Comparison

Beeprly vs BellAlert

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

Head to head
About

Beeprly

This app allows you to subscribe to specific topics and receive timely updates without noise or spam. Get instant or scheduled notifications for events, community news, or service changes in a clean, organized feed.

Highlights
  • Topic-based subscriptions
  • Real-time updates
  • Clean, organized feed
  • Smart notifications
  • Manual and automatic updates
Features
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Beeprly helps you stay informed about the things that matter to you — without noise, spam, or endless scrolling. Instead of following entire apps, channels, or social feeds, Beeprly lets you subscribe to specific topics and receive timely updates exactly when something changes. How Beeprly works - Follow topics you care about - Receive instant or scheduled notifications - View all updates in a simple, organized feed Key features - Topic-based subscriptions – follow events, places, communities, or services - Real-time updates – get notified when something important happens - Clean feed – see all updates in one place, grouped by topic - Smart notifications – only what you subscribed to, nothing extra - Works with automation – topics can be updated manually or automatically via integrations Perfect for - Local events and announcements - Community updates - Service notifications - Time-sensitive information - People who want control over their notifications Beeprly gives you a calmer way to stay updated — focused, relevant, and under your control.

About

BellAlert

Assign custom sounds to notifications to instantly know what's happening without looking at your phone. Share unique alert codes with others to send them instant, personalized notifications with their chosen sounds. Manage alerts with timestamps, disappearing notifications, and an "oops" feature to un-ring alerts.

Highlights
  • Custom sounds for each notification
  • Shareable alert codes
  • Instant alerts on recipient devices
  • Home Screen widget for quick alerts
  • Undo/cancel sent alerts
  • Disappearing notifications
  • Private and track-free design
Features
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Some notifications matter more than others. Bell Alerts lets you give each one its own sound — so you know what just happened without even looking at your phone. Create a bell, share its code, and ring it. Everyone you've shared it with gets the alert instantly — each on their own phone, with the sound they picked. Dinner's ready, the dog's at the door, the meeting's starting: make it a bell. MAKE IT YOURS • A different sound for every bell — a dozen original tones to choose from • Per phone: you pick your sound, your family picks theirs • Vibrate-only or mute any bell, anytime • 11 app icons to match your style SEND A BELL IN A TAP • Create a bell — it gets its own private, unguessable code • Share the code; anyone who adds it is subscribed • Ring it from the app — or straight from a Home Screen widget, without opening anything • Changed your mind? "Oops" un-rings it — the alert crosses itself out everywhere STAY ON TOP OF IT • Recent rings at a glance, with timestamps — canceled ones clearly marked • A Home Screen widget shows the latest bells the moment they ring • Disappearing alerts tidy themselves up after a time you set PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no tracking • Bells are private codes — only the people you share them with get the rings • Verified on device with App Check; standard encryption only FOR POWER USERS Bell Alerts can also receive alerts from your own internet server — the same bring-your-own-server idea as the open-source app ntfy. Send a notification from any script or service you run and it arrives as a custom bell on every subscribed phone. It's a software integration over the internet; no extra hardware or accessory is involved. Setup guide included. Make every alert sound like what it is.

Screenshots

Beeprly4 screens
BellAlert4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BellAlert at every 2 days against Beeprly's every 5 days. BellAlert also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 2). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beeprly against 4.9 for BellAlert. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BellAlert has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beeprly ships an update every 5 days, BellAlert every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Beeprly versus BellAlert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeeprlyBellAlert
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOlha KereiaCurtis Waldner

Customer experience

Beeprly

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BellAlert

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beeprly

No in-app purchases

None

BellAlert

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beeprly free?
Beeprly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BellAlert free?
BellAlert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beeprly or BellAlert?
Beeprly is rated higher. Beeprly averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while BellAlert averages 4.9 from 12 ratings.
Do Beeprly or BellAlert have ads?
Neither Beeprly nor BellAlert shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beeprly or BellAlert?
Beeprly ships an update every 5 days, and BellAlert every 2 days. Most recently, Beeprly was updated on November 5, 2026 and BellAlert on November 5, 2026.

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