Comparison

Unagent vs Beam

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

Head to head
About

Unagent

Modify your browser's user agent to test website behavior across different browsers and versions. This tool allows you to select presets, create your own, or set site-specific agents to understand how sites adapt to various browser identifications.

Highlights
  • Switch user agents
  • Preset user agents
  • Custom user agents
  • Site-specific user agents
  • Add custom presets
Features
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See how your site behaves in various browsers by tweaking the user agent. The user agent tells a website which browser and device you're using, and sites use it to decide what to show you. Make Safari present like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, a game console, or a search engine crawler, so you can see how a site behaves in other browsers. Presets - Built-in presets for browsers, apps, search engines, AI crawlers, game consoles, and other devices, including older browsers like Internet Explorer - Create your own presets - Fill in the device's current OS version in your own presets automatically - Update the built-in presets to the latest browser versions, and see where each user agent comes from Site Settings - Set a global user agent for all websites, or a different one for each site - Per-site settings take priority over the global setting - Choose a desktop, tablet, or mobile viewport to change how large a site is shown - Change the user agent for the current site or for all sites from the Unagent extension in Safari Websites may still be able to tell that you're using Safari, for example through browser fingerprinting. Unagent does not change the browser engine Safari uses.

About

Beam

Features
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Beam moves a file from one phone to another using nothing but light. No internet. No Bluetooth. No pairing. It works on a plane. One phone shows an animated code on its screen. The other points its camera at it and rebuilds the file. That's the whole protocol — your photos and videos travel as light and touch nothing else. WHEN BEAM SAVES YOU • On a plane, in airplane mode • Abroad, with no SIM and no roaming • Underground, remote areas, dead zones • When Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are broken, blocked, or untrusted • When you don't want your files passing through any server — not even ours HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap Send and pick your photos or videos. 2. Choose a quality — Beam shows the exact transfer time up front, no surprises. 3. Your screen plays an animated code. The receiver points their camera at it and watches the file rebuild in real time. BUILT FOR THE REAL WORLD • Join mid-stream: the sender loops until you stop it, and every frame is equally useful. Missing a bit costs nothing but time. • Fountain-coded redundancy: dropped frames are absorbed automatically — nothing is ever lost, it just takes a little longer. • Optional PIN encryption protects the stream against onlookers. • Received files save straight to your photo library. • Prop the phones up: long transfers are a first-class mode, with a guided steady-hold coach. HONEST ABOUT SPEED Beam is deliberate. A camera can only read so much per second, so a photo takes seconds to a few minutes depending on quality. Beam never hides this: you see the time before you commit, and the Optimized preset is often many times faster than Original. PRIVATE BY PHYSICS There is no network path between the phones, so there is nothing to intercept. Your content never leaves the device — no uploads, no cloud, no account, no sign-up. Beam collects only anonymous, bucketed transfer statistics (rough size and duration ranges, never filenames or content) to keep the optical link improving.

Screenshots

Unagent4 screens
Beam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Unagent at none against Beam's 1. Beam's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Beam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Unagent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unagent ships an update every 5 weeks, Beam every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Unagent versus Beam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnagentBeam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin XinFurlan Paolo

In-app purchases

None

Unagent

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Beam

One-time1
  • Beam Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Unagent free?
Unagent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beam free?
Beam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Unagent or Beam have ads?
Neither Unagent nor Beam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unagent or Beam?
Unagent ships an update every 5 weeks, and Beam every 3 days. Most recently, Unagent was updated on November 7, 2026 and Beam on November 7, 2026.

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