Comparison

Fuse Bead Patterns vs Skyline Widget

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

Head to head
About

Fuse Bead Patterns

Transform your photos into detailed bead patterns for handmade crafts. Easily convert images into editable, countable designs, with options to customize colors and export patterns. Perfect for creating personalized gifts and decor.

Highlights
  • Photo to bead pattern conversion
  • Customizable grid size and color count
  • Editable bead patterns
  • Bead count and material estimation
  • Exportable pattern packages (PNG, PDF)
  • Augmented Reality preview
Features
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At first, fuse beads may look like simple dots of color. But when one bead is placed on a grid, then another, then many more, something quiet begins to happen. Colors find direction. Lines become clearer. A photo, a portrait, a pet, or a memory slowly appears from tiny pieces. Fuse Bead Patterns is made for that moment between a digital image and a handmade object. It is not just a filter, and it is not only a pixel effect. It helps you turn images you care about into bead patterns that are readable, editable, countable, and ready to make by hand. Choose a photo from your library, crop it to the right shape, select a grid size, and control the number of colors. The app generates a bead preview and a grid pattern locally, so you can review the result before you start making it. If a color does not feel right, open the editor and replace it. If you are preparing materials, check how many beads each color needs. If you want to keep or share the plan, export a round bead preview, grid PNG, or PDF pattern package. You can also save the project and return later to continue editing or making it. Fuse Bead Patterns works well for many small creative plans: turning an avatar into a charm, making a pet portrait keepsake, creating room decor from a favorite image, or preparing a handmade gift with more personal meaning. It is also useful for family crafts, pixel art fans, beginners, and makers who want to bring screen images back into real life. Saved artwork can also be viewed in a gallery, and supported projects can be previewed on a wall through AR. This lets you see how a piece may feel in a real space before it becomes a finished craft. The charm of bead craft is not only the final image. It is the time you place into it: choosing a photo, adjusting colors, checking materials, and setting down each bead by hand. What remains is more than a picture. It is a memory you helped build, one bead at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Skyline Widget

Features
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A sky beyond the Home Screen. Skyline turns a Home Screen widget into a window. Beyond it lies a landscape, and its sky keeps changing colour all day long. ■ The colour is the sky, right now The sky is not a picture. The sun's position is computed from the date and the place, and the sky is drawn in the colour of that moment. Indigo before dawn, white morning, blue noon, orange dusk, then night. Whenever you look, the same hour is passing outside. ■ Anywhere in the world Pick a city and the sky is drawn in that city's local time. If it is night where you are but daytime there, the widget stays in daylight. In Reykjavík in summer, 10 p.m. is still bright. Search covers the whole world, and once chosen, no connection is needed. ■ A widget that moves At night, stars flicker — rarely, irregularly. Choose rain and drops run down the glass. You notice the movement when you happen to glance at the Home Screen; it is that restrained. ■ Twelve views Sea, Sky, Sunlight, Wind, Waves, City, Peaks, Forest, Meadow, Desert, Fog, Rain. Six frame colours, and two panes side by side make one wide window. StandBy is supported. ■ Today's Sky Sunrise, solar noon and sunset for your chosen place, the length of the day, the difference from tomorrow, where today ranks in the year, and how many days to the next solstice. Move the time and the whole screen becomes that hour's sky. A reminder shortly before sunset can be set. ■ Everything happens on device Not one photograph is used. Sky, sun and stars are all computed and drawn. The widget makes no network requests. There are no ads. Four views are free, along with worldwide place selection, Today's Sky, notifications and StandBy. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the remaining eight views, six frame colours and the star-twinkle setting.

Screenshots

Fuse Bead Patterns4 screens
Skyline Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skyline Widget at none against Fuse Bead Patterns's 4. Fuse Bead Patterns's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fuse Bead Patterns sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Skyline Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fuse Bead Patterns ships an update every 2 months, Skyline Widget every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fuse Bead Patterns versus Skyline Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFuse Bead PatternsSkyline Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer杰 陈Takayuki Hamuro

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fuse Bead Patterns

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Quarterly Premium$4.993 Months
  • Annual Premium$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$34.99
None

Skyline Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fuse Bead Patterns free?
Fuse Bead Patterns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skyline Widget free?
Skyline Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fuse Bead Patterns or Skyline Widget have ads?
Neither Fuse Bead Patterns nor Skyline Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fuse Bead Patterns or Skyline Widget?
Fuse Bead Patterns ships an update every 2 months, and Skyline Widget every 5 weeks. Most recently, Fuse Bead Patterns was updated on October 18, 2026 and Skyline Widget on October 11, 2026.

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