YapSpot vs beamLive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YapSpot
This app allows users to listen to and create live audio broadcasts from around the world. Users can join or create public or private groups, discover broadcasters, and reply to broadcasts. It also features speech-to-text for reading transcripts.
- Global live audio broadcasts
- Create public/private groups
- Speech-to-text transcripts
- Discover and reply to broadcasters
- Location-based scanning range
- Listen, reply, like, and share
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Picture this: you're walking through a park you've passed a hundred times. This time, your phone buzzes — softly, automatically, no tapping required — and a stranger's voice starts telling you about the day they proposed on that exact bench, twenty years ago. You keep walking. A block later, another voice picks up: a local teenager's rant about the best taco truck in the city, left right where it's parked. That's YapSpot. Every place has stories. We just never got to hear them — until now. YapSpot lets you record your voice and pin it to the exact spot you're standing in. Anyone who later passes within range hears it automatically — playback is continuous, like a music stream, no searching or tapping required. It's the audio equivalent of graffiti: temporary or permanent, public or private, left for whoever walks by next. Think Twitter/X, meets CB radio, meets Maps. Every pin is a voice. Patented. US Patent 9305020.
beamLive
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beamLive is a next-generation mobile communication platform a that combines voice and video communication with mobile messaging, real-time GPS and the ability to securely share content into a single easy-to-use platform. Why beamLive? Chat and Share - video, photos, location and files with friends, co-workers and others securely over cellular networks and WiFi. Make Free Voice Calls – to other apps users, as well as to landlines and mobile phones Send invitations and surveys – easily send calendar invitations within your group and create custom surveys for partners and clients High Quality Video Calling – call one person or a group of people and collaborate over video in real-time GPS – our proprietary, highly accurate GPS technology enables you to track or be tracked with revocable permission Pages – keep a running record of your conversations, shared files, locations and more on easy-to-use Pages. Receive notifications – via in-app messaging, text, SMS, or email beamAssist – our one-touch app instantly shares safety status, location, audio, video and vital data and with friends & family or designated emergency services Integrate – with wearables and other devices beam2talk - mimics the simplicity of a Push-2-Talk radio over cellular networks and includes not only audio but also video and GPS Web interface – log-in from your computer or laptop to keep the conversations going when you’re not on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: beamLive at none against YapSpot's 1. beamLive also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.6). YapSpot's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. YapSpot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. beamLive asks for nothing beyond the download.
YapSpot ships an update every 4 days, beamLive fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YapSpot | beamLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dan Jacoby | BeamLive, Inc |
In-app purchases
YapSpot
- Create your own custom channel$0.99
beamLive
No in-app purchases









