Comparison

BeeBot vs Sticks

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

Head to head
About

BeeBot

This app acts as your personal audio guide to your surroundings, delivering short, daily updates about local people, places, and events. It integrates with your headphones, providing information as you walk and allowing you to share your own updates with friends and nearby users.

Highlights
  • Social audio guide
  • Local updates
  • Headphone integration
  • Friend activity sharing
  • Neighborhood news and events
Features
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BeeBot is your social audio guide to the city. It's like having that friend who knows everything that's happening, except it whispers directly into your ears as you walk around. BeeBot gives you a few short updates a day about people, places, and things nearby, emceed by your host, DJ BeeBot. BeeBot turns on automatically when you put your headphones in and stays quiet when you take them off. You can check in with DJ BeeBot to share what you're doing or what's happening nearby — BeeBot shares your updates with friends and other users nearby. Think of it as your personal radio DJ mixed with a group chat with your friends, all in your ears. - Works with any headphones (AirPods, wired, whatever you've got) - Hear what your friends are up to without checking your phone - Get neighborhood news, tips, events as you walk around

About

Sticks

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Sticks is a photo-sharing app that captures the moment you were together with someone. Press the shutter at the exact same time. Everyone shoots simultaneously — no lag, no setup. There are no filters. No editing. Sticks isn't about making memories look better. It's about keeping them exactly as they were. When you look back, you'll see the same moment from every angle, with every person who was there.

Screenshots

BeeBot4 screens
Sticks4 screens

Verdict

The call

BeeBot and Sticks are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

BeeBot ships an update every 3 weeks, Sticks monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BeeBot versus Sticks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeeBotSticks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB89 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHopscotch Labs Inc.Takahashi Kanna

In-app purchases

None

BeeBot

No in-app purchases

None

Sticks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeeBot free?
BeeBot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sticks free?
Sticks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BeeBot or Sticks have ads?
Neither BeeBot nor Sticks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeeBot or Sticks?
BeeBot ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sticks monthly. Most recently, BeeBot was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sticks on October 25, 2026.

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