Comparison

Beam Benefits vs Rhythm LightScore

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

Head to head
About

Beam Benefits

Access your insurance details, including cards and plan information, all in one place. Track claim statuses and find dental providers with cost estimation tools.

Highlights
  • Access insurance cards
  • View plan information
  • Track claim statuses
  • Find dental providers
  • Estimate costs
Features
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The Beam app offers a convenient way to access benefit details, including insurance cards, plan information, claim statuses, and tools for finding dental providers and estimating costs.

About

Rhythm LightScore

This app provides a daily "LightScore" based on your exposure to daylight, its consistency, and your pre-bedtime phone use. It offers insights into your light habits and suggests improvements for better well-being.

Highlights
  • Daily LightScore out of 100
  • Measures Light Time, Consistency, and Dark Time
  • Integrates with Apple Watch Health data
  • Uses phone camera as a light meter
  • Visualizes daily progress with Sol character
  • Sunset photo capture and sharing
Features
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Your LightScore is one number for the light you actually got today: how much daylight, how early it reached you, and how steady your days are. Rhythm measures it for you, scores the day against the sun rather than the clock, and names the one thing worth doing about it. YOUR LIGHTSCORE Each day gets a LightScore out of 100, built from three parts. Light Time is how much daylight you get, and when. Consistency is how steady your daylight is day to day. Dark Time, if you connect Screen Time, is based on phone use in the hour before bed. Tap any part of the ring to see its history by week, month, six months or year. MEASURED, NOT LOGGED If you wear an Apple Watch, Rhythm reads its Time in Daylight from the Health app. Nothing to remember, nothing to tap. If you don't, your phone's front camera becomes a light meter: hold it facing you, and the minutes you measure count toward your LightScore. MEET SOL Sol, a hand-drawn sunflower, lives in your daylight ring and keeps pace with your day: stretching at sunrise, standing tall when you reach your goal, asking for light when you fall behind. Tap Sol and see what happens. THE LIGHT METER A live lux readout that tells you what a room is actually worth. An overcast window is a hundred times brighter than a well-lit office, and it takes a meter to believe it. The app itself is painted by the light you're in, so the screen changes as you walk to the window. SUNSET LOG Catch the sunset and keep the sky. Rhythm suggests the photos you took around sunset, and turns your week of skies into one image to share. PHONE USE BEFORE BED Connect Screen Time to see your phone use in the hour before bed, and how it shapes your Dark Time. The report stays on your phone. FOR THE RHYTHM LIGHT Rhythm makes a 100,000-lux sunlight generator for indoor days. With one at home, the app turns it on and off, sets its brightness, runs routines that follow sunrise and sunset on the days you choose, and can ring a wake alarm after your light comes on. Everything else works without it. ON APPLE WATCH Today's daylight and Sol on your wrist, read straight from Health. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT KNOWS Coverage sits next to every finding ("15m in the light today, measured across 3 check-ins"), so a sampled day never passes as a watched one. The camera reading is an estimate, good to a band rather than to the lux, and the app says so plainly. PRIVACY As a light meter, the camera reads exposure settings, not pixels: no photo or video is captured, and it runs only while the app is open. Sunset photos stay on your phone unless you share them. Rhythm never writes to Health; it reads Time in Daylight and your sleep schedule, nothing else. Your readings are stored with your account so your history survives a new phone, and Delete Account removes all of it, from inside the app. Rhythm is a wellness app. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition, and it is not a substitute for medical advice.

Screenshots

Beam Benefits4 screens
Rhythm LightScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rhythm LightScore at 100% against Beam Benefits's 14%. Rhythm LightScore also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Beam Benefits's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rhythm LightScore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beam Benefits has 3.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Beam Benefits's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rhythm LightScore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beam Benefits ships an update monthly, Rhythm LightScore every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Beam Benefits versus Rhythm LightScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeam BenefitsRhythm LightScore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.5K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K — better5
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeam TechnologiesRhythm Innovations, Inc.

Customer experience

Beam Benefits

All ratings3,449 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive14.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative80.3%

Rhythm LightScore

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Beam Benefits

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App not loading properly
  • Inability to log in or create account
  • Brush not recognized by app
  • Battery cap won't open
  • Inconsistent brush tracking

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to see brushing history and data
  • Bring back gamification and rewards
  • Option to remove users
  • Ability to unpair devices
  • Zoom display mode support
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  • Comprehensive EOB information

Rhythm LightScore

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Beam Benefits

No in-app purchases

None

Rhythm LightScore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beam Benefits free?
Beam Benefits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rhythm LightScore free?
Rhythm LightScore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beam Benefits or Rhythm LightScore?
Rhythm LightScore is rated higher. Beam Benefits averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Rhythm LightScore averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Beam Benefits or Rhythm LightScore have ads?
Neither Beam Benefits nor Rhythm LightScore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beam Benefits or Rhythm LightScore?
Beam Benefits ships an update monthly, and Rhythm LightScore every 4 days. Most recently, Beam Benefits was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rhythm LightScore on October 24, 2026.

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