Internet Beat vs @Beat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Internet Beat
This utility app displays time in a universal, time zone-independent format called 'Beats'. A beat represents 1/1000 of a day, allowing for synchronized global coordination. It also offers a decimal beat view for enhanced precision.
- Universal time in 'Beats'
- Time zone independent
- Decimal beat viewing
- Event coordination tool
- Global synchronization
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Internet Beat time, or as some know it, Swatch Beats, is a clock which displays time in 'Beats'. A beat is 1/1000 of a day with no time zones. Everyone on the planet sees the same time and as such can be used to coordinate events, chat sessions, or just look cool. This application supports side viewing which displays decimal beats. Feel free to suggest changes and improvements.
@Beat
This app displays and converts Swatch Internet Time (.beat time) across your Apple devices. It allows you to set alarms and notifications based on this unique time system, which divides the day into 1000 beats.
- Display .beat time
- Convert local time to .beat time
- Convert .beat time to local time
- Set .beat time alarms
- Set .beat time notifications
- Supports iPhone, Apple Watch, and iPad
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Display .beat time on your iPhone, Apple watch or iPad. Convert your local 24-hour time to .beat time and vice-versa. Set an alarm or a notification for defined .beat times. Swatch Internet Time (.beat time) is a decimal time concept with no timezone introduced in 1998 by the Swatch Group. Instead of hours and minutes, the solar day is divided into 1000 parts called ".beats".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Internet Beat at 5.0 against @Beat's 4.4. Internet Beat also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). @Beat's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 48 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Internet Beat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: @Beat has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Internet Beat's written reviews are positive against 82% of @Beat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Internet Beat ships an update every 48 months, @Beat every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Internet Beat | @Beat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 48 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Cherry | Julien Mulot |
Customer experience
Internet Beat
@Beat
In-app purchases
Internet Beat
No in-app purchases
@Beat
No in-app purchases
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