Comparison

Bead Master vs Beader

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

Beader

Design intricate bead patterns with customizable dimensions, bead types, and schemes. Collaborate with others and sync your creations across devices using iCloud.

Highlights
  • Create bead schemes
  • Customizable dimensions
  • Multiple bead types
  • iCloud sync
  • Share and collaborate
Features
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Create bead schemes with different dimensions, different types and different bead types. iCloud sync and ability to share / collaborate.

Screenshots

Bead Master4 screens
Beader3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beader at 93% against Bead Master's 40%. Beader also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (19 vs 4). Bead Master's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence 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

Bead Master is free to download; Beader costs $0.99 up front. Beader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bead Master asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beader holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Bead Master's written reviews are positive against 93% of Beader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bead Master ships an update every 9 months, Beader every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Bead Master versus Beader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBead MasterBeader
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)4.7 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings419 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonatan YdeViktor Gavrilov

Customer experience

Bead Master

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

Beader

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

In-app purchases

None

Bead Master

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Beader

One-time1
  • Remove ads$2.99

Questions

Is Bead Master free?
Bead Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beader free?
Beader costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bead Master or Beader?
Beader is rated higher. Bead Master averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Beader averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do Bead Master or Beader have ads?
Beader shows ads; Bead Master does not.
Which is updated more often, Bead Master or Beader?
Bead Master ships an update every 9 months, and Beader every 11 months. Most recently, Bead Master was updated on June 10, 2026 and Beader on September 17, 2026.

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