Comparison

Baseplate Brick Catalog vs Be I/O

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

Head to head
About

Baseplate Brick Catalog

This app helps you catalog and manage your brick collection. It allows you to convert images to brick representations, scan sets for details, and access extensive information like build instructions and market prices. Organize your sets into built, owned, or wishlist categories.

Highlights
  • Image to brick conversion
  • Set scanning with camera
  • Build instructions
  • Market price tracking
  • Collection management (built, owned, wishlist)
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Baseplate is a beautiful brick catalog and inventory app built with iOS design guidelines in mind, and supercharged with magical features. ▼ Magical Features: ⁃ Convert images to brick representations ⁃ Scan sets with your device’s camera to get further set details ▼ Extensive Information: ⁃ Themes, sets, minifigures, pieces, and more ⁃ Build instructions ⁃ Set images ⁃ Piece counts ⁃ Release dates ⁃ Age information ⁃ Market price ⁃ Set descriptions ▼ Manage Sets: ⁃ Add to built, owned, or wishlist ▼ More: ⁃ Widgets for your Home and Lock Screens ⁃ Shortcuts ⁃ Upcoming sets ⁃ Extensive sort and filter options ⁃ Search for sets by name or ID ⁃ Context Menus across the app ⁃ Variety of alt app icons ⁃ Universal app (available on iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro) Happy building! ------- Access to some of the app’s features requires a monthly/yearly subscription, or a one-off purchase. Your Baseplate subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID > Subscriptions to manage your membership and turn auto-renew off. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://taphouse.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://taphouse.io/privacy Baseplate was created by fans and is not an official LEGO® product. The LEGO Group of companies does not sponsor or support Baseplate.

About

Be I/O

Features
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Be I/O makes sense of air quality in terms that apply to you. Rather than broad categories like "moderate" or "unhealthy," Be I/O estimates how much PM2.5 you'd actually take in, right now, doing what you're planning to do. Choose an activity — a 30-minute walk, or a 75-minute hard run — and see whether to Be Inside or Outside for it, and how much of your estimated daily intake it would account for. Be I/O works out your ventilation rate from optional health details: age and weight, or your resting and maximum heart rate, or — for the fitness nerds — the litres per minute you breathe in each heart rate zone, straight from a metabolic test. Connect to your own PurpleAir or AirGradient sensors over your local network for near-real-time readings, free and without an account. No sensor of your own? Subscribe to use the public monitor nearest you. A subscription adds: * Air quality from the sensor nearest you, wherever you are * What each run, ride and walk of the last 30 days cost you, from Apple Health * A week of sensor history (for public sensors) * The Apple Watch app: current air quality, your estimated breathing rate and PM2.5 intake, each optionally shown against a baseline you choose * A PM2.5 gauge Apple Watch complication Note: Be I/O estimates are fitted to adults; the app says so when it knows you're younger. Privacy Policy: https://be-io.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Baseplate Brick Catalog4 screens
Be I/O4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Be I/O at 17.0 against Baseplate Brick Catalog's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Baseplate Brick Catalog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Be I/O sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Baseplate Brick Catalog versus Be I/O: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaseplate Brick CatalogBe I/O
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaphouse Software LLCPeter Compernolle

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Baseplate Brick Catalog

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Be I/O

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Year

Questions

Is Baseplate Brick Catalog free?
Baseplate Brick Catalog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Be I/O free?
Be I/O is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Baseplate Brick Catalog or Be I/O have ads?
Neither Baseplate Brick Catalog nor Be I/O shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Baseplate Brick Catalog or Be I/O?
Baseplate Brick Catalog ships an update every 3 days, and Be I/O every 3 days. Most recently, Baseplate Brick Catalog was updated on September 21, 2026 and Be I/O on September 16, 2026.

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