Comparison

Patchwork vs AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker

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

Head to head
About

Patchwork

Create detailed charts for various crafts like cross stitch, knitting, and crochet. Transform photos into stitchable patterns, generate designs with AI, and match real-world thread colors. Export your work and track progress stitch by stitch.

Highlights
  • Design on a live pixel grid
  • Convert photos to patterns
  • AI-generated design starting points
  • Match real thread colors (DMC, Anchor, Madeira)
  • Export charts, PDFs, and shopping lists
  • Crafting mode for progress tracking
  • Private and ad-free
Features
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If it lives on a grid of color, you can make it in Patchwork. Cross stitch, knitting, crochet, needlepoint, and more. Built natively for iPhone, so it feels fast and at home on your device. Here is what you can do. Design on a live pixel grid. Place stitches one at a time or fill whole areas at once. Draw lines and shapes, copy and paste sections, work in layers, and step back through your history whenever you need to. Turn a photo into a pattern. Bring in any picture and Patchwork maps it to threads you can actually buy. No tracing, no guesswork. You get a chart you can start stitching instead of a screenshot you have to squint at. Generate with AI. Describe what you want and get a starting point in a tap, then refine it however you like. It is a head start, not a black box, and your work stays yours. Match real thread colors. The full DMC, Anchor, and Madeira libraries are built in, over 900 colors, so what you see on screen matches the floss in your hands. Export anything. Save your chart, your symbol key, or a print-ready PDF, plus a shopping list with stitch counts so you know exactly what to buy. Crafting Mode. Track your progress stitch by stitch. Patchwork remembers exactly where you left off. Make it yours with color themes that follow your style. Now the part that matters as much as the features. Your patterns are private. There is no account to make and no server of ours collecting your work. Everything stays on your device and syncs through your own iCloud, which only you can see. No advertising, no tracking, no analytics watching what you make. Patchwork is free to download so you can try it. When you are ready for everything, Patchwork Pro unlocks the full toolkit with one purchase. No subscription. iPad and Mac support are on the way, and your purchase and your patterns will come right along with you. If you stitch, knit, crochet, or design on a grid, Patchwork was made for you. Come make something. Questions or ideas? Write to support@withpatchwork.com. A real person reads every message. From pixels to stitches.

About

AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker

Features
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Turn any photo into a bead-art pattern — or start from a blank canvas or a line of text. AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker converts a photo into a clear, editable bead chart. Use AI cartoonization to simplify a subject into bold shapes, remove the background to pure white, or convert the original photo directly — then fine-tune every cell by hand. THREE WAYS TO START • From a photo: import or shoot a picture, then choose AI cartoonization, AI background removal, or direct conversion • From a blank canvas: pick a real pegboard size (29 to 116 pegs) or a custom size and draw pixel by pixel • From text: type up to 60 characters and get an instant pixel-text chart BUILD YOUR CHART • Set a custom grid size and pick a supported bead/perler color palette • Edit individual cells and swap colors to fine-tune the design • See exact bead counts, color codes and a full shopping list • Import a photo of an existing chart and auto-match its colors to your palette PLAN, EXPORT, CRAFT Preview dimensions, total beads and color usage before you start. Save the finished chart to Photos or share it with friends. Premium members can export in extra-high resolution for large prints. KEEP PROJECTS ORGANIZED Save every DIY project, revisit and regenerate it with a different size or palette, and keep your finished craft photos together in one library. DISCOVER AND SHARE Browse the curated pattern library, filter by color or size, save favorites, publish your own original charts, and share finished projects with the community. Community posts can be reported and publishers can be blocked. FREE & PREMIUM Free members get a 3-pattern library and 10 starter bean points. Premium unlocks a 500-pattern library, 500 bean points every month, about 30 downloads a day from the Pattern Plaza, and high-resolution export — billed monthly or yearly (yearly saves over 40%). Eligible new subscribers get a 7-day free trial plus 50 bonus bean points. AI photo processing is optional and only begins after you agree to the in-app disclosure. AI generations use bean points; your free and purchased balances are always shown in the app. Premium (Monthly or Yearly) is an auto-renewing subscription. Price is shown in-app before purchase and varies by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime under Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://datiapi.superaibomb.com/pindou/privacy support: https://superaibomb.com/

Screenshots

Patchwork4 screens
AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Patchwork at none against AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker's shown. AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Patchwork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Patchwork versus AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatchworkAI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTroy Thomas超 黄

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Patchwork

One-time1
  • Patchwork Pro$29.99
3 purchases

AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker

One-time3
  • 10 AI Credits$1.99
  • 30 AI Credits$4.99
  • 100 AI Credits$12.99

Questions

Is Patchwork free?
Patchwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker free?
AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Patchwork or AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker have ads?
AI Fuse Bead Pattern Maker shows ads; Patchwork does not.

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