PinD Pixel Beads vs Fuse Beads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Fuse Beads
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Fuse Beads helps you turn a photo into a fuse-bead pattern you can actually iron. Pick a picture from Photos, the camera, or Files, generate a pattern on this iPhone, then edit beads, count materials, and follow along color by color. What you can do: - Start from a photo or one of 24 original built-in designs - Board sizes 15×15, 21×21, 29×29, 40×40, 58×58, plus 20×30, 29×40, and custom sizes - Crop with a live preview before you generate - Three detail modes and careful on-device color matching - Optional background cleanup that keeps the subject - Perler common names, Hama Midi numbers, and Artkal S-5mm numbers as on-screen references - Edit bead by bead, undo, zoom, and jump by row or column - See material totals, tick colors you already have, estimate packs, and copy a shopping list - Highlight one color, mark progress, and see what to place next - Search, sort, rename, duplicate, and delete projects - Export high-resolution PNG or PDF with coordinates; large boards split into section pages - Keep a local backup you can export and merge later - 13 interface languages, including Arabic (right to left). Follow the system or lock a language in Settings Privacy first: No account, ads, analytics SDKs, or tracking. Photos, patterns, and progress stay on your device. The camera is used only if you choose to take a photo. Files leave the app only when you save a PNG to Photos or pick a destination in the system share sheet. Screen colors may differ from physical beads. Check the brand’s latest physical color card before buying in quantity. Perler, Hama, and Artkal are trademarks of their respective owners. This app is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or officially authorized by those brands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fuse Beads at none against PinD Pixel Beads's shown. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PinD Pixel Beads ships an update every 3 weeks, Fuse Beads every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PinD Pixel Beads | Fuse Beads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 叶祺 顾 | Shanghai Qishan Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
PinD Pixel Beads
No in-app purchases
Fuse Beads
No in-app purchases









