Line vs Beam Beam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Line
This app allows users to create, save, and share digital sketches and doodles. It connects to a robot drawing arm to bring digital creations to life on paper, offering tools for scaling, rotating, and combining drawings. Users can also trace photos and share their artwork in a cloud-based sketchbook.
- Create, save, and share digital sketches
- Draw with finger, Apple Pencil, or stylus
- Scale, rotate, and combine drawings
- Trace photos with tracing mode
- Cloud sketchbooks for sharing
- Code control with Scratch, Python, Javascript
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Create, save and share and publish your sketches and doodles with the Line-us app. If you have Line-us, the internet connected Robot Drawing Arm, have fun drawing them with a real pen on paper. Draw and write with your finger, an Apple pencil or a stylus. The app has tools to scale, rotate, or even combine multiple drawings to create fun new doodles. There is also a tracing mode that allows you to use a photo as a background so anyone can get started with Line-us. Create sketchbooks in the Line-us Cloud publish and share them with other users. Send a sketch to say Hello or get together with other creators around the world and share your drawings, doodles and artwork. Control Line-us with your own code. Use Scratch, Python, Javascript, Processing or a host of other languages to get Line-us to to develop your own Line-us programs. We hope you love sketching with Line-us as much as we do.
Beam Beam
Scan visuals with a specific logo to unlock augmented reality experiences and participate in exclusive social media challenges. Become a web star by sharing your creations and potentially win gifts during special events.
- Scan Beam Beam logo visuals
- Experience augmented reality
- Participate in exclusive challenges
- Share content on social networks
- Win gifts during events
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Scan all objects and images bearing the Beam Beam logo to live new experiences and participate in exclusive challenges to share on social networks! 1. Scans the Beam Beam visuals. 2. See the magic appear on your smartphone. 3. Get on the scene. 4. And become the new web star by sharing on social networks! Bonus: You can win crazy gifts during amazing events!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beam Beam at 73% against Line's 25%. Beam Beam also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.1). Line's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beam Beam holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Line's written reviews are positive against 73% of Beam Beam's.
Line ships an update every 2 months, Beam Beam every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Line | Beam Beam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DRP London Limited | Beam Beam |
Customer experience
Line
Beam Beam
In-app purchases
Line
No in-app purchases
Beam Beam
No in-app purchases
