Dreambeans vs Recs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dreambeans
This app curates personalized daily collections of stories by connecting information across your Google apps. It aims to help you discover new ideas and focus on what matters most, with unique illustrations for each story.
- Personalized story collections
- Connects Google apps (Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube, Search)
- Unique illustrations per story
- Dive deeper into topics
- Save favorite stories to library
- Web information for action-taking
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Dreambeans is an experimental app that provides proactive, personalized collections of stories each day, covering the things that matter most to you. It connects the dots across your Google apps to surface things you'd miss, things you’d love and help you dive deeper into them. Personal Intelligence in Dreambeans With your permission, Dreambeans uses Personal Intelligence to connect information from your apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube and Search history to curate personalized stories meant to surface what matters to you. Helping cut through the noise The goal is not to scroll forever, it’s a finite collection of stories designed to spark new ideas and allow you to focus on what matters. Personalized to you Dreambeans references context from your connected apps to bring you relevant topics & updates. Each story also includes a unique illustration, reflecting the people and places you frequent the most. Dive deeper into your topics When a story in your daily collection catches your eye, you can tap to dive deeper. Dreambeans also fields information from across the web to help you take action. Save your favorites to your library and go back anytime. Terms & Conditions https://policies.google.com/privacy https://policies.google.com/terms
Recs
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A home for your taste. The things you love are scattered across the internet - movies on Netflix, restaurants on Maps, books on Goodreads, articles in tabs you'll never reopen. Recs brings them together into a beautiful collection you can share. Recs is not a bookmarking tool. Bookmarks are storage - things you save and forget. Recs is curation - things you choose because they're worth recommending. Think Spotify playlists, but for everything. A Rec is anything worth recommending - a movie, a restaurant, an article, a product, a place. A Deck is a curated collection of Recs around a theme - something you're proud to share. Save from anywhere - one tap from any app using the share button. Every Rec becomes a visual card with image, title, and domain logo. Create Decks, follow people with great taste, and discover Recs from people you trust. People don't follow links. They follow taste.
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Verdict
Dreambeans and Recs are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Dreambeans ships an update every 4 days, Recs weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Dreambeans | Recs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (824 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 824 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Praveen Ilangovan | |
In-app purchases
Dreambeans
No in-app purchases
Recs
No in-app purchases









