Spaces vs Be Happily
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spaces
Find and book flexible workspaces like meeting rooms, private offices, or co-working desks. Choose by the hour or day without contracts. Access thousands of locations globally for your professional needs.
- Book meeting rooms
- Private offices
- Co-working desks
- Business lounges
- Hourly and daily booking
- Global locations
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Sick of working in noisy coffee shops? Need to hold a meeting in a professional environment? Spaces is the world's largest provider of short-term workspaces, with over 4000 locations, in over 120 countries. Our centers offer meeting rooms, private offices, co-working desks and business lounges. Just choose the space that you need, book via our app and show up. Book by the hour or by the day. No contracts, no sign-up fees. Create your free Spaces account today and use our app to book a great space to work, wherever you need. Any type of workspace: Meeting rooms, private offices, co-working desks or business lounges. Pick the space that suits your needs. Any duration: Book by the hour, by the day, or upgrade to our unlimited Businessworld monthly subscription. Easy to use: No contracts to sign. Just book via the app and show up at the IWG center. Spaces everywhere: With over 4,000 locations around the world, you will find a space anywhere you need.
Be Happily
This app aims to make your workplace more enjoyable and rewarding by engaging you with daily questions about your work experience and suggestions for improvement. Earn in-app currency through participation and recognition, which can be redeemed for rewards. It also offers interactive village experiences like learning classrooms, fitness challenges, and a virtual gift shop.
- Daily workplace feedback questions
- Earn coins and gems
- Redeem rewards
- Learning classrooms
- Fitness challenges (integrates with Health app)
- Virtual gift shop
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Happily is here to make work more fun and rewarding. Everyday, you'll be sent questions about how you feel at work and how you would like to improve your workplace. Earn coins and gems just from answering questions or from receiving recognition from your co-workers. Redeem special rewards with your earnings! You can also participate in meaningful experiences at work in your Happily Village: - University: Create or join classrooms to enhance your learning - Running Track: Compete with your peers on distance walked or run. We integrate with the Health app for your fitness data. - Houses: Take a quiz and find out which house you belong to! - Gift Shop: Use your coins to buy gifts for others Work is more fun with Happily!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Be Happily at 80% against Spaces's 7%. Be Happily also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.4) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Spaces's advantage is ratings volume (118 vs 2). 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.
Be Happily holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spaces has 118 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Spaces's written reviews are positive against 80% of Be Happily's.
Spaces ships an update fortnightly, Be Happily every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spaces | Be Happily |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (118 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.4% of reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 118 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pathway IP II GmbH | getConnectedapp |
Customer experience
Spaces
Be Happily
Bugs and requests
Spaces
Reported bugs
36 issues- Door unlock is a buggy mess
- App crashes constantly
- App won't load after update
- App forgets login details after updates
- App keeps erroring and restarting login process
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- App does not work on phone
- Confirmation email not arriving after update
- Login stopped working after update
- Slow to load Bluetooth options
- Secure link for login sent too slowly
- Email authentication issues
- App signs out automatically
- App not working
- Cannot register, stalls
- Progress indicator animation badly drawn
- App asks to add payment account daily
- Cannot book coworking space
- Virtual key never works
- Login screen shows blank screen
- App requires download for internet access
- App automatically chooses Greek language
- App doesn't work
- Cannot login or register
- Unacceptable content-type text/html error
- App doesn't remember details
- Code sending issues (text and email)
- App prevents using Apple Wallet
- App doesn't generate password automatically
- App doesn't support iPhone XS Max full screen
- App crashes all the time
- Cannot change credit card details for months
- App doesn't accept Citibank Mastercard
- Duplicate reservations with no warnings
- App doesn't let you book office space since December update
- Registration process too short for email delivery
- App doesn't work with Office 365 email addresses
Requested features
11 requests- Add Apple Pay
- Add Apple Watch app
- Make app available on Apple Watch
- Make app usable in landscape mode on iPad
- Improve UI for finding Wi-Fi code
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- Add dark mode
- Improve font size and contrast for readability
- Allow adding pass to iPhone Wallet
- Improve login process with password managers
- Add option to save payment methods
- Make check-in a one-click system
Be Happily
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spaces
No in-app purchases
Be Happily
No in-app purchases
