Mighty Networks vs Buddies Beacon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mighty Networks
This platform empowers creators and entrepreneurs to build thriving online communities. It uses AI to connect members, host courses, events, and memberships, offering flexible monetization options. Ideal for diverse topics from wellness to hobbies.
- AI-powered member connection
- Host groups and subgroups
- Offer courses and memberships
- Livestreaming and events
- Flexible monetization options
- Customer and employee communities
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Mighty has more $1M communities than any other platform. Why? Because it’s the only community software designed to introduce your members to each other and help them connect. Those member to member interactions are ultimately what will make your courses, challenges, events and memberships successful. Mighty powers them using its proprietary People Magic AI, which is designed to surface the most interesting and relevant members to each other and help them break the ice. On Mighty, a creator, entrepreneur, coach or community leader can host groups and subgroups, offer courses, livestream, run events, and more. They can offer those things for free or charge for access on a recurring or one-time basis. Every day millions of members contribute to communities on Mighty centered on diverse topics — health and wellness, spirituality, career, relationships, personal development, and hobbies are all well represented. Brands also use Mighty for customer communities, ambassador activations, and employee engagement. “It was very important to me to not have my community on Facebook. Mighty Networks has been a great alternative and has only gotten better in the five years I’ve used it.” - Tara W., Mighty Host “It's just sooooo easy to use, to build my content, my courses, my coaching delivery. It's easy. Very low learning curve. I was up in days with Mighty. “ - Kelley T., Mighty Host “Intuitive and flexible—highly recommended! Mighty's saved us time, improved engagement, and given our members a far more cohesive experience.” - James E. Mighty Host “My Mighty Network is incredibly dynamic and keeps getting better. The features they offer make it easy to build a community and, more importantly, keep my members engaged. Their team is also highly responsive, another reason I love Mighty. In short, A+” - Dana Wilde, Mighty Host “There are so many ways to customize your community and offerings, with new features coming all the time.” - Steff B, Mighty Host The future’s more interesting when we’re in it together. Climb aboard—and let’s go. -- Terms of Use: https://mn.co/terms-of-use
Buddies Beacon
This app allows users to send location-based signals to a select group of friends. Friends can respond with quick status updates, and location sharing is temporary and controlled by the user. It focuses on direct communication without public feeds or usernames.
- Send location beacons to friends
- Receive quick status responses
- Temporary and controlled location sharing
- Create custom buddy lists
- Plan future meetups with flares
- Signal presence in crowds
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Buddies is a small app for lighting a beacon when you're out. Tap the button and every buddy sees the signal. They tap back — on my way, twelve minutes, can't tonight — and that's it. No group-chat limbo. No public feed. No usernames, no search, no directory. You invite the people you actually want to see, and beacons stay between you. Buddy lists let you send to your golf crew, your poker crew, or all of them at once. Flares let you plan ahead — Sunday brunch, Thursday dinner — and they light themselves at the moment. Light a torch when a friend is trying to find you in a crowd. Everything you have live sits in one list. Your location is shared only when you light something, only with the buddies you chose, and only while it shows on your lock screen. Swipe that away and sharing stops. It is deleted when the beacon or torch ends. Made for the friends you'd actually want to show up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Buddies Beacon at none against Mighty Networks's 10. Mighty Networks's advantage is ratings volume (75K vs 1) and chart position (#108 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Mighty Networks sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Buddies Beacon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Buddies Beacon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mighty Networks has 75K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Mighty Networks | Buddies Beacon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (75K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 75K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #108 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mighty Networks | Liam Maxwell |
Customer experience
Mighty Networks
Buddies Beacon
Bugs and requests
Mighty Networks
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when trying to access notifications
- Video playback issues and unexpected behavior
- Inability to log in or create an account
- Inconsistent syncing between web and mobile versions
- Truncated or hidden comments and posts
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to edit and delete messages
- Option to set permanent filter and sort preferences
- Support for multiple image uploads in a single post
- Improved notifications and activity tracking
- Better accessibility features for disabled users
Buddies Beacon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mighty Networks
- Monthly Plan3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Monthly Plan$1.991 Month
- Monthly Plan$5.991 Month
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- Monthly Plan$11.991 Month
- Monthly Plan2 variants$12.991 Month
- Monthly Plan2 variants$19.991 Month
- Monthly Plan2 variants$29.991 Month
Buddies Beacon
No in-app purchases








