Beadora vs Bead Pattern Maker
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 Pattern Maker
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Bead Pattern Maker turns your photos into fuse bead patterns you can actually build. From photo to pegboard-ready pattern—private, offline, and free. No account. No ads. No watermark. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Convert a photo into a clean bead grid with clear size and color controls • Import a pattern image, screenshot, or one PDF page as an editable project with grid alignment and color review • Browse 1152 official original patterns by theme and difficulty—winter, farm, the Amazon, South America, holidays, camping, pets, and more • Use a catalog pattern as your own editable project • Match trusted midi color charts (Perler, Hama, and Artkal S style codes for reference) • Limit matching to My Colors—the beads you already own • Track My Beads inventory, reserved stock, shortages, and a shopping list • Edit with brush, fill, eyedropper, replace, undo, and a reference photo overlay • Draw with live symmetry and stamp reusable motifs into any pattern • Resize the canvas and keep the existing design pinned to the edge you choose • See bead counts, shopping-style lists, and board layout before you start • Follow a read-only Pattern guide with boards, focus-by-color, symbols, and stay-awake viewing • Track optional Build progress while you place beads offline • Mark a project complete and keep one finished photo • Share a pattern card or an editable copy from your device • Export shareable PNG or clearer reading PDFs, plus 1:1 print templates for A4 / Letter • Keep projects on your device with autosave and optional .pixelbeads backups BUILT FOR REAL BEADING Empty cells, white beads, and clear/transparent beads stay distinct. Color codes, symbols, and coordinates work together so patterns stay readable on screen and on paper. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Photo conversion, editing, counts, exports, and pattern viewing run on your device. We don’t require sign-in, and we don’t upload your art. Sharing and backup only happen when you choose. PRO Pro doesn’t cap how many projects you keep on this device, and unlocks Pro catalog patterns. One-time unlock, no subscription. We don’t host a cloud library. NOTES Screen colors and printed results can differ from physical beads and printers. Always check your bead brand’s instructions. This app is not affiliated with Perler, Hama, Artkal, or other bead manufacturers. Privacy Policy: https://beadhop.com/app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://beadhop.com/app/terms/ Contact: service@huayuqixin.com
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Verdict
Beadora and Bead Pattern Maker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 6 one-off in-app purchases and Bead Pattern Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beadora ships an update every 5 days, Bead Pattern Maker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beadora | Bead Pattern Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| 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 | 170 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XU ZHAO | 启 孙 |
In-app purchases
Beadora
- Up to 20 Gallery Patterns$0.99
- 1 AI Pattern Generation$0.99
- 1 Photo Conversion$0.99
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- All Patterns in 1 Style$1.99
- All Beginner Patterns$4.99
- All Gallery Patterns Forever$10.00
Bead Pattern Maker
- Bead Pattern Pro Lifetime$9.99








