natural gemstone beads, pearls, and jewelry making supplies. Tejas Beads has a longstanding reputation for top quality beads and great customer service.
Sam's Bead Shop
Shop the latest arrivals and promotions from a popular bead store. Easily place orders, manage waitlisted items, and receive email notifications for order fulfillment and shipping.
- Browse new arrivals and promotions
- Easy ordering and checkout
- Waitlist items
- Back-in-stock notifications
- Order fulfillment and shipping emails
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Welcome to the Sam's Bead Shop App! The best way to shop with Sam's Bead Shop on iOS! About Us: Features: - Browse all of our most recent arrivals and promotions - Easy ordering and checkout - Waitlist items and purchase them when they are back in stock - Email notification for order fulfillment and shipping
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tejas Beads at 613 against Sam's Bead Shop's 12. Sam's Bead Shop's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tejas Beads against 5.0 for Sam's Bead Shop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tejas Beads has 613 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Tejas Beads's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sam's Bead Shop's.
Tejas Beads ships an update every 2 months, Sam's Bead Shop monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tejas Beads | Sam's Bead Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (613 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 613 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tejas Beads LLC | CommentSold Apps SIII |
Customer experience
Tejas Beads
Sam's Bead Shop
In-app purchases
Tejas Beads
No in-app purchases
Sam's Bead Shop
No in-app purchases
Questions
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