Beadalog vs My Craft Stuff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beadalog
This app helps beaders organize their bead stash, track projects, and manage shopping lists. It allows users to journal their creative process and remember where they left off in each project, ensuring they don't buy duplicates or forget needed supplies.
- Track bead stash
- Organize projects
- Manage shopping lists
- Journal project progress
- Search and sort inventory
- Backup and restore data
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Keep track of your beads, stringing, and patterns for all your beading projects. Plan and journal your projects. Keep a shopping list. Beadalog is an inventory tracker and project organizer for beading and jewelry making. It is easy to use with lots of options for searching, sorting, and browsing your data. Remember where you left off in each project. Don't buy multiples or forget what you need. Stay organized and enjoy your beading! Spend more time crafting, and less time searching through your stash! Free Features: Keep track of your stash of Miyuki Delica beads, and create a shopping list of beads you need Beadalog Pro Features: - Access to the whole bead catalog including - Manually backup your data to iCloud and restore as needed. - Filter the list of beads to the set of brands/types you want to see - Browse the bead catalog. - Add notes to your bead stash amounts and to your shopping list - Track your stringing, patterns and projects Beadalog Pro is optional subscription that unlock extra features. If you purchase Beadalog Pro, payment will be charged to you iTunes account yearly. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the App Store. Notes: 1. The bead and stringing colors displayed in Beadalog are approximate and may vary in real life, so always refer to actual bead samples for your final choice. 2. The Beadalog catalog is a work in progress. If you don't see a bead line or stringing brand you need, you can email me or fill out a survey in the app to request it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Beading related icons by Icons8.
My Craft Stuff
Organize your crafting supplies and ongoing projects. Catalog materials, track project status, and manage where items are stored to avoid duplicate purchases and lost progress.
- Catalog crafting materials
- Track project status
- Manage storage locations
- Prevent duplicate purchases
- Prioritize started projects
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Ever been to the store and purchased something you forgot you already had? Do you have crafting projects started but don't know how many, where you left off, or where you have them stashed? - This app will help you catalog the books, patterns, and any other materials you already have and where you put them. - It will help you keep track of and prioritize the projects you have started and where they are stored.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Craft Stuff at none against Beadalog's 2. My Craft Stuff also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Beadalog's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Beadalog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. My Craft Stuff asks for nothing beyond the download.
My Craft Stuff holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beadalog has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Beadalog's written reviews are positive against 100% of My Craft Stuff's.
Beadalog ships an update monthly, My Craft Stuff every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beadalog | My Craft Stuff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deborah Glidden | Scott A Bridwell |
Customer experience
Beadalog
My Craft Stuff
In-app purchases
Beadalog
- Beadalog Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Pro One-Time Purchase$44.99
My Craft Stuff
No in-app purchases
Questions
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