Beam vs InFlow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beam
This app offers personalized deals and dollar rewards from local stores. Merchants can create targeted marketing campaigns to connect with specific customer profiles. It aims to help customers save money, businesses increase profits, and reduce waste.
- Personalized offers from stores
- Earn rewards in dollars
- Merchant campaign creation
- Targeted offers to user profiles
- Pay with your phone
- 10% back on every spend
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Beam is an innovative payments and marketing app and platform built for the 21st century. Beam allows users to access personalised offers from stores and earn rewards in dollars! For merchants, we’ve created a platform that turns payments into conversations; Beam allows merchants to create campaigns for specific user profiles, allowing merchants to match their offers with the right customer. Customers save money, businesses profit, and waste is a thing of the past. How Pay with your phone, get 10% back, on every spend, anywhere. Why → It’s easy Download the app for free and go. → It’s different 10% back on every spend. Always. → It’s BS-free Rewards in dollars, not inflated points. What you see is what you get. Note: Beam is currently available in Sydney, Australia and Lisbon, Portugal, and is no longer available in the UAE and Sweden. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
InFlow
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InFlow is the online invoice processing application available to all clients of ARPI Accounting. Now you can conveniently approve documents for accounting, from any device and from anywhere. 1. Send us your accounting documents - by post, e-mail or personally 2. We'll scan the documents and upload them into InFlow 3. You will receive a notification when any new documents will require your approval 4. Browse your documents and approve them for accounting
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beam at every 4 months against InFlow's every 17 months. InFlow's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beam ships an update every 4 months, InFlow every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beam | InFlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (808 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 808 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GBC S.A. | ARPI & Partners Sp. z o.o. |
Bugs and requests
Beam
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch or during use
- Payment transactions fail or get stuck
- Account verification and card linking issues
- Rewards and credits not properly tracked or applied
Requested features
5 requests- Expand merchant network and availability
- Improve payment reliability and speed
- Provide better customer support channels
- Add Apple Watch support
- Introduce more rewards and discounts
InFlow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beam
No in-app purchases
InFlow
No in-app purchases
