Markee vs Beacon (Flare)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Markee
This app acts as a personal library for web content, allowing you to save articles, videos, and links from anywhere. It provides a distraction-free reading experience with organized tags and a search function to easily find saved items.
- Save content from any app or browser
- Distraction-free reading experience
- Organize links with flexible tags
- Search links, titles, and tags
- Eye-friendly dark mode
- RSS feed integration
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Markee is the calm place for everything you want to read later. Save a link from any app, sort it into groups, and read it in a clean built-in reader whenever you're ready. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Share any link from Safari or other apps with the Markee Share extension • Organise links into your own groups • Favourite the ones that matter. Swipe to archive the rest READ YOUR WAY • Built-in article reader. No jumping between apps • AI summaries: get the gist of a long article in seconds, privately and on device (requires Apple Intelligence on supported devices) • Light, dark or system appearance FOLLOW WHAT YOU LOVE • Subscribe to RSS feeds and YouTube channels • Browse a curated catalog of feeds to get started • Pull to refresh for the latest stories BUILD A READING HABIT • An optional daily reminder to keep your reading list moving MARKEE PREMIUM • Sync your favourite links across your iPhone and iPad • Sign in with Apple or Google • Available as a monthly or yearly subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://markeeapp.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://markeeapp.com/privacy-policy
Beacon (Flare)
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beacon turns your screen into a signal. show a message. flash a color. strobe the room. no words spoken, no data sent, no account required. just your phone, saying what you need it to say. -- text display -- type anything or tap a preset. full screen, maximum brightness, landscape locked. toggle between white-on-black and black-on-white. Face ID / Touch ID authentication before every display — nothing shows by accident. -- color display -- slide across the full color spectrum to pick your color. preview updates live. lift your finger to confirm, authenticate to display. your message — if you have one — renders automatically in contrast-optimized text over whatever color you chose. -- strobe -- neon colors cycle across your screen in rapid succession. adjustable speed — hold the strobe button to open settings, slide to dial it in from a slow pulse to a full meltdown. get attention from across any room. -- preset messages -- eight messages preloaded: meet me outside. hey. follow me. 5 min. be right back. wait. sos. come here. hold the beacon logo to edit them — replace, rewrite, or add up to ten total. yours when you need them, gone from the device when you don't. -- pulse -- a breathing brightness effect that applies to any display mode. subtle. makes any signal feel alive. -- the rest -- quad-tap the display to exit. brightness maxes automatically. screen stays awake while displaying. locks to landscape for distance reading. -- privacy -- zero data collected. the only permission beacon asks for is Face ID / Touch ID authentication. messages live in memory and disappear when you close the app. nothing stored, nothing sent, nothing shared.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beacon (Flare) at none against Markee's 1. Beacon (Flare) also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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. Markee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beacon (Flare) asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Markee | Beacon (Flare) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kestutis Kalvaitis | Dustin Parmenter |
In-app purchases
Markee
- Lifetime plan$1.99
Beacon (Flare)
No in-app purchases









