BeadsDesign vs Filet Crochet Pattern Creator
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
Filet Crochet Pattern Creator
Design custom filet crochet patterns with a variety of tools and pre-made elements. Automatically generate written instructions, yarn estimates, and finished sizes. Save, print, and share your creations.
- Custom pattern editor
- Over 400 stamps, inserts, and borders
- Automatic written instructions
- Yarn estimation
- Finished size calculation
- Save, print, and share patterns
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Create your own Filet Crochet Patterns using File Crochet Creator. Over 400 Stamps, Inserts and Borders you can add to your pattern. Four free patterns included. To activate creation $2.99 Written filet crochet instructions are automatically generated for your filet crochet patterns. Included are the amount of thread/yarn needed and approximate finished sizes for your filet crochet pattern. To create a filet crochet pattern, select Create a Filet Crochet pattern button. The filet crochet pattern editor will appear. Fill in the squares or select a special stitch to add to your filet crochet pattern. You also can select from over 400 stamps, inserts and borders to apply to your filet crochet pattern. Icons from left to right in the icon bar are: Save icon - use to save your filet crochet pattern Pencil icon - use to (draw) fill-in squares on your filet crochet pattern Eraser icon - use to erase squares on your filet crochet pattern Fours square stitch icon - use to add the stitches displayed on the icon to your filet crochet pattern Two square stitch icon - use to add the stitches displayed on the icon to your filet crochet pattern Trim icon - completely remove squares from your filet crochet pattern. Allows you to change the shape of your filet crochet pattern. Stamps button - add little stamps (little designs) to add to your filet crochet pattern Inserts button - add filet crochet pattern inserts to your pattern (like roses) Borders button - add filet crochet borders to your pattern. Borders automatically wrap around your filet crochet pattern. Bucket button - fill-in adjacent squares. Undo button - undo each last change you made to the filet crochet pattern. Redo button - redo each changes you undid. Selection button - select area of filet crochet pattern to cut or copy Cut button - remove all filet crochet stitches under selected area. See Selection button. Copy button - copy all filet crochet stitches under selected area. See Selection button. Paste button - paste the cut or copied filet crochet stitches. See Selection icon, Cut icon and Copy buttons. Rotate button - rotate selected area of your pattern or whole pattern. See Selection button. Flip left/right button - flip vertically selected area of your pattern or whole pattern. See Selection button. Flip up/down button - flip horizontally selected area of your pattern or whole pattern. See Selection button. Resize button - resize your pattern by entering the new number of rows and cols for your pattern. Zoom in button - zoom in on your filet crochet pattern Zoom out button - zoom out on your filet crochet pattern Print button - print your pattern and finished product picture Share button - share a picture of your filet crochet pattern using email, text etc. Help button - get help on feature of Filet Crochet Pattern Creator Resize bars - resize bars are display at the bottom right corner of your filet crochet pattern. Drag them to resize your filet crochet pattern.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BeadsDesign at 4.7 against Filet Crochet Pattern Creator's 3.0. BeadsDesign also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 20%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Filet Crochet Pattern Creator's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. Filet Crochet Pattern Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeadsDesign asks for nothing beyond the download.
BeadsDesign holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeadsDesign has 61 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of BeadsDesign's written reviews are positive against 20% of Filet Crochet Pattern Creator's.
BeadsDesign ships an update every 3 weeks, Filet Crochet Pattern Creator every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeadsDesign | Filet Crochet Pattern Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.1% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HIDEHIKO NAGANO | Sand Castle Designs, Inc |
Customer experience
BeadsDesign
Filet Crochet Pattern Creator
In-app purchases
BeadsDesign
No in-app purchases
Filet Crochet Pattern Creator
- Filet Crochet Pattern Activate$2.99
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