Pixel Beader vs Pixel Design

Design your own bead patterns. Follow them as you make. Pixel Beader is a bead pattern design and editing tool. Start with a blank pegboard or convert a favorite photo, then refine the shapes and colors to create something of your own. DESIGN AND EDIT Draw bead by bead, replace colors, pick colors, and erase. Use rectangular selection, lasso, and undo to refine your pattern. Layers, underlays, and floating reference windows help you work with reference images. Draw with Apple Pencil on a compatible iPad. TURN PHOTOS INTO PATTERNS Import a photo and adjust the grid size, sampling method, and color count. Check color codes and bead quantities, then continue editing your pattern. FOLLOW WHILE YOU MAKE Use interactive patterns to check color codes and highlighted rows and columns while placing physical beads. Interactive patterns require membership. PREVIEW IN 3D AND AR Simulate the fused finish and explore your creation from different angles in 3D. On supported devices, use AR to preview it in your surroundings. ORGANIZE AND SHARE Organize patterns in folders, save favorites, and recover deleted work from Recently Deleted. Export pattern images and 3D snapshots, or share project files that can be imported and edited again. FREE AND MEMBERSHIP The free version supports boards and patterns up to 104×104. Optional monthly or lifetime membership unlocks projects up to 208×208 and interactive pattern previews. PRIVACY AND DEVICE SUPPORT Photo processing and project data stay on your device and are not uploaded to a server. Apple Pencil features require a compatible iPad and Apple Pencil. AR requires an ARKit-compatible device. Support: missouryy@icloud.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ © 2026 Yu Yan

You already picked the photo. Turning it into a pattern was the hard part. pindou turns a photo into a fuse bead pattern. Colors are matched in a perceptual color space, so a small board still looks like your photo instead of a blob of color. Photo to pattern • Limit the palette to the set you actually own • Cap the number of colors • Optional error diffusion (dithering) • Drop a white background Real 29×29 pegboards The pattern is split along standard square boards, with seams marked and a suggested assembly order. You know how many boards it takes before you start. A bead count you can shop with Every color code with the number of beads it needs. Codes that are easy to mix up are flagged. Place beads in the app A transparent pegboard sits over the pattern. Drag or tap to place a bead. Tweezers, undo, and multiple boards. Then iron Lay down the ironing paper and move the iron with your finger. Beads melt and join. Stay too long and they scorch. Keep it Save to Photos, share it, or leave it on the shelf. Finished pieces collect in your gallery. Color charts Perler, Hama, Artkal. Photos are processed on your device and never uploaded. No account, no ads, no subscription, and nothing to buy inside.