Comparison

Beadalog vs Nosebox

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Track bead stash
  • Organize projects
  • Manage shopping lists
  • Journal project progress
  • Search and sort inventory
  • Backup and restore data
Features
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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.

About

Nosebox

Track your perfume collection, log daily wears, and discover scent profiles. Organize your fragrances with custom shelves and share your scent journey with others. Ideal for fragrance enthusiasts and collectors.

Highlights
  • Perfume bottle scanning
  • Customizable fragrance shelves
  • Daily wear logging
  • Scent profile sharing
  • Offline-friendly logging
  • Juice remaining estimates
Features
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Nosebox is your personal perfume tracker — the Letterboxd for fragrance. Scan a bottle, tap a face (Love / Like / Okay / Nope), and you’re done in about ten seconds. Build Owned, Wishlist, and Never Buy Again shelves. Keep samples and decants in one place. Share SOTD and scent-profile cards that actually look worth posting. WHY NOSEBOX • Built for PerfumeTok and collectors — not a giant catalog you never open • Offline-friendly logging when you’re at the counter • Your nose, your data: bottles grow from your scans and confirmations — no third-party scrapes FREE • Unlimited daily wear logging • 15 full bottles on Owned (samples and decants do not count) • Bottle scanner — 10 scans a month • Add bottles and samples in one go — brand and name, then the next • Sort your shelf by Least worn to see what's missing from your rotation • Three shelves + sample / decant library • Juice remaining estimates • Basic stats and streak • Fragrance-family stats • Yearly Wrapped • SOTD share cards • Export JSON, wear CSV, or a shelf CSV — always free NOSEBOX PRO — $4.99/month or $29.99/year • Drydown timeline with timed check-ins (30m / 2h / 8h) • Note affinity — the notes you keep loving and avoid • Unlimited full bottles and scans • Cost per wear Payment charged to your Apple ID; subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy: https://nosebox.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://nosebox.app/terms-of-service Support: hi@nosebox.app

Screenshots

Beadalog4 screens
Nosebox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nosebox at 5.0 against Beadalog's 4.6. Beadalog's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Beadalog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Nosebox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nosebox 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beadalog ships an update monthly, Nosebox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Beadalog versus Nosebox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeadalogNosebox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeborah Glidden弘宇 杨

Customer experience

Beadalog

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Nosebox

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Beadalog

Subscriptions1
  • Beadalog Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro One-Time Purchase$44.99
2 purchases

Nosebox

Subscriptions2
  • Nosebox Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Nosebox Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Beadalog free?
Beadalog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nosebox free?
Nosebox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beadalog or Nosebox?
Nosebox is rated higher. Beadalog averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Nosebox averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Beadalog or Nosebox have ads?
Neither Beadalog nor Nosebox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beadalog or Nosebox?
Beadalog ships an update monthly, and Nosebox every 5 weeks. Most recently, Beadalog was updated on November 3, 2026 and Nosebox on November 6, 2026.

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