Comparison

ThreadABead vs Bead patterns

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

Head to head
About

ThreadABead

Explore a vast collection of over 4,000 exclusive bead patterns for various jewelry and decorative items. Save your favorite designs to a personal wish list and discover new and popular patterns with an easy-to-use search function.

Highlights
  • Exclusive bead pattern collection
  • Save to wish list
  • Browse new and popular patterns
  • Search extensive catalog
  • Designs for jewelry and ornaments
Features
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Since 2007, ThreadABead has rapidly amassed a large collection of 4,000+ exclusive Bead Patterns making it the largest UK Bead Pattern site. It has become a favourite site for many beaders due to its diverse range of patterns specialising in bead designs for Size 11 Miyuki Delica beads. With ThreadABead you can find a treasure trove of patterns for ornaments, bracelets, earrings, necklaces and trinkets on many different topics such as seasonal, sports, hobbies and pets to name a few. If you are looking for an unusual design we most likely have just the thing! Now for the first time ThreadABead is making its on-site Wish List feature available in an app to all customers of ThreadABead and newcomers to browse our patterns and save them to their Wish List easily. Additionally new patterns to the site, and our most popular patterns can be also viewed, along with a search facility to trawl through our extensive catalogue.

About

Bead patterns

Create and share colorful bead patterns with a variety of designs. Features include pattern masking for row-by-row creation and magnification for detailed viewing. Save your own creations to your personal gallery.

Highlights
  • Create colorful bead patterns
  • Mask patterns for row-by-row creation
  • Magnify patterns for detail
  • Save your own creations
  • Includes various animal and character patterns
Features
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Bead patterns - full of awesome patterns for your creativity. Make great, fun and colourful bead patterns. Patterns of animals, princesses and mermaids. Mask the pattern to make one row at a time. Touch the pattern to magnify. The patterns are 15 x 15 cm (30 x 30 rows of beads) equal to 900 beads. Video showing the making of the Panda. Patterns included in the app: -Dinosaur. Green, beige, pink and black beads. -Panda. White, black and pink colors. -Cat. White, gray, black and pink colors. -Dog. Dark brown, light brown, red, white, pink and black colors. -Dolphin. White and light blue colors. -Elephant. Black, gray, white and pink colors. -Mouse. Black, gray, white and pink colors. -Teddy bear. Dark brown, light brown, white and black colors. -Owl. Dark brown, light brown, beige, orange, white and black colors. -Princess. Yellow, orange, pink, pink, pink, violet and black colors. -Squirrel. Dark brown, light brown, black and white colors. -Mermaid. Orange, pink, pink, light blue, green, white and black colors. -Puppy. Black, light blue, white, purple colors. -Robot. Black, grey, red, orange, white and three shades of blue colors. -Easter Chicken. Black, yellow, orange, red and white beads. "Your site" is a feature where you can save pictures of your creations. Once the your pattern is created – and every bead is beside another – the design is then fused together using bakery release paper and an iron.

Screenshots

ThreadABead3 screens
Bead patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ThreadABead at 50% against Bead patterns's 0%. ThreadABead also leads on price (Free vs $1.99). Bead patterns's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, ads, 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

ThreadABead is free to download; Bead patterns costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bead patterns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of ThreadABead's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bead patterns's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThreadABead ships an update every 5 months, Bead patterns every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ThreadABead versus Bead patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThreadABeadBead patterns
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid GreenfieldBo Kalvslund

Customer experience

ThreadABead

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bead patterns

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

ThreadABead

No in-app purchases

None

Bead patterns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThreadABead free?
ThreadABead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bead patterns free?
Bead patterns costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ThreadABead or Bead patterns?
Bead patterns is rated higher. ThreadABead averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Bead patterns averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ThreadABead or Bead patterns have ads?
Neither ThreadABead nor Bead patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThreadABead or Bead patterns?
ThreadABead ships an update every 5 months, and Bead patterns every 4 weeks. Most recently, ThreadABead was updated on June 1, 2026 and Bead patterns on September 23, 2026.

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