BeadsDesign vs Pixel Painter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeadsDesign
Create pixel art designs for iron beads and bead weaving. Import photos, scan them into a canvas, and use various tools to edit and export your creations. Supports multiple panel shapes and color manipulation.
- Photo import and editing
- Photo scanning onto canvas
- Multiple panel shapes
- Zoom, pan, and color selection tools
- Flood fill and undo/redo functionality
- Color replacement and grayscale conversion
- Export designs to photo library
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BeadsDesign is an application to create pixel art for iron-on beads, beads stitching. You can load photo and scan it into the pixel art canvas which size is from 8x8 to 128x128. You can use circle, hexagon, brick shape panel for iron-on beads or beads stithing. [main facilities] - import and edit photos with 128x128 and less - scan photos on the canvas of the favorite size - stick a photo to the rough sketch view as a model. - output the photo image into the photo library. - zoom in, zoom out - move the canvas with 2 fingers swipe - long press to pick color - flood fill - undo,redo - color selection by RGB slider - selected color history - replace all pixels of specified color to other color - decrease color - convert canvas to grayscale - Display the canvas with numbers expressing colors
Pixel Painter
Create pixel art with a variety of tools and export options. Customize your creations with different pixel styles and built-in color palettes. The app features a scrollable canvas for easy pattern creation and selection tools for precise editing.
- Basic drawing and editing tools
- Apply various pixel export styles
- Erase mode for clearing colors
- Selection and cropping tools
- Scrollable canvas for patterns
- Customizable color palettes
- Downsample/Upsample pixel resolution
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Create pixel art with various pixel styles. Pixel Painter is an easy to use pixel art editor, with these main features: • Basic Tools: pencil tool, block tool, color bucket tool, selection tool, eyedropper tool, scroll tool. • Pixel Styles: apply a style to pixels when export, such as perler, circle, square. • Erase Mode: in this mode, pencil, block tool and color bucket tool are used to clear colors. • Selection: crop to selection, duplicate selected pixels, or remove selected pixels. • Scrollable Canvas: the canvas is scrollable, which allow you create repeatedly patterns more easier. • Color Palette: select a builtin color palette, then customize it if you like. • Downsample/Upsample pixels to get less/more pixels. If you have any questions, please contact me at email: arrowgraphics@icloud.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BeadsDesign at 54% against Pixel Painter's 0%. BeadsDesign also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Pixel Painter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pixel Painter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeadsDesign asks for nothing beyond the download.
BeadsDesign holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeadsDesign has 61 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of BeadsDesign's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pixel Painter's.
BeadsDesign ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixel Painter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeadsDesign | Pixel Painter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HIDEHIKO NAGANO | 光建 张 |
Customer experience
BeadsDesign
Pixel Painter
In-app purchases
BeadsDesign
No in-app purchases
Pixel Painter
- Size Limits Removal$1.99
