Comparison

Friendcasts vs *beep*

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

Head to head
About

Friendcasts

This app simplifies social event planning by allowing users to propose ideas, gauge interest, and organize confirmed events with dedicated chat and photo sharing. It focuses on bringing people together without the complexities of traditional social media.

Highlights
  • Propose event ideas and gauge interest
  • Organize confirmed events with dedicated chat
  • Create custom groups for faster event planning
  • Utilize polls for group decisions
  • Share photos of event memories
  • Form communities for shared events
Features
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Friendcasts is an event planning tool that makes it easy to bring you and your friends together for fun times and meaningful connections. Unlike other apps that function like or require a social media account, Friendcasts is NOT a social media app. Friendcasts focuses only on the social aspect of bringing people together. WHY FRIENDCASTS? If you’ve ever tried to plan something then you know it can be difficult to organize people. There is pressure on the planner to message each person individually (which is inconvenient and time-consuming) or create a group chat (which is often difficult to leave). With Friendcasts, you can gauge interest in potential events in a pressure free way by creating an “Idea”. If anyone you include is interested all they have to do is press a button. When your Idea has enough interest, it can be easily transitioned to an official Event that includes a dedicated group chat, polls, and a place to upload photos of the memories you've made. After the Event has ended, you can find it in your profile page along with your other past Events. Photos can still be uploaded but the group chat and polls are locked to prevent unnecessary noise and help you focus on future Events. FEATURES - Events - For planned occasions that are definitely happening. - Ideas - Gauge interest in a potential event. When enough people indicate interest, you can get a notification and/or you can configure the Idea to automatically transition into an official Event. - Communities - Communities allow you to share events and ideas with specific people. Whether it's for a local club, sports group, board game group, or even a travel group, you can set up a community for it. - Chat - Each Event has a dedicated group chat to help make your plans a reality and includes GIF support for a little extra fun. - Polls - Perfect for gauging feedback, making group decisions, or creating sign-up sheets - Groups - Organize friends into custom groups for faster selection when creating an Idea or Event. - Location selection - Everyone in an Event can quickly pull up directions to the fun

About

*beep*

Record and send voice messages with friends, enhanced by customizable skins and charms. Save your favorite audio greetings with unlimited storage. Connect and share your voice in a fun, new way.

Highlights
  • Record and send voice messages
  • Customizable profile with skins and charms
  • Unlimited storage for saved messages
  • Receive and claim profile invites
  • Aesthetic voice message creation
Features
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your friend just sent you a *beep* invite — claim your profile before your invite ghosts. - no typing, no overthinking — just hit record and yap. - send and receive aesthetic voice msgs with your friends - curate your greeting with skins, charms, social links and more. - save the best messages in your collection with unlimited storage. - lots more coming soon. for questions, feature requests and anything else, drop us a DM on Instagram: @thebeepapp. we read and reply to every message, pinky promise. Terms of Use: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/7ae247f3-a5bd-4272-aa99-979b61980f91 Privacy Policy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/944e71ea-5665-44d4-baff-e3cb570394ea

Screenshots

Friendcasts4 screens
*beep*4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Friendcasts at none against *beep*'s 2. Friendcasts also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). *beep*'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 days). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. *beep* sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Friendcasts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Friendcasts against 5.0 for *beep*. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Friendcasts ships an update every 9 days, *beep* every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Friendcasts versus *beep*: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendcasts*beep*
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB183 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperZachary KeetonWhat the Beep LLC

Customer experience

Friendcasts

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

*beep*

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Friendcasts

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

*beep*

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Friendcasts free?
Friendcasts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is *beep* free?
*beep* is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Friendcasts or *beep*?
Friendcasts and *beep* are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Friendcasts or *beep* have ads?
Neither Friendcasts nor *beep* shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Friendcasts or *beep*?
Friendcasts ships an update every 9 days, and *beep* every 5 days. Most recently, Friendcasts was updated on October 6, 2026 and *beep* on October 13, 2026.

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