*beep* vs koi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
*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.
- 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
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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
koi
Connect with your closest friends in a private, ad-free space. Share unfiltered thoughts and funny pictures without algorithmic interference. Customize your profile to express your unique personality.
- Private by design
- End-to-end encrypted DMs
- Top 5 friends feature
- Customizable profile and 'koi'
- No ads or influencers
- No algorithmic feed
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funny pics. 2am ramblings. unfiltered thoughts. no ads. no influencers. no algorithm deciding what you see. welcome back to the real, human internet. - private by design. no screenshots. end-to-end encrypted dms. - top 5 friends. find out who your real friends are… - design your koi, pond & profile. your customizations say a lot about you as a person xoxo, koi
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: koi at none against *beep*'s 2. koi also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). *beep*'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. *beep* sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. koi asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for *beep* against 5.0 for koi. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 10 respectively.
*beep* ships an update every 5 days, koi every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | *beep* | koi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | What the Beep LLC | Human Internet Project, Inc. |
Customer experience
*beep*
koi
In-app purchases
*beep*
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly$44.991 Year
koi
No in-app purchases
