Comparison

Creative Beading vs hearthmap

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

Head to head
About

Creative Beading

Features
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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

About

hearthmap

Explore the United States with a data-driven map to find the best places to live. Analyze over 100 data points like schools, crime rates, and housing costs at various geographic levels. Filter and rank locations based on your personal priorities.

Highlights
  • 100+ data points for location analysis
  • Map visualization of data across the US
  • Filter locations by budget, commute, and more
  • Rank regions based on personal priorities
  • Drill down to block group resolution
  • Data from trusted public sources
Features
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100+ data points. Every neighborhood in America. One map. hearthmap is a free, data-only map for deciding where to live in the United States. No listings, no agents, no spam. Just the facts about a place, shaded across the whole country, so you can see at a glance where the good schools, low crime, affordable homes, and clean air actually are. EXPLORE Shade the map by any of 100 data points and watch the whole country light up. Zoom from states down to your exact block group and the map redraws at the right level of detail automatically. FILTER Hide everywhere that does not fit. Show only the places with homes under your budget, a commute under 30 minutes, a school rating above your bar, or any combination you set. RANK Tell hearthmap what matters to you and how much it matters. It scores every region in the country by how well it fits, then colors the strongest matches so your next home rises to the top. WHAT YOU CAN MAP - Housing: typical home value, asking price, rent, total monthly payment (PITI), property tax rate, days on market, and a one-year home value forecast - Cost of living: median household income, childcare cost, homeowners insurance, poverty rate - Schools: district ratings, math and reading proficiency, SAT scores, graduation rates, spending per student - Safety: violent crime and property crime rates - Environment: air quality, drinking water, wildfire, flood, hurricane, tornado, heat, and drought risk, radon, noise, temperature, humidity, rainfall, and sunny days - Demographics: population, density, growth, age mix, household size, families with kids, education levels - Lifestyle: walkability, transit, parks, restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, gyms, and libraries - Plus commute times, employment, political lean, life expectancy, and more SIX LEVELS OF DETAIL See any metric at state, county, town, ZIP code, census tract, and block group resolution. Compare a whole state at a glance, or drill all the way down to a single block. DATA YOU CAN TRUST Every number comes from a named public source: the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, the Department of Education, FEMA, the EPA, NOAA, the CDC, Zillow Research, Redfin, and more. Tap any region to see the value and where it came from. FREE AND PRIVATE hearthmap is completely free. It is a research tool, not a real estate brokerage: it does not list homes, broker deals, or sell your data. Create a free account to save the places and searches you care about, or just open the map and start exploring. Where should you live? Find out with data.

Screenshots

Creative Beading4 screens
hearthmap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: hearthmap at none against Creative Beading's 18. hearthmap also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 20 months). Creative Beading's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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. Creative Beading sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months. hearthmap asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creative Beading ships an update every 20 months, hearthmap fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Creative Beading versus hearthmap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreative Beadinghearthmap
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB26 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMagzter Inc.CHRISTOPHER PATRICK FAXON

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Creative Beading

Subscriptions3
  • Creative Beading$9.993 Months
  • Creative Beading$18.996 Months
  • Creative Beading$31.991 Year
One-time15
  • 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
None

hearthmap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Creative Beading free?
Creative Beading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hearthmap free?
hearthmap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Creative Beading or hearthmap have ads?
Neither Creative Beading nor hearthmap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Creative Beading or hearthmap?
Creative Beading ships an update every 20 months, and hearthmap fortnightly. Most recently, Creative Beading was updated on October 18, 2026 and hearthmap on October 5, 2026.

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