4Degrees vs Beyond Identity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
4Degrees
Strengthen professional connections and expand your network conveniently from your iPhone. This app helps you manage relationships and stay in touch while on the move.
- Strengthen professional relationships
- Expand your network
- Manage connections on the go
- Convenient networking tool
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The 4Degrees iPhone app is a convenient way to strengthen your professional relationships and network while on the go.
Beyond Identity
Experience instant, passwordless logins with a dynamic identity defense platform. This app replaces weak credentials with strong, device-bound cryptographic keys, making common cyberattacks impossible. Enjoy seamless, secure access without extra steps or second devices.
- Passwordless login
- Dynamic identity defense
- Device-bound cryptographic credentials
- Phishing and social engineering attack prevention
- Seamless user experience
- Continuous security validation
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The Beyond Identity Authenticator provides instant, passwordless login backed by the world's only dynamic identity defense platform. By replacing weak credentials with strong, device-bound, cryptographic credentials, Beyond Identity makes attacks like phishing, social engineering, brute force, deepfake fraud, and advanced MFA attacks impossible to execute. For users, all you experience is a seamless, passwordless MFA login that provides instant and continuous secure access with no extra steps or second device needed. You simply open the app, confirm your identity, and go. For organizations, you have the assurance you're protected against initial access and lateral movement threats because every session is protected by hardware-backed credentials with security posture that is continuously validated. Beyond Identity is designed to be privacy-preserving. Biometric validation is local, no biometric information is stored in our system nor sent over the network, and the application does not collect personal information
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 4Degrees at 5.0 against Beyond Identity's 4.2. 4Degrees also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Beyond Identity's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
4Degrees holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beyond Identity has 39 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
4Degrees ships an update fortnightly, Beyond Identity every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 6, 2026.
| Parameter | 4Degrees | Beyond Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.2 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 4Degrees | Beyond Identity |
Customer experience
4Degrees
Beyond Identity
In-app purchases
4Degrees
No in-app purchases
Beyond Identity
No in-app purchases
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