# Handmade Patterns

> Handmade patterns is a simple app that allows you to create your handmade design

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.e.handmade\_patterns](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.e.handmade_patterns)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.e.handmade_patterns`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Abdallah Gamal
- **Category:** ART\_AND\_DESIGN
- **Downloads:** 63,177
- **Rating:** 2.79 / 5 (218 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-28
- **First published:** 2021-01-26
- **Publisher country:** EG
- **Size:** 5.97 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.e.handmade_patterns)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/handmade-patterns/home](https://sites.google.com/view/handmade-patterns/home)

## Description

Handmade Patterns is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to help you create custom bead art and tapestry crochet patterns directly from your smartphone or tablet. Whether you're a beginner in bead crafting, a tapestry maker, or a home decor enthusiast, this app provides an array of stitches like brick stitch, peyote stitch, square (bead & tapestry crochet), and raw right angle weave. Its intuitive interface includes real drawing tools such as pencil, eraser, color palette, and an option to reset your current design, making it easy to bring your creative ideas to life. Embrace pixel art and personalized designs effortlessly with Handmade Patterns.

## Rankings

- #272,381 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.e.handmade_patterns.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users find Handmade Patterns to be easy and good for sketching and designing patterns, especially for beadwork projects. It is free and user-friendly. However, multiple users report significant drawbacks, including the inability to save and resume patterns, app crashes, difficulty marking the grid squares, persistent ads despite claims otherwise, and the lack of features like undo and color eyedrop. These issues noticeably affect usability and overall satisfaction.

### Pros

- Easy to use and user-friendly interface
- Good for learning and sketching patterns
- Free to use
- Helpful for designing and planning beadwork or similar projects
- Provides ideas on how projects will look before creation

### Cons

- Cannot save patterns or return to previously worked designs
- App crashes randomly or is unstable
- Issues with the grid where marking squares is unreliable or difficult
- Ads present despite update indicating no ads, with no option to remove them
- Limited features such as lack of undo button, double brick pattern, and color eyedrop tool

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