Comparison

Beadora vs Fuse Beads

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Fuse Beads

Features
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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 an editable pattern on your device, 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. The app does not automatically upload photos, patterns, or progress. You control exports and sharing; device data may also be included in system backups according to your backup settings. 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.

Screenshots

Beadora4 screens
Fuse Beads4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fuse Beads at none against Beadora's 6. Beadora's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Beadora sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Fuse Beads asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beadora ships an update every 5 days, Fuse Beads every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Beadora versus Fuse Beads: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeadoraFuse Beads
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXU ZHAOShanghai Qishan Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Beadora

One-time6
  • 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
None

Fuse Beads

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beadora free?
Beadora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fuse Beads free?
Fuse Beads is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beadora or Fuse Beads have ads?
Neither Beadora nor Fuse Beads shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beadora or Fuse Beads?
Beadora ships an update every 5 days, and Fuse Beads every 5 weeks. Most recently, Beadora was updated on November 5, 2026 and Fuse Beads on October 31, 2026.

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