Comparison

Arrebol vs BeadSnap

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

Head to head
About

Arrebol

This app provides accurate sunrise and sunset times for your current location. It offers beautiful widgets and lock screen displays, working entirely offline with no data collection. Ideal for those who enjoy nature's daily cycles and value privacy.

Highlights
  • Automatic location-based calculations
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen time display
  • Manual location search
  • Offline functionality
  • Privacy-focused
Features
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Will tonight's sunset be worth heading out for? Arrebol helps you plan golden hour and blue hour, see how promising the sky looks, and choose where to shoot. Check the light windows, a sky score with its reasons and confidence, and the sun's direction before you leave. A LIVING SKY • The sky on screen is rendered from the forecast: tonight's clouds, lit by the sun where it will be • The sun's whole day as one curve. Drag the time ruler and watch the light change • A countdown to the next sunrise or sunset, with golden and blue hour marked on the curve WILL THE SKY LIGHT UP? • A sky score for every golden hour, from high, mid and low cloud, rain and haze; at sunset it also checks low cloud toward the sun, and the forecast shows how confident each score is • Plain reasons, like "high cloud to catch the colour" or "low cloud may block the sun" • The next 24 hours of cloud and the next 10 days at a glance EVERY PLACE, ONE SWIPE APART • Your location first, then the spots you save. Swipe between them • Swipe up for the whole day: blue and golden hour, sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset with directions, twilight, day length, moon phase and the next full moon • Search cities, landmarks or coordinates, and see each place's local time PLAN THE SHOT • Sun & moon map: bearing lines from any vantage point and the day's sun path • Sky path chart, and a camera view that draws the path over the real sky • Add any window to your calendar SKY EVENTS FOR EACH PLACE • Solar and lunar eclipses to 2040, with coverage and contact times where you are, and directions to the path of totality • Meteor showers with the rate you can expect on the peak night • Live aurora outlook from NOAA space weather ALWAYS AT HAND • Alerts before sunrise, sunset, golden or blue hour, optionally only when the sky looks good • Live Activity countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets The name: arrebol is Spanish for the red glow of clouds lit by the rising or setting sun. Accurate: sun and moon times are checked against the US Naval Observatory, and eclipses against NASA. Weather data from Apple Weather. Space weather from NOAA SWPC. Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC.

About

BeadSnap

Features
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Turn any photo into a beautiful bead art pattern! BeadSnap converts your pictures into pixel-perfect bead patterns using standard fuse bead color palettes. Features: • One-tap photo to bead pattern conversion • Adjustable grid size (16–256) for any detail level • Material list with exact bead counts and color coordinates • Multiple brand color palettes (MARD, Perler, Generic) • Grid-based progress tracking — complete section by section • Save and resume projects anytime • Export and share material lists • Flip between bead pattern and original photo Perfect for fuse bead enthusiasts of all skill levels. Whether you're creating a small keychain or a large wall display, BeadSnap helps you plan, track, and complete your bead art with precision. Supports 34 standard bead colors with brand-specific code matching for MARD, Perler, and generic brands.

Screenshots

Arrebol4 screens
BeadSnap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Arrebol at daily against BeadSnap's every 2 months. BeadSnap's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrebol ships an update daily, BeadSnap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Arrebol versus BeadSnap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrebolBeadSnap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiawen Sun强 李

In-app purchases

None

Arrebol

No in-app purchases

None

BeadSnap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arrebol free?
Arrebol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeadSnap free?
BeadSnap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arrebol or BeadSnap have ads?
Neither Arrebol nor BeadSnap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrebol or BeadSnap?
Arrebol ships an update daily, and BeadSnap every 2 months. Most recently, Arrebol was updated on October 6, 2026 and BeadSnap on October 4, 2026.

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