Beadora vs Bead Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beadora
Transform photos and text into bead art patterns. Design from scratch, use templates, and select your preferred bead brand and grid size. Save and export your creations for easy shopping and assembly.
- Convert photos to bead patterns
- Generate patterns from text prompts
- Manual drawing on blank boards
- Customizable gallery templates
- Support for multiple bead brands
- Save and export pattern images
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Beadora turns photos, text prompts, blank canvases, and Gallery templates into fuse-bead and diamond-painting patterns. Create a pattern from a photo with a separate one-time photo-conversion purchase, generate an original idea with one AI-generation purchase, draw freely on a blank canvas, or unlock locked Gallery content with either a single-pattern purchase or a whole-style purchase. A whole-style purchase permanently unlocks every current and future pattern in the selected style. Some Gallery patterns are free. Template reduction is free and unlimited. Key Features: - Convert one photo into a fuse-bead or diamond-painting grid on device - Generate one pattern from a text prompt with a separate AI purchase - Draw manually on a blank canvas - Browse, search, and customize Gallery patterns - Unlock locked Gallery patterns individually or by style; a style unlock includes future additions to that style - Reduce an existing template for free, with no usage limit - Use Universal 291, Perler, Universal 221, and Artkal S fuse-bead palettes - Use the complete DMC 447 palette for diamond painting - Choose preset or custom grid sizes - Preview numbered grids with color codes and piece counts - Preview patterns as rotatable, zoomable 3D finished pieces, keychains, desk decorations, or bag charms - Save projects and export or share pattern images Photo conversion and template reduction are processed on device. No account sign-in is required. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bead Camera
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Turn your photos into pixel art and easy-to-follow fuse bead patterns with Bead Camera. Take a photo or import one from your library, choose a pattern size and color palette, then create a personalized pixel design in seconds. Key Features: • Use the front or rear camera, or import existing photos • Create patterns in 52 × 52, 78 × 78, or 104 × 104 sizes • Choose different palettes and adjust colors and dithering • Switch between round-bead and square-pixel views • Display coordinates, color codes, and bead counts • Extract objects and turn them into pixel decorations • Create Polaroid, stamp, and custom pixel frames • Draw directly on frames with pixel brushes • Organize patterns, creations, and frames in one library • Export creations as transparent PNG images Optional Pro features unlock watermark-free large-size exports and expanded library storage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bead Camera at daily against Beadora's every 4 days. 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
Both are free to download. Beadora sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Bead Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beadora ships an update every 4 days, Bead Camera daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beadora | Bead Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XU ZHAO | 雅妮 张 |
In-app purchases
Beadora
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Premium Plus Monthly$6.991 Month
- Quarterly Subscription$12.993 Months
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- Premium Plus Quarterly$17.993 Months
- 1 AI Pattern Generation$0.99
- 1 Gallery Pattern$0.99
- 1 Photo Conversion$0.99
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- All Patterns in 1 Style$2.99
- All Beginner Patterns$4.99
- All Gallery Patterns Forever$24.99
Bead Camera
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Pro Lifetime$2.99









