Creative Beading vs Needleply
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Creative Beading
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Creative Beading Magazine Subscriptions are available for purchase inside this app. Three months subscription - $9.99 (automatically renewed until canceled) Six months subscription - $18.99 (automatically renewed until canceled) One year subscription - $31.99 (automatically renewed until canceled) Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period unless you change your subscription preferences in your account settings. You can manage your subscriptions through your account settings after purchase on your device. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Please visit http://www.magzter.com/ns/privacy-policy.html for our Privacy Policy and http://www.magzter.com/ns/terms_condition.html for our Terms & Conditions
Needleply
Browse, search, and organize embroidery materials like threads, beads, and fabrics. Find color matches across different brands and export your selections for inventory tracking or printable tables.
- Thread, bead, and fabric palettes
- Search materials reference
- Find close color matches
- Export to Needlentory
- Create printable PDF tables
- Organize embroidery materials
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Embroidery material palettes reference. The app contains material palettes — threads, beads, and fabrics — from many well-known manufacturers. It is designed for convenient browsing, searching, selecting, and organizing materials for embroidery projects. You can search materials across the entire reference, as well as find close color matches, even when they belong to different palettes or manufacturers. This helps you choose harmonious combinations and find alternatives to specific colors. Selected palettes can be exported directly to Needlentory, a separate app created specifically for material tracking, including inventory management, shopping lists, and project planning. For those who prefer manual tracking, the app allows you to create and export clear PDF tables that are convenient for printing and storing on paper. If you are missing a specific palette or manufacturer, you can contact us by email. We regularly expand the available palettes. Key features: • Thread, bead, and fabric palettes from popular manufacturers • Search across the entire materials reference • Find close color matches across different palettes • Export palettes to Needlentory for material tracking • Export palettes to StitchHub for pattern creation and progress tracking • Create and export printable PDF tables • Simple browsing and selection of materials for projects Disclaimer. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by any manufacturers. Color accuracy notice. Colors shown in the app are approximate and may differ from actual shades. Always refer to official physical color charts from manufacturers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Creative Beading at none against Needleply's shown. Creative Beading also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Needleply's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 20 months). 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
Both are free to download. Creative Beading sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months and Needleply sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Creative Beading ships an update every 20 months, Needleply every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Beading | Needleply |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 282 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Magzter Inc. | Diana Białogrzywa |
In-app purchases
Creative Beading
- Creative Beading$9.993 Months
- Creative Beading$18.996 Months
- Creative Beading$31.991 Year
- Creative Beading - Vol 11 No 04$5.99
- Creative Beading - Vol 12 No 03$5.99
- Creative Beading - Vol 12 No 05$5.99
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- Creative Beading - Vol 12 No 06$5.99
- Creative Beading - Vol 13 No 02$5.99
- Creative Beading Vol 19 No 6$5.99
- Creative Beading Vol 20 No 3$5.99
- Creative Beading Volume 15 No$5.99
- Creative Beading - Vol 11 No 2$5.99
- Creative Beading Vol 20 No 1$5.99
- Vol 16 No 1$5.99
- Creative Beading Vol 21 No 7$5.99
- Creative Beading Vol 21 No 6$5.99
- Creative Beading Vol 21 No 4$5.99
- Creative Beading Vol 20 No 6$7.99
Needleply
- Threads$0.99
- Premium for 1 month$0.99
- Premium for 6 months$4.99
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- Premium for 1 year$9.99
- Canvas$12.99
- Premium Lifetime$19.99
- Kit$49.99
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