Design comparison
Beadpattern vs Layergrab
Turning a photo or a prompt into a fuse-bead grid with per-colour bead counts you can actually shop from · Designers, ecommerce sellers and social-media editors who need to pull one element off a flat image - a product, a poster's text, a sticker - as a clean transparent layer without opening desktop software. The Chrome extension (right-click any image on the web) is the fastest version of the job. Not a fit for anyone who needs a named company and a refund policy before paying, or for bulk API automation (no developer API is offered).
| Decision point | BeadPattern | LayerGrab |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Turning a photo or a prompt into a fuse-bead grid with per-colour bead counts you can actually shop from | Designers, ecommerce sellers and social-media editors who need to pull one element off a flat image - a product, a poster's text, a sticker - as a clean transparent layer without opening desktop software. The Chrome extension (right-click any image on the web) is the fastest version of the job. Not a fit for anyone who needs a named company and a refund policy before paying, or for bulk API automation (no developer API is offered). |
| Category | Creative | Creative |
| Price | Basic $59.99/yr; Pro $99.99/yr; Max $199.99/yr (annual, credits granted upfront) | Freemium. Subscriptions: Basic $12/month for 1,200 credits (~120 layers), Premium $36/month for 3,600 credits (~450 layers), yearly billing saves 31%. One-time credit packs: $20 for 1,800 credits, $60 for 6,600 credits (pack credits expire - see their FAQ). Each image-to-layers split costs 10 credits on Basic, 8 on Premium. Verified 2026-11-02 on /pricing. |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 3.9/5 | 3.8/5 |
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Evidence status
Annual plans only, credits granted upfront for the full year: Basic $59.99/year (2,400 credits), Pro $99.99/year (5,040), Max $199.99/year (12,000). Plan cards strike $10.00 to $5.00, $16.66 to $8.33 and $33.33 to $16.67 per month - a 50% displayed difference - while the Yearly toggle badge reads 'Save 17%'. The monthly plan figures are not present in the served HTML, so no monthly price is quoted here. Photo-to-pattern conversion is free and consumes no credits; AI cartoon generation costs 10 credits per successful generation with failures not charged.
Official sources checked 2026-10-21Submitted via form by the vendor 2026-10-20 (14:30 UTC), category 'Creative' (accurate). Editorial entry written independently. One of four products from the same operator, confirmed in writing 2026-10-20 15:34 UTC; its placement also rests on its own published footer cross-links to seedaud.io and productshotai.app. Held on no named operator or processor and a pricing presentation that contradicts itself. Re-verified live 2026-10-21: 'Save 17%' still renders beside the $10.00 to $5.00 (50%) strike, the Subscribe buttons still read 'Alipay / WeChat Pay' above a 'Pay safely and securely with Stripe' footer, and the 'Limited Time Deal / Up to 50% OFF' banner is still present. The 00:00:00:00 countdown recorded on 2026-10-20 did not reproduce on 2026-10-21 - the timer configuration is in the payload but no zeroed timer rendered - so that specific claim is not carried into the listing. PUBLISHED 2026-10-21 with 'no registered company, trading name, postal address or controller identity' and 'no payment processor named' recorded as stated limitations in cons rather than as a gate. PRC governing law and the 90-day log-deletion term are credited in pros.
Subscriptions: Basic $12/mo for 1,200 credits (~120 layers), Premium $36/mo for 3,600 credits (~450 layers), yearly saves 31%. One-time packs: $20/1,800 credits, $60/6,600 credits (pack credits expire per FAQ). 10 credits/layer on Basic, 8 on Premium. Checked 2026-11-02 on https://layergrab.com/pricing (worked cost examples on-page).
Official sources checked 2026-11-02Submitted via form 2026-10-31 05:55 UTC (contact BlaiseZiemehudfv@hotmail.com; site publishes contact@layergrab.com mailto, MX = Cloudflare Email Routing). Editorial entry written independently from live pages. Chrome Web Store extension verified live (cfkdlnfbbdbihhpbmciigdpbbpeinapa). Privacy names Google sign-in + Chrome Limited Use; uploads 'not sold, not used to train our own models'; the AI model partner is unnamed ('our processing partner'). No entity/jurisdiction/refund page/contact page. Registered 2026-09-27 (Cloudflare registrar); NS eric/reza - not the s07811005141 cluster pair (damon/violet); img2layers.org was unreachable for a text-similarity check, so no cluster claim is made.
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