Tejas Beads vs The Bead Butler
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.
The Bead Butler
Shop the latest arrivals and promotions from this retailer on your iOS device. 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
- Email notifications for orders
- Mobile shopping experience
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Welcome to the The Bead Butler App! The best way to shop with The Bead Butler 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 The Bead Butler's 4. The Bead Butler's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks 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 The Bead Butler. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tejas Beads has 613 ratings behind it against 4, 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 The Bead Butler's.
Tejas Beads ships an update every 2 months, The Bead Butler every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tejas Beads | The Bead Butler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (613 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 613 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — 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 | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tejas Beads LLC | CommentSold Apps SV |
Customer experience
Tejas Beads
The Bead Butler
In-app purchases
Tejas Beads
No in-app purchases
The Bead Butler
No in-app purchases
Questions
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