Beverly vs Candesco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Beverly
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Beverly is a social media app inspired by familiar social platforms, built around real communities, shared moments, and local discovery. Share posts, join groups, chat with people around you, and explore communities connected to events, places, universities, friends, and everyday life. Built on our open-source foundation, Ciaorelated, and developed primarily in Salzburg, Beverly focuses on privacy, performance, and aesthetics while bringing together social feeds, messaging, profiles, and community spaces in one clean experience.
Candesco
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Candesco is a virtual engagement app inspired by light, digital energy and global connection. Turn on the light, start a virtual mining cycle, collect CNDS, use boosts, unlock badges, invite friends and follow your progress in the Candesco network. Candesco includes profile progression, referral and friend features, leaderboard rankings, daily rewards, Scratch rewards, badge milestones and optional ad boosts. Your activity powers your progress: Keep the light on, grow your network and collect CNDS through virtual in-app progression. The goal of Candesco is simple: collect CNDS, grow your network and become part of a global community inspired by light. Candesco โ To light the whole world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Beverly at none against Candesco's shown. Candesco's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beverly ships an update every 2 months, Candesco fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beverly | Candesco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dogan Karaarslan | Zarko Arsic |
In-app purchases
Beverly
No in-app purchases
Candesco
No in-app purchases









