LocalBeacons vs Root
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.
Root
Discover nontoxic and organic beauty products with easy browsing and exclusive content. Get early access to sales, new releases, and app-user-only offers. Shop securely and quickly with a streamlined checkout process.
- App-exclusive offers
- Early access to sales
- Easy product browsing
- Exclusive beauty content
- First-to-know notifications
- Secure and fast checkout
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Download the Root app for app-exclusive offers & early access to sales + new releases. Our mission is to create the best performing beauty products that are also nontoxic & affordable. EASY BROWSING Shop the freshest new arrivals across our entire catalog with an organized & easy to use interface. EXCLUSIVE CONTENT Tips & helpful beauty content galore. New content added weekly to help you increase product performance & application. Along with easy guides to help select the best products for you. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Be first to know about exclusive offers and launches through first-to-know notifications and app-user-only early access. SECURE CHECKOUT IN A FLASH Tap, swipe, shop and order your new products in an instant with our super easy checkout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Root at 4.9 against LocalBeacons's 3.9. Root also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 75%) and ratings volume (319 vs 25). LocalBeacons's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). 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.
Root holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Root has 319 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of LocalBeacons's written reviews are positive against 96% of Root's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LocalBeacons | Root |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (25 ratings) | 4.9 (319 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 319 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Mayfield | Root Pretty |
Customer experience
LocalBeacons
Root
In-app purchases
LocalBeacons
No in-app purchases
Root
No in-app purchases
