Hansa vs BeachNow App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hansa
Book and pay for taxis 24/7 across Germany and over 100 European cities. Manage payment methods like credit cards and PayPal for seamless, cashless rides.
- 24/7 taxi booking
- Cashless payment options
- Multiple payment methods (credit card, PayPal)
- Available in over 100 European cities
- Seamless in-app payment
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Die Hansa-Taxi App für Hamburg sowie für andere deutsche und europäische Städte – 13 Länder & über 100 Städte. 24/7 Taxibestellung und Bezahlung per App. Die Hansa-Taxi App - ein Account, ein Fingertipp zum Bestellen & Bezahlen. Nach dem Download können Sie sofort ein Hansa-Taxi in Hamburg bestellen. Nach der Registrierung für das In-App-Payment in Ihrer App können Sie bequem ihre Zahlungsmittel – VISA, Master-Card, Paypal-Account sowie Ihre Hansa-Taxi Kundenkarte – einfügen und den Fahrpreis per gewünschter Karte bezahlen. In jedem Hansa-Taxi können Sie jederzeit den Fahrbetrag bargeldlos bezahlen. Jedes Hansa-Taxi akzeptiert alle gängigen EC- und Kreditkarten, alle Hansa-Taxi CARD-Produkte sowie das In-App-Payment. Hansa-Taxi 211 211 ist Premiumpartner von taxi.eu. Mit der Hansa-Taxi App können Sie daher europaweit in vielen Ländern und über 100 Städten bequem bargeldlos bezahlen.
BeachNow App
Easily book and pay for beach chairs directly through your phone. Avoid long queues and find available chairs on an overview map. Unlock your reserved chair on-site with a simple tap.
- Book beach chairs
- In-app payment
- Unlock on-site
- View available chairs
- Overview map
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Quick and easy to your beach chair with BeachNow. Book, pay, open the padlock on site and enjoy - all with one app. Long queues are a thing of yesterday, with BeachNow nothing stands in the way of a relaxing day at the beach. The overview map shows you all free available beach chairs. Select your desired time period and beach chair and simply pay in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BeachNow App at every 3 weeks against Hansa's every 4 months. BeachNow App also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (88% vs 67%). Hansa's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
BeachNow App holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Hansa's written reviews are positive against 88% of BeachNow App's.
Hansa ships an update every 4 months, BeachNow App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hansa | BeachNow App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hansa Funktaxi eG | BeachNow GmbH |
Customer experience
Hansa
BeachNow App
In-app purchases
Hansa
No in-app purchases
BeachNow App
No in-app purchases
