Pixmaker vs PinD Pixel Beads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixmaker
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PixMaker helps you create fuse bead and Perler bead art faster, easier, and with more confidence. Connect your PixMaker board to the app, choose or import a design, and follow the LED light guide step by step. Each light shows where to place your beads, so you can focus on creating instead of counting. PixMaker is designed for beginners, families, hobby makers, and advanced bead artists who want to create more detailed patterns with fewer mistakes. With the PixMaker app, you can: • Connect your PixMaker board by Bluetooth • Choose bead patterns and designs • Import your own images • Convert images into bead art patterns • Follow the LED guide directly on the board • Create larger and more detailed artwork faster • Access tutorials, updates, and product support PixMaker makes bead art more visual, more accurate, and more enjoyable. Follow the lights and start creating.
PinD Pixel Beads
Transform your photos into detailed pixel bead patterns. Easily edit, count, and export your designs with a variety of tools. Plan your materials with color statistics and shopping lists.
- Convert photos to pixel bead patterns
- Adjustable grid size and pixel style
- Color palette mapping
- Brush, eraser, and fill tools
- Color statistics and shopping lists
- Export to PNG and CSV
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Turn photos into bead-ready pixel patterns. PinD Pixel Beads helps makers convert portraits, pets, craft ideas, and everyday snapshots into clean fuse bead and pixel bead charts you can edit, count, save, and export. Create patterns from photos Choose the bead grid size, pixel style, and palette. Map colors to supported bead color-code palettes or your own custom inventory palette, so your design stays close to the beads you actually have. Edit every bead Zoom around the canvas and refine the pattern with brush, eraser, fill, eyedropper, and color replacement tools. Clean edges, simplify backgrounds, swap colors, and make the chart buildable before you start ironing. Plan materials See color statistics at a glance, manage a custom stock palette, and export a shopping list as PNG or CSV. Export and save locally Export PNG pattern charts, shopping-list PNGs, and CSV files for planning, printing, or sharing. Projects are saved locally on your device. Great for fuse bead projects, pixel bead art, photo-to-pattern craft planning, gifts, charms, wall art, and sprite-style designs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pixmaker at none against PinD Pixel Beads's shown. Pixmaker also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixmaker ships an update every 3 days, PinD Pixel Beads every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixmaker | PinD Pixel Beads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pixply LTD | 叶祺 顾 |
In-app purchases
Pixmaker
No in-app purchases
PinD Pixel Beads
No in-app purchases








