Comparison

Dreambeans vs Recs

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Recs

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Dreambeans4 screens
Recs4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dreambeans ships an update every 4 days, Recs weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dreambeans versus Recs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreambeansRecs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (824 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings824 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB44 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGooglePraveen Ilangovan

In-app purchases

None

Dreambeans

No in-app purchases

None

Recs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dreambeans free?
Dreambeans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recs free?
Recs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dreambeans or Recs have ads?
Neither Dreambeans nor Recs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dreambeans or Recs?
Dreambeans ships an update every 4 days, and Recs weekly. Most recently, Dreambeans was updated on October 24, 2026 and Recs on October 24, 2026.

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