Comparison

EasyBeads vs Bead Atlas

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

Head to head
About

EasyBeads

This app guides you from a photo to a finished bead craft project. It helps you plan your design, track your bead inventory, and build your creation row by row with live progress updates. It supports multiple real community brand color systems and offers offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Photo to bead chart conversion
  • Row-by-row build companion with live highlighting
  • Bead inventory and shopping list generator
  • Support for multiple community brand color systems
  • Full-screen editor for chart refinement
  • Offline conversion engines and subject cut-out
Features
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EasyBeads is the all-in-one fuse-bead studio that takes you the whole way — from a photo to a chart, to preparing your beads, to placing them one by one. Most apps stop at the chart; EasyBeads is with you until the last bead. WHAT ONLY EASYBEADS DOES • Build companion: assemble row by row with live highlighting, tap each bead as you place it, watch your progress, and resume a big project anytime. • Bead inventory & shopping list: record the beads you own, and every chart instantly shows which colors — and how many — you're still short. Share a ready-to-buy list split into 'missing' and 'complete'. ALSO INSIDE • Real community brand color systems: MARD, COCO, 漫漫, 盼盼, 咪小窝, 黄豆豆 and 小舞 — matched to each brand's official kits (24–144 colors), not generic Perler/Hama guesses. • Boundless full-screen editor: refine the generated chart bead by bead — a creation tool, not a one-shot filter. • Two conversion engines (posterize / error-diffusion dithering) + on-device Vision subject cut-out, fully offline. • Live color counts, per-color exclusion, and your own album of saved charts. GREAT FOR fuse-bead and pixel-art crafters, parents crafting with kids, and anyone who wants the whole make — not just a preview. No account needed. Pick a photo and start.

About

Bead Atlas

Features
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Bead Atlas is a local-first studio for designing fuse-bead patterns. Start with a blank canvas, or import or capture a photo and turn it into a clean pixel pattern. Features: • Convert photos into bead patterns with automatic nearest-color matching • Choose from multiple board sizes and four built-in color collections • Draw, erase, fill, change the background, move, rotate, and flip artwork • Undo and redo, use grids and five-cell guides, rename projects, and save automatically • Browse a built-in pattern library with categories, search, and one-tap templates • Count colors and bead quantities, then export A4 guides with a grid and color key • Use the interface in Simplified Chinese, English, or Japanese • Choose light or dark appearance and multiple interface text sizes No registration or sign-in is required. Projects and preferences stay on the current device. Imported photos are processed locally to create patterns and are not uploaded to a server. Independence notice: Color collection names and codes are provided only as creative references. This independently developed app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party bead brand.

Screenshots

EasyBeads4 screens
Bead Atlas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: EasyBeads at none against Bead Atlas's shown. EasyBeads also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Bead Atlas's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EasyBeads ships an update every 4 days, Bead Atlas every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
EasyBeads versus Bead Atlas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasyBeadsBead Atlas
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer庭烽 周Han Yu Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

EasyBeads

No in-app purchases

None

Bead Atlas

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EasyBeads free?
EasyBeads is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bead Atlas free?
Bead Atlas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EasyBeads or Bead Atlas have ads?
Bead Atlas shows ads; EasyBeads does not.
Which is updated more often, EasyBeads or Bead Atlas?
EasyBeads ships an update every 4 days, and Bead Atlas every 6 weeks. Most recently, EasyBeads was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bead Atlas on October 31, 2026.

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