Comparison

Paper.io 4 vs Beef

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

Head to head
About

Paper.io 4

Experience a smooth 3D drawing and territory conquest game. Expand your zone, avoid other players, and aim to capture 100% of the map. Compete to claim the most land.

Highlights
  • Smooth 3D drawing experience
  • Territory conquest gameplay
  • Multiplayer competition
  • Capture 100% of the map
  • Avoid other players
Features
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Discover the smooth and immersive drawing experience of Paper.io 4 Conquer as much territory as possible and beat the competition. Create your zone, avoid others players and try to conquer 100% of this brand new 3D map!

About

Beef

Discover what your friends truly think about each other with this party game. Players anonymously answer questions on their own phones simultaneously, leading to honest reveals and face-to-face conversations. Designed for in-person gatherings, it fosters genuine discussions without online profiles or saved data.

Highlights
  • Anonymous simultaneous answers
  • Private, code-gated rooms
  • No accounts or sign-ups required
  • Self-destructing rooms
  • 483 hand-written questions
  • Three question depth levels
Features
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You don't really know your friends until there's a little beef. Beef puts one question in front of your whole group. Everyone answers honestly on their own phone — at the same time, so nobody can dodge, soften it, or follow the crowd. Then the phones go DOWN, and the real conversation starts, face to face. HOW A ROUND WORKS • One friend creates a room; everyone joins with a 4-letter code. No accounts, no sign-ups — just your name. • The same question hits every phone. The host sets how deep the questions go. • Everyone picks someone in the room — in private, all at once. • The reveal: what the room really thinks, by the numbers. And if your room plays full-reveal mode, exactly who said what — laid out like the group chat it's about to become. • Then the app gets out of the way: PHONES DOWN. TALK IT OUT. The conversation is the game. WHY IT WORKS Because everyone answers at the same time, the honest answer comes out instead of the safe one. You'll find out what your friends actually think — about each other, and about you. The best conversations your group has ever had start exactly there. MADE FOR REAL ROOMS, NOT STRANGERS Beef is for friends who are actually together — same couch, same table, same argument. Private code-gated rooms. Real names. No strangers, no chat, no feed. Nothing is saved: rooms and every vote in them self-destruct a few hours after the game ends. 483 HAND-WRITTEN QUESTIONS Three levels, built to go deeper the longer you play: "Who's the funniest without even trying?" "Who's the glue holding this friend group together?" "Who's most likely to drop everything to help a friend at 3am?" The friends who can argue are the friends who last. Get the group. Pick a level. Talk it out.

Screenshots

Paper.io 44 screens
Beef4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beef at 100% against Paper.io 4's 25%. Beef also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Paper.io 4's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Paper.io 4 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beef asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beef holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paper.io 4 has 16K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Paper.io 4's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beef's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Paper.io 4 versus Beef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaper.io 4Beef
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size243 MB24 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperVoodooKarl Nakhoul

Customer experience

Paper.io 4

All ratings13,531 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews463 reviews
Positive25.1%
Neutral17.9%
Negative57.0%

Beef

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Paper.io 4

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes when reaching high coverage percentages
  • Invisible players and disappearing territory
  • Controls becoming inverted or unresponsive
  • Inconsistent scoring and progress not saving

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to see other players on the map
  • More game modes and level variations
  • Improved stability and bug fixes
  • Option to disable ads or pay for ad-free experience

Beef

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Paper.io 4

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99
None

Beef

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paper.io 4 free?
Paper.io 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beef free?
Beef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paper.io 4 or Beef?
Beef is rated higher. Paper.io 4 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Beef averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Paper.io 4 or Beef have ads?
Paper.io 4 shows ads; Beef does not.

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