Beacon vs MemeMates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beacon
Easily find friends who are available to hang out. Share your current activity and connect with mutual friends to make plans spontaneously. Never miss an opportunity to socialize.
- See friends available to hang out
- Broadcast your current activity
- Pair with friends on similar schedules
- Activity selector for various plans
- Statuses for context
- Connect with mutual friends
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Welcome to Beacon, the fastest way to meet up with friends! Just jump on the app, flip your location on, and see all your friends that want to hang out! Everyone's busy but with Beacon, you can pair yourself off with friends that have aligning schedules. Want to get coffee? Workout? Maybe just go on a walk? Beacon features a slate of different signals to show your friends what you're up to! BEACON INCLUDES: MAPPING: - See all your friends that want to hang out! And flip on your own beacon if you want your friends to see you! ACTIVITY SELECTOR: - Quickly show your friends what activity you're up to. Never eat lunch alone, again! STATUSES: - Broadcast messages to all your friends if you need a bit more context than an emoji. NETWORK: - Forge closer connections with mutuals through close friends. Expand your network!
MemeMates
A social platform for sharing and creating memes. Users can design moodboards and connect with others using music. It's a space for creative fun and entertainment.
- Share memes
- Design moodboards
- Connect with users
- Music integration
- Creative expression
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Mememates is a vibrant social meme community where creativity meets entertainment. Share memes, design moodboards, and connect with fellow users through the universal language of music, just pure creative fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beacon at every 2 days against MemeMates's monthly. Beacon also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beacon against 5.0 for MemeMates. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beacon has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Beacon ships an update every 2 days, MemeMates monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beacon | MemeMates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Wolk Creative | Flick App |
Customer experience
Beacon
MemeMates
In-app purchases
Beacon
No in-app purchases
MemeMates
No in-app purchases
