Comparison

Fryndly vs *beep*

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

Head to head
About

Fryndly

Connect with local guides and tutors for on-demand, personalized experiences. Monetize your skills or discover new activities and knowledge. Set your own rates and schedules for flexible learning and exploration.

Highlights
  • On-demand local guides
  • Personalized 1-on-1 tours
  • On-demand tutors for lessons
  • Monetize hobbies and knowledge
  • Set own hourly rates and schedules
  • Pay only for time used
Features
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Fryndly is the marketplace matching users with local guides and tutors, based on categories of interest, on-demand. Fryndly guides can monetize their social media, hobbies and knowledge of fun things to do in their city to lead guided, 1-on-1 tours personally crafted for each guest. Fryndly tutors can monetize their knowledge of topics providing 1-on-1 how-to lessons on hundreds of categories, on-demand. Guides and tutors set their own hourly rates and schedules for these activity outings. Guests only pay for the time they use. End the outing anytime. Fryndly lets you have fun and get things done.

About

*beep*

Record and send voice messages with friends, enhanced by customizable skins and charms. Save your favorite audio greetings with unlimited storage. Connect and share your voice in a fun, new way.

Highlights
  • Record and send voice messages
  • Customizable profile with skins and charms
  • Unlimited storage for saved messages
  • Receive and claim profile invites
  • Aesthetic voice message creation
Features
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your friend just sent you a *beep* invite — claim your profile before your invite ghosts. - no typing, no overthinking — just hit record and yap. - send and receive aesthetic voice msgs with your friends - curate your greeting with skins, charms, social links and more. - save the best messages in your collection with unlimited storage. - lots more coming soon. for questions, feature requests and anything else, drop us a DM on Instagram: @thebeepapp. we read and reply to every message, pinky promise. Terms of Use: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/7ae247f3-a5bd-4272-aa99-979b61980f91 Privacy Policy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/944e71ea-5665-44d4-baff-e3cb570394ea

Screenshots

Fryndly4 screens
*beep*4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fryndly at none against *beep*'s 2. Fryndly also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). *beep*'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. *beep* sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Fryndly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fryndly against 5.0 for *beep*. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fryndly ships an update every 5 weeks, *beep* every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Fryndly versus *beep*: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFryndly*beep*
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB183 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRonald ScottWhat the Beep LLC

Customer experience

Fryndly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

*beep*

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fryndly

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

*beep*

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Fryndly free?
Fryndly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is *beep* free?
*beep* is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fryndly or *beep*?
Fryndly and *beep* are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Fryndly or *beep* have ads?
Neither Fryndly nor *beep* shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fryndly or *beep*?
Fryndly ships an update every 5 weeks, and *beep* every 5 days. Most recently, Fryndly was updated on October 14, 2026 and *beep* on September 27, 2026.

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