KCBPU vs BarBeam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KCBPU
Manage your utility account with ease. Pay bills, monitor energy and water consumption, and request service changes. This app simplifies your interactions with the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities.
- Account management
- Bill payment
- Energy usage tracking
- Water usage tracking
- Service start/stop requests
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Manage your Kansas City Board of Public Utilities account, pay your bill, track your energy usage, track your water usage, start/stop service and more!
BarBeam
This app streamlines bar and restaurant operations by managing schedules, facilitating shift swaps, and handling time-off requests. It also includes team communication tools and a guest counter to monitor capacity.
- Weekly shift view
- Shift pickup and swap system
- Time off requests and approval
- Team and job-specific chat
- Guest door counter with capacity alerts
- Customizable notifications
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BarBeam is the scheduling and team app for bars and restaurants. SCHEDULE See your shifts by week, find who is working with you, and get a reminder before you start. Managers build the week in bulk, copy last week forward, keep drafts private, and publish when it is ready. SHIFT PICKUPS Can't make a shift? Put it up. Coworkers who can cover it are notified, and anyone can add money on top to help get it covered. Managers approve the swap, and every shift keeps a history of who had it and when it changed hands. TIME OFF Ask for a day or a whole block of time off. Your General Manager approves it, and schedulers get a warning before assigning you a shift you are off for. TEAM CHAT A chat for everyone, one for each job, and one for every night you work. Reply, react and read announcements from management. DOOR COUNTER Count guests in and out with fast plus and minus buttons, set your bar's capacity, and get an alert when you are nearly full. Managers can explore any moment of the night and see how many were in the bar. YOU CHOOSE YOUR NOTIFICATIONS Turn shift reminders, pickups, announcements and more on or off in your profile. Terms of Use: https://thefishygames.github.io/barbeam-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://thefishygames.github.io/barbeam-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BarBeam at 5.0 against KCBPU's 2.5. BarBeam also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). KCBPU's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, 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.
BarBeam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
KCBPU ships an update every 6 weeks, BarBeam every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KCBPU | BarBeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 204 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VertexOne Software, LLC | ANDREW PEYTON FISHER |
Customer experience
KCBPU
BarBeam
In-app purchases
KCBPU
No in-app purchases
BarBeam
No in-app purchases
