Comparison

Just Bees vs PlaydatesGo

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

Head to head
About

Just Bees

Features
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Just friends, just family™ - Just Bees®. A small, private space for sharing moments, thoughts, and creativity with the people you know. Join a simple, invite-only community where every connection counts. Post, explore, and interact in a calm environment built for real friends, family, and those closest to you. Your circle, your pace, no algorithms, no noise. Access is by invitation only. Be part of something small, intentional, and personal. ------- ©. Copyright South Limited - All Rights Reserved Just Bees is a registered trademark of South Limited.

About

PlaydatesGo

Discover local family-friendly activities and plan outings with friends. Connect with your community, share memories, and organize care schedules. Find parks, museums, restaurants, and more for memorable adventures.

Highlights
  • Discover local family-friendly places
  • Plan and organize playdates
  • Connect with parents in your community
  • Share photos and memories
  • Location-based activity suggestions
  • Weather-integrated recommendations
Features
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PlaydatesGo 4.0 is our biggest update yet. It is about one thing: plan the weekend with the families you already trust, in one tap. This Week is your new home tab. See what is planned for the weekend, turn on We are free for Saturday or Sunday, and see which of your friends are free too. No more texting everyone to ask who is around. Ask who is free sends each friend a nudge in one tap. They answer I am free or Not this weekend right from the notification, without opening the app. Crews let you save your regulars, like the Saturday park gang or the school friends, and invite all of them in one tap when you plan something. Plan again starts a new playdate from one you loved, with the place, time and crew already filled in. Every Thursday we tell you who is free and what is planned. You get a reminder the day before and a few hours before each playdate, and a gentle nudge to add a photo after it ends so it lands in your Yearbook. On the day, the playdate is right on your lock screen with where, when and who is coming. There is also a lock screen shortcut straight to the camera for playdate photos. Invite friends by text or email, or share a playdate anywhere with an invite link. When a friend signs up with the email you invited, you are connected automatically. Every chat message now sends a push notification, everyone on a playdate can join its group chat, and the agenda can add playdates to your Apple Calendar. Dot picks where to play and eat today based on the weather and your kids ages, free for everyone. PlaydatesGo Plus adds flyer art and repeating playdates for hosts, with a one week free trial. Connecting with families stays free, forever. Verified emails and major privacy upgrades. Your kids details and your home location are never public. Playdates are visible only to the families involved. A fresh look across every screen, lighter and clearer, with full support for Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion. Simpler by design. We removed the social feed, the in-app calendar and a few rarely used extras so the app does one thing well. Messages, Friends and your Yearbook now live together in the Village tab. Everything social is free, with no ads and no data selling. Built by a parent, for parents.

Screenshots

Just Bees4 screens
PlaydatesGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Just Bees at 16 against PlaydatesGo's 18.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Just Bees versus PlaydatesGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust BeesPlaydatesGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSouthPatrick Simmons

In-app purchases

None

Just Bees

No in-app purchases

None

PlaydatesGo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Just Bees free?
Just Bees is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlaydatesGo free?
PlaydatesGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Just Bees or PlaydatesGo have ads?
Neither Just Bees nor PlaydatesGo shows ads.

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