ThreadABead vs Bead Craft
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.
Bead Craft
Design and discover bead patterns for Hama, Perler, and Melty beads. Offers pre-designed inspiration or lets you create your own unique designs with helpful guidance tools. Export patterns as PDFs for printing or share your creations with others.
- Design custom bead patterns
- Discover pre-designed patterns
- Guidance tools for crafting
- Export patterns as PDF
- Share creations with friends
- Multiple board shapes
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Bead Craft - Discover and Design Hama / Perler / Melty Bead Patterns BeadCraft is the go-to app for all bead enthusiasts, whether you're a parent looking for fun crafting activities with your kids, or a hobbyist with a passion for beadwork. Key Features: - Dive into a collection of pre-designed bead patterns for inspiration. Or, let your imagination soar and design your unique patterns from scratch. - Crafting made easy! Our guidance tools leads you through each row and show the number of consequent beads. Makes it easy to track the patterns. - Tailor existing patterns to your liking or refine your designs. You can choose between square, circle and hexagon boards for your designs. - If you'd like to avoid screen, you can export the patterns as PDF and print them! - You can share your creations with friends and family. Start Crafting Today: Download Bead Craft now and embark on your bead art journey. Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
ThreadABead and Bead Craft both sit at 2.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of ThreadABead's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bead Craft's. ThreadABead also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Bead Craft's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Bead Craft sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ThreadABead asks for nothing beyond the download.
ThreadABead holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of ThreadABead's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bead Craft's.
ThreadABead ships an update every 5 months, Bead Craft every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThreadABead | Bead Craft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Greenfield | NUR NURIYE ERSAHIN |
Customer experience
ThreadABead
Bead Craft
In-app purchases
ThreadABead
No in-app purchases
Bead Craft
- PRO - Monthly$1.991 Month
- PRO - Yearly$19.991 Year









