ThreadABead vs Spurpunk TD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Exclusive bead pattern collection
- Save to wish list
- Browse new and popular patterns
- Search extensive catalog
- Designs for jewelry and ornaments
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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.
Spurpunk TD
Defend ghost towns in a steampunk wild west setting using magical cards, spells, and automated towers. Battle over 27 types of modified zombies across 60 unique levels, utilizing a variety of towers and trick weapons.
- 60+ unique levels
- 6 unique towers
- 25 magic cards
- 27+ modified zombie monsters
- Hidden hideouts
- General store with trick weapons
- Posse automatons
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Jump into the most twisted and epic Tower Defense/Card Strategy ever set in the steampunk wild west! Choose from a combination of magical cards, chosen spells and automated towers to keep a crazy menagerie of modified zombies out of your ghost towns. OVER 60 LEVELS Jump into showdowns in Boot Hill, Death Valley and the Mayan Ruins - switching up your magic card deck and tower defenses for every unique level! CHOOSE YOUR ARSENAL WITH THESE EPIC TOWERS AND MAGIC CARDS: ● SIX UNIQUE TOWERS choose among a group of four default towers from the Sheriff six-gun to the Blacksmith mortar, to the special unlockable ones in the store! ● 25 MAGIC CARDS that intensify towers, transform monsters, summon portals and more! THE WEIRD WILD WEST: ● OVER 27 MODIFIED ZOMBIE MONSTERS from the iron-plated brutes to warped floating mummy clones to a mutated cacti! ● HIDDEN HIDEOUTS deadly and unforgiving gauntlets that test your sanity and nerve once you complete the game! ● A GENERAL STORE where you can acquire any of 8 sneaky trick weapons and try your luck to win a special tower! ● POSSE AUTOMATONS - create a barracks with steam-powered soldiers to block paths and clear obstructions! Gear up! HELP OUR HEROES! ● 3 HEROES who will train your fighting skills -- and may soon NEED YOUR HELP to SAVE THEM!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spurpunk TD at 4.2 against ThreadABead's 2.3. Spurpunk TD also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). ThreadABead's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Spurpunk TD sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ThreadABead asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spurpunk TD holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spurpunk TD has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of ThreadABead's written reviews are positive against 86% of Spurpunk TD's.
ThreadABead ships an update every 5 months, Spurpunk TD every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ThreadABead | Spurpunk TD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | David Greenfield | Easley-Dunn Productions, Inc. |
Customer experience
ThreadABead
Spurpunk TD
In-app purchases
ThreadABead
No in-app purchases
Spurpunk TD
- Stack of Gems$0.99
- Bag of Gems$2.99
- Chest of Gems$3.99
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- Barrel of Gems$4.99
Questions
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