LocalBeacons vs locol
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LocalBeacons
Discover local business deals, promotions, and information conveniently in one app. Save time and money while supporting nearby businesses and stop searching multiple sources for offers.
- Local business deals
- Promotions and information
- Save time and money
- Support local businesses
- Centralized offers
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Get all the best deals, promotions, and information about local businesses all in one place on the LocalBeacons mobile app. With LocalBeacons, you'll save time and money while supporting local businesses right in your back yard! Never hunt for deals and coupons on websites, apps, emails or newspapers again.
locol
Discover and engage with local businesses through authentic video reviews and interactive video catalogs. See what you're ordering before you get it, avoiding unpleasant surprises. Share the experience with friends and explore your community together.
- Authentic video reviews
- Video catalogs
- Discover local businesses
- Share with friends
- Set expectations before visiting
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Locol is a new immersive way to discover and do business with local businesses. Authentic video reviews allows you to set your expectation before you visit the business, and video catalogs make it easy for you to see what you are ordering. Why read a menu when you can watch it, no more unpleasant surprises after your receive your order. Just open the app and let us do the rest. locol is more fun with friends, share our app with your friend and start discovering together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: locol at 5.0 against LocalBeacons's 3.9. LocalBeacons's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
locol holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LocalBeacons has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LocalBeacons | locol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Mayfield | Witty Lab LLC |
Customer experience
LocalBeacons
locol
In-app purchases
LocalBeacons
No in-app purchases
locol
No in-app purchases
