Welcome to PlanBead, the ultimate design studio for every beading artist! Design, weave, and create stunning beaded jewelry for free.
All Drawing Features are FREE!
We believe creativity shouldn't have a price tag. In PlanBead, all essential drawing features are available to everyone, completely free:
Unlimited Designs: Create as many patterns as you want in your personal workspace for free.
Full Miyuki Color Palette: Design with the industry-standard Miyuki Delica color library.
Bead Inventory: Manage your stash of beads within the app, keep track of all your beads
Loom, Pyeote & Brick: Easily switch between the most popular beading stitches to perfect your patterns.
currently supporting:
- Loom Bracelet
- Folded Leaf Earring
- R-Leaf Earring
- Fringe Earring
- Triangle Earring
- Herringobne Earring, Bracelet
- Peyote Earring, Bracelet, Ring
- Brick Earring, Bracelet, Ring
- more beaded jewelry
Revolutionary Weaving Mode: Never print a pattern again! Our dynamic weaving mode is a game-changer.
Follow Along On-Screen
The app highlights your current row and beads, making it easy to keep your place.
Word Chart Included
Generate an instant word chart for any design, perfect for complex patterns.
Eco-Friendly Beading
Keep the environment healthy, one sheet of paper at a time. Ditch the printer and weave directly from your device.
Inspiration Delivered Weekly
Stay inspired with a constant stream of new ideas! Every week, we release beautiful, professional patterns for both free and premium users. Discover new techniques and challenge your skills.
Go Premium for More!
Unlock powerful features with a PlanBead subscription (auto-renewing):
- Unlimited 3D previews: 1-click to convert your 2D pattern to a 3D realistic preview of you beaded jewelry
- Cloud Sync: Never lose your patterns again, automatically back up and sync your entire design library across all your devices
- Ad-Free Experience: Enjoy a focused, uninterrupted creative workflow
- Premium Patterns: Made by professional beading artists
- Image Tracing: Convert an image to a beading pattern
- PDF Export: Export your patterns as a printable PDF with step by step tutorial
Privacy Policy: https://www.planbead.com/privacy-policy
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Download PlanBead now and bring your beading ideas to life!
I was hesitant about the price tag, but I sent the developer a bunch of requests for improvements on Reddit, and they got back to me right away and started implementing changes. This is the best app I have found for tracking your progress on a peyote bracelet. You can choose to go by one row at a time or two for quick peyote. The instructions shop up a one the image for each row so you don’t have to count how many of the same beads there are in a row. And you can toggle viewing the whole pattern or just the row you are on, on your row and the ones previous to make sure you are on the correct row. The 3d views are amazing, and there are too many cool features to list here.
Developer Response
Thank you so much Ellie for the positive feedback, I'm glad you like the app :)I made a new update to the eye dropper and the bead inventory, now you can use real bead images in the app while designing. the eye dropper now can show up to 10 images for beads that matches a selected colormake sure to update to version 1.30.6 or after Happy beading!Alex
Exceptional beading app
ErinOZ
I have used all the beading software and apps that are available. Maybe I would find 1 feature that I would like or find very useful. Until the PlanBead app. This is such a great tool to have if you are a beader. So many great features! Exactly what I have been looking for.
Triangle Peyote
marianos shopper
I like the triangular Peyote layout feature. I would love to create a peyote word chart from my layout. Is this possible?I see that Toho colors are in the plan, good news.
This is a great app!
Jessica Lynn Pancorvo
This is a great app, and I do have a request. I seem to can’t edit the RGB directly to the numbers, can you guys please add that? Thanks! <3
+ Open Triangle
+ V Necklace
+ More Patterns - Spring Collection
+ Update color palette
+ Warped Square /5-6 pin star
+ Bead Crochet Rope / Bracelet
+ Herringbone & Kite Earring support + word chart (tested)
+ MatchBead™ color with real Miyuki images
+ more patterns ++Peyote++Loom++Triangle
+ Bead Inventory - manage your bead stash in Planbead
+ support for crochet beading - ornaments
+ Upgrade to the AI Generated Images
+ Performance and UI enhancements
your feedback has been amazing!
If you like the app consider leaving a review
Happy Beading!
Alex
Version 1.44.0
The developer, Alexander Monneret, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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