Comparison

Local Secrets vs BedLoop

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

Head to head
About

Local Secrets

Discover iconic places, featured events, and curated itineraries for over 140 destinations. This platform promotes cultural immersion by recommending user-endorsed services and experiences with excellent customer service, aiming to preserve local highlights for authentic travel.

Highlights
  • Destination discovery
  • Event recommendations
  • Preconfigured itineraries
  • User-endorsed services
  • Cultural immersion focus
  • Local highlight preservation
Features
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Local Secrets is an innovative digital platform for travel planning that helps travelers organize their experiences by suggesting iconic places, featured events, and preconfigured itineraries in over 140 destinations, with plans to expand to 200. Its focus is on promoting cultural and local immersion by recommending only services and experiences endorsed by other users and known for their excellent customer service. Its mission is to preserve and highlight the best places and events of each destination, offering travelers an authentic and high-quality experience. Its vision is to become the go-to tool for planning all types of trips.

About

BedLoop

Features
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BedLoop is the property management system (PMS) built for hotels, hostels, vacation rentals and any type of accommodation that needs to manage bookings from anywhere. With BedLoop, your entire booking calendar and availability are centralized, always up to date and accessible from your phone or tablet. Forget spreadsheets and notebooks: see occupancy for every room or property at a glance, avoid overbookings, and manage check-ins and check-outs in just a few taps. Key features: – Real-time booking calendar and availability – Clear occupancy view by property and room – Create and edit bookings from your phone – Alerts to prevent duplicate bookings and overbooking – Built for any type of accommodation: hotels, hostels, apartments and vacation homes BedLoop helps you save time and stay in control of your business, wherever you are.

Screenshots

Local Secrets4 screens
BedLoop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BedLoop at daily against Local Secrets's fortnightly. Local Secrets's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Local Secrets ships an update fortnightly, BedLoop daily. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Local Secrets versus BedLoop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal SecretsBedLoop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaster VR LLCBedLoop

In-app purchases

None

Local Secrets

No in-app purchases

None

BedLoop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Local Secrets free?
Local Secrets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BedLoop free?
BedLoop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Local Secrets or BedLoop have ads?
Neither Local Secrets nor BedLoop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Local Secrets or BedLoop?
Local Secrets ships an update fortnightly, and BedLoop daily. Most recently, Local Secrets was updated on October 6, 2026 and BedLoop on October 8, 2026.

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