Gowalla App vs BeeBot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gowalla App
This app helps you stay connected with your real-world friends by letting you share your favorite places and check in when you go out. It acts as a social map and messenger, designed to bring people together in person.
- Add favorite places to the map
- Check in when you go out
- Find your crew in the real world
- Social map and messenger
- Connect with real friends
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Gowalla makes it fun and effortless to keep up with your friends IRL. ADD YOUR FAVORITE PLACES to the map CHECK IN when you go out FIND YOUR CREW in the real world It’s a social map and messenger that reminds you an app can connect you with your real friends again. Before you go, you should know… • Gowalla was made for you and your REAL friends • Gowalla keeps your location safe and doesn’t share it with randos • Gowalla loves to hear from you so we can make the map better • Gowalla is a bit of a goofball
BeeBot
This app acts as your personal audio guide to your surroundings, delivering short, daily updates about local people, places, and events. It integrates with your headphones, providing information as you walk and allowing you to share your own updates with friends and nearby users.
- Social audio guide
- Local updates
- Headphone integration
- Friend activity sharing
- Neighborhood news and events
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BeeBot is your social audio guide to the city. It's like having that friend who knows everything that's happening, except it whispers directly into your ears as you walk around. BeeBot gives you a few short updates a day about people, places, and things nearby, emceed by your host, DJ BeeBot. BeeBot turns on automatically when you put your headphones in and stays quiet when you take them off. You can check in with DJ BeeBot to share what you're doing or what's happening nearby — BeeBot shares your updates with friends and other users nearby. Think of it as your personal radio DJ mixed with a group chat with your friends, all in your ears. - Works with any headphones (AirPods, wired, whatever you've got) - Hear what your friends are up to without checking your phone - Get neighborhood news, tips, events as you walk around
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BeeBot at 4.1 against Gowalla App's 3.6. Gowalla App's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (51 vs 11). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BeeBot holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Gowalla App's written reviews are positive against 33% of BeeBot's.
Gowalla App ships an update every 4 days, BeeBot every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gowalla App | BeeBot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (51 ratings) | 4.1 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gowalla Exploration, Inc. | Hopscotch Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
Gowalla App
BeeBot
In-app purchases
Gowalla App
No in-app purchases
BeeBot
No in-app purchases
