Comparison

beamAssist vs BlueText

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

Head to head
About

beamAssist

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beamAssist is a patented, one-touch, 3-button, color-coded mobile app specifically designed for individual urgent response and emergency status communication. It allows users to share vital information including location with designated contacts and/or public safety dispatch centers in just seconds. It can easily be configured for communities/groups to use among friends and family members or for professional use within an organization. The color-coded, 3-buttons (green, amber and red) represent equivalent levels of emergency, allowing users to share location, audio, video, and user bio in real-time (seconds not minutes). Additionally, one can opt in to share vital data through health sensors. Each button can be configured to share the following from any smartphone: GPS, microphone, speaker, camera, mute phone, text to 911 or other designated numbers. The text includes a live link broadcasting GPS, audio and video live. beamAssist represents Beam’s Unified Communication of Things as a Service (UCTaaS) with heightened capabilities including text, audio/video, sub-second GPS connectivity, push-to-talk and SOS. Administrators can configure the app for organization-wide use. Users can only register through an approved organization, community or agency through an Admin portal and can share encrypted and geo-tagged IoT content and media, as well as real-time collaboration with experts, citizens and PSAPs. beamAssist unique features include: • It provides GPS sub-second latency tracking and navigation; • beamAssist connects to Computer-aided Dispatching (CAD) including 911 CAD and offers connectivity between an Emergency Dispatch/Command and Control Center and their specific mobile workforce; • It offers responders a single button, one touch feature that records all actions from start to the end of any emergency/incident/event. In the case of law enforcement or public safety, this capability is an essential element; • beamAssist also adds value by integration Artificial Intelligence (AI) on GCP cloud and Edge that provides users with enhanced threat awareness, historical data, situational awareness and real-time, multimedia, mobile communication.

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BlueText

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A minimalist app that supports text recognition in images and voice recognition.

Screenshots

beamAssist4 screens
BlueText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: beamAssist at 3 against BlueText's —. On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
beamAssist versus BlueText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbeamAssistBlueText
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeamLive Inc.Jun Wu

In-app purchases

None

beamAssist

No in-app purchases

None

BlueText

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is beamAssist free?
beamAssist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueText free?
BlueText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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