Comparison

Switch for Bose SoundTouch vs The Beacon Experience

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Switch for Bose SoundTouch

Control your Bose SoundTouch speakers on your local network. Manage power, volume, and preset channels with the same functionality as your speaker's physical buttons or remote.

Highlights
  • Control Bose SoundTouch speakers
  • Manage power on/off
  • Adjust volume
  • Select preset channels
  • Local network control
Features
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This app help you control all your Bose SoundTouch speaker on your local network, you can use all the functions same with buttons on your SoundTouch speaker or remote controllers, include turn on/off speaker, control volume, choose preset channels. * You need Bose SoundTouch speaker to work with this App.

About

The Beacon Experience

This app fosters community connection by offering features like a shared feed, online voting, and amenity booking. Residents can also access a bulletin board, make payments, and view home statistics. It aims to enhance neighborhood interaction and management.

Highlights
  • Community feed
  • Online voting
  • Amenity reservation
  • Bulletin board
  • Payments
  • Home stats
Features
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The Beacon Experience enables community engagement and features that include: -Community feed -Online voting -Amenity reservation -Bulletin board -Payments -Home stats

Screenshots

Switch for Bose SoundTouch1 screens
The Beacon Experience3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Beacon Experience at Free against Switch for Bose SoundTouch's $2.99. The Beacon Experience also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3). Switch for Bose SoundTouch's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

The Beacon Experience is free to download; Switch for Bose SoundTouch costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Beacon Experience holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Switch for Bose SoundTouch ships an update weekly, The Beacon Experience every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Switch for Bose SoundTouch versus The Beacon Experience: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwitch for Bose SoundTouchThe Beacon Experience
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.1
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer强 李ONR Applications LLC

Customer experience

Switch for Bose SoundTouch

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

The Beacon Experience

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Switch for Bose SoundTouch

No in-app purchases

None

The Beacon Experience

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Switch for Bose SoundTouch free?
Switch for Bose SoundTouch costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Beacon Experience free?
The Beacon Experience is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Switch for Bose SoundTouch or The Beacon Experience?
The Beacon Experience is rated higher. Switch for Bose SoundTouch averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while The Beacon Experience averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Switch for Bose SoundTouch or The Beacon Experience have ads?
Neither Switch for Bose SoundTouch nor The Beacon Experience shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Switch for Bose SoundTouch or The Beacon Experience?
Switch for Bose SoundTouch ships an update weekly, and The Beacon Experience every 2 months. Most recently, Switch for Bose SoundTouch was updated on November 11, 2026 and The Beacon Experience on November 4, 2026.

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