Comparison

Bead Master vs StitchedView

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

Head to head
About

Bead Master

Transform photos into custom templates for crafting projects like melty beads. Scale, crop, and choose colors to create personalized designs. Save, print, or export your templates for easy crafting.

Highlights
  • Photo to template conversion
  • Customizable scaling and cropping
  • Multiple color palettes (Hama, Artkal, Nabbi, Perler)
  • Save, print, and export templates
  • Transparent pegboard overlay
  • Dithering effect
Features
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Bead Master is an app that will allow you to create templates for melty beads. You can select any photo from your photo roll, scale and crop it to match your desire and choose from various sizes, color and border options in order to make the perfect template for your project. Afterwards you may save the template, print it or even place a transparent pegboard directly on top of your device. Features: - Dithering (Floyd-Steinberg based) - Palettes for Hama, Artkal, Nabbi & Perler - Save color chart with colors used - Export to pdf with color chart - Print with color chart - Pegboard sizes: 14x14, 28x28 and 56x56 Instructions: 1) Tap main area to choose an image to transform 2) Use pinch genstures to zoom and position your image 3) Tap the "gear"-icon in order to se the various options 4) Press the white button to create your template 5) (optionally) Tap the undo button on the lower left hand side if you are not completely happy with your template 6) Tap and hold the template to save, print or export your template The app is still primarily aimed towards melty beads, but have several other uses. Internally it has become a lot easier to add new palettes and board sizes, so please let me know if you think the app would benefit from new palettes (LEGO, Post-it, yarn etc) or board sizes (or other features for that matter). Please mail bugs, requests and suggestions etc to info@codeninja.dk. Credits for bead RGB colors to lordthanda Happy creativity :)

About

StitchedView

View and mark progress on cross-stitch patterns shared via iCloud. Save patterns locally or export them as images with color legends or CSV files. Test select features of the companion app.

Highlights
  • View cross-stitch patterns
  • Mark stitches in patterns
  • Save patterns locally
  • Export patterns as images
  • Export patterns as CSV
  • Test companion app features
Features
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Use this free app to view cross stitching patterns shared by users in iCloud created by the Stitched App. Use StitchedView to mark stitches in downloaded patterns while you cross stitch an actual work. StitchedView can also be used to test out a select number of features of the Stitched App. Cross-stitch patterns can be saved locally, or exported as an image with a color legend or as text in a CSV format for other applications.

Screenshots

Bead Master4 screens
StitchedView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bead Master at 40% against StitchedView's 0%. Bead Master also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). StitchedView's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Bead Master ships an update every 9 months, StitchedView every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bead Master versus StitchedView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBead MasterStitchedView
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonatan YdeEugene Liu

Customer experience

Bead Master

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

StitchedView

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bead Master

No in-app purchases

None

StitchedView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bead Master free?
Bead Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StitchedView free?
StitchedView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bead Master or StitchedView have ads?
Neither Bead Master nor StitchedView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bead Master or StitchedView?
Bead Master ships an update every 9 months, and StitchedView every 3 months. Most recently, Bead Master was updated on June 10, 2026 and StitchedView on August 18, 2026.

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