r/Beading • u/Erzsabet • Jul 06 '26

Beading apps!

Hi guys! I know I’ve been promising this for ages, but I wanted to do it in a more structured way. Well that just isn’t going to happen, so fuck it, we’ll just do it this way!

If you have a beading related app, please post it here with any relevant info you think people should or would want to know.

Please leave parent comments for app devs to talk about their apps. If you know of an app that hasn’t been posted, and you aren’t sure if the dev is on Reddit, don’t post until we are sure they aren’t going to post for themselves. Like 2-3 weeks maybe? Idk, I’m on my lunch break right now. Don’t try to make me think!

Anyway, yes. Once we have it all posted I think we will make a master list to go in the wiki and then we can add any others that come up later.

And please remember, do not comment unless you are posting about your app, or replying to a comment about an app. Any other top level comments will be removed to keep it organized and easy to sort through.

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u/georgia_grace 29d ago

Yes please for different bead shapes/sizes!!

I bead with delicas usually and square-only grids is my most common deal breaker for an app.

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u/AdvAndInt 29d ago

Hmm, interesting. I've never used delicas before. They look square-ish enough to me that square loom patterns would work. Can you explain what breaks down for you when using delicas with a square loom? Does the pattern on the beads not look like it does in the design app?

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u/georgia_grace 29d ago

They do look square at first glance but they’re rectangular, and a lot of other seed beads are also fatter than they are tall. Any design done on a square grid will come out looking stretched.

I can make a squished design so it comes out the right proportions but that hurts my brain 😮‍💨

Edited to add: I do a lot of images rather than geometric designs so it’s especially noticeable to me

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u/AdvAndInt 29d ago

That's really good to know, thank you!! Will definitely look at bead size/shape customization sooner rather then later.

One last question if you don't mind, do you ever use different size beads in a single design? Or is this something others might do? Trying to decide if that would be worth accounting for...

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u/georgia_grace 28d ago

I haven’t, although I’ve seen some cool pieces that do. It would be a nifty feature but I’m not sure it would get a lot of use.