Comparison

Big Ass Fans vs Beacon Engine

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

Head to head
About

Big Ass Fans

Control your residential fans remotely from anywhere. Adjust fan speeds, set schedules, and integrate with smart home assistants for voice control. Optimize comfort and energy efficiency with advanced features like Whoosh mode and UV-C system management.

Highlights
  • Remote fan control
  • Seven fan speeds
  • Smart home integration (Alexa, Google Assistant)
  • LED light adjustment
  • Scheduling and automation
  • Whoosh mode for natural breezes
  • UV-C system management
Features
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Control your residential fans from anywhere in the world with the Big Ass Fans app! • Select among your fan’s seven unique speeds • Configure your fan to automatically maintain your ideal comfort level • Learn how to connect your fan to Amazon Alexa or The Google Assistant, for voice control and smart home integration • Adjust your LED light’s brightness and color temperature • Improve energy efficiency by setting up your light to work automatically • Link your fan with ecobee smart thermostat • Group multiple fans together to control them as one • Schedule your fan to make your daily routine even easier • Mimic cooling, natural breezes with Whoosh mode • Turn Clean Mode on or off and check the status of your UV-C system • Get help and find FAQs Having trouble with your fan? Call 877-BIG-FANS to speak with a customer support specialist.

About

Beacon Engine

This app streamlines content creation for busy professionals, transforming expertise into consistent online visibility. It automates content capture, execution, and expansion, ensuring a strong, repeatable presence without relying on trends.

Highlights
  • Automated content capture
  • Batched short-form execution
  • Performance-driven long-form expansion
  • Consistent online visibility
  • Content system for founders
  • Expertise to visibility conversion
Features
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The Beacon Engine app is the front-end hub for our Signature plug-and-play content system designed for busy founders, speakers, and experts who deserve to be seen and understood online but don’t have the time, energy, or desire to manage daily content execution. The client is only in the process for the beginning and ending At its core, Beacon Engine turns real expertise into consistent, high-quality visibility across social and owned channels without relying on trends, hacks, or volume for volume’s sake. The system runs on a 4-week operating cycle and is powered by three integrated workflows: continuous content capture, batched short-form execution, and performance-driven long-form expansion. Together, they ensure content is intentional, repeatable, and grounded in what actually works. The Beacon Engine system is designed by a busy founder Syd Meyer, who understands the feeling of being pulled in 20 different directions. After experimenting for over 2 years across all social channels and finding the wealth of opportunities a personal brand & social media have to offer, Syd decided it was time to help other experience the same. It is designed to remove friction without losing the essential voice of the founder & engineered using the strategies from some of the top content marketing systems today (such as Alex Hermozi’s and Dan Martel’s). Ideas are captured once, tested in short form, evaluated by real audience behavior, and only then expanded into long-form authority assets. The result is a calm, consistent presence without that pushed the dial on business and thought leadership.

Screenshots

Big Ass Fans4 screens
Beacon Engine3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Big Ass Fans at 2.2K against Beacon Engine's 1. Beacon Engine's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Big Ass Fans against 5.0 for Beacon Engine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Ass Fans has 2.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Big Ass Fans ships an update every 2 months, Beacon Engine every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Big Ass Fans versus Beacon Engine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBig Ass FansBeacon Engine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (2.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDelta T LLCSydney Meyer

Customer experience

Big Ass Fans

All ratings2,171 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral0.4%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative10.6%

Beacon Engine

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

Bugs and requests

Big Ass Fans

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Light turning on randomly at night
  • Fans disconnecting from WiFi
  • Wall controls becoming unresponsive after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for Apple HomeKit
  • Improve scheduling and automation features
  • Provide more granular speed and light control
  • Integrate with more smart home platforms

Beacon Engine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Big Ass Fans

No in-app purchases

None

Beacon Engine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Big Ass Fans free?
Big Ass Fans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacon Engine free?
Beacon Engine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Big Ass Fans or Beacon Engine?
Beacon Engine is rated higher. Big Ass Fans averages 4.9 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Beacon Engine averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Big Ass Fans or Beacon Engine have ads?
Neither Big Ass Fans nor Beacon Engine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Big Ass Fans or Beacon Engine?
Big Ass Fans ships an update every 2 months, and Beacon Engine every 3 weeks. Most recently, Big Ass Fans was updated on October 16, 2026 and Beacon Engine on October 8, 2026.

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