Comparison

beambox vs Tiny Computers

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

Head to head
About

beambox

Easily import and transfer photos, videos, and GIFs to your digital badge with a single tap. Explore and download unique designs from a creative community, or share your own creations to personalize your badge.

Highlights
  • One-tap photo, video, GIF import
  • Instant digital badge sync
  • Exclusive creative community
  • Download user-shared designs
  • Share your own badge creations
Features
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【One-Tap Transfer】 Quickly import and transfer photos, videos, and GIFs with just a few steps. No complicated setup required. Sync your favorite visuals to your digital badge instantly. 【Exclusive Creative Community】 Built-in Beambox creative community featuring high-quality designs shared by users. Download and apply community creations or share your own designs to make every digital badge truly unique.

About

Tiny Computers

Explore a collection of ten miniature, working retro computers. Interact with vintage operating systems, type on keyboards, and discover nostalgic secrets and hidden games from computing history.

Highlights
  • Ten playable retro computer emulations
  • Interactive keyboards and screens
  • Explore vintage operating systems
  • Discover nostalgic secrets and history
  • Hidden games and screen savers
  • Unique iPhone Duo tabletop mode
Features
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Ten miniature machines from decades of computing sit on the table in front of you, each with a working screen and a keyboard you can type on. Spend a little time with an old favourite, or discover the computer your parents grew up with. Some computers stay with you long after you stop using them. Now there's room for them on your desk again. EXPLORE THE COLLECTION Ten computers are ready to play with, inspired by the Macintosh, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Amiga 500, Windows 95, ThinkPad, iMac G3, iBook G3, PowerBook G4 and Windows XP. TYPE, DRAW AND PLAY Enjoy clicking keyboards, working command lines, paint programs, floppy disks and familiar desktop games. Open windows, write a note, draw something small and explore each computer's personality. Type 10 PRINT on the Commodore, run BASICA ROOFTOP at the DOS prompt, or load BRICKS from the Amiga's floppy. Occasionally, even Windows crashes. FIFTY NOSTALGIC SECRETS Every computer hides five nostalgic secrets: pieces of real computing history, a hidden game and, where its era had them, screen savers. Turn on the Hot Dog Stand colour scheme, ask the 1541 for its directory, meet Rover, or fill a 1984 Mac's memory until the bomb appears. Each computer's page in the collection keeps track of what you've found. Stuck? Open a hint, one at a time: what it is, where to look, then exactly what to do. ON IPHONE AND IPAD Each computer appears on your screen as a real little machine resting on an oak table, with its own case, keys and controls. On iPad, the whole computer is in front of you. On iPhone, turn sideways to see the whole machine, then zoom into its screen or its keyboard. ON IPHONE DUO, IT BECOMES THE COMPUTER iPhone Duo is the special case. Fold your Duo into tabletop mode and the phone itself transforms into the computer: the screen stands up above and a working keyboard lies flat below, so you hold and type on the machine itself. Close your Duo to browse the collection and choose your next exhibit. All ten computers are included. No ads, subscriptions or in-app purchases.

Screenshots

beambox3 screens
Tiny Computers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiny Computers at 69% against beambox's 14%. Tiny Computers also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). beambox's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (13 vs 26.5). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

beambox is free to download; Tiny Computers costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tiny Computers holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Computers has 85 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of beambox's written reviews are positive against 69% of Tiny Computers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

beambox ships an update every 9 days, Tiny Computers every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
beambox versus Tiny Computers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbeamboxTiny Computers
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating2.3 (12 ratings)4.6 (85 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews68.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1285 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#1 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB405 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Guangsheng Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., LtdFountain Interactive Ltd

Customer experience

beambox

All ratings12 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

Tiny Computers

All ratings82 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral8.5%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral18.8%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

beambox

No in-app purchases

None

Tiny Computers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is beambox free?
beambox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Computers free?
Tiny Computers costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, beambox or Tiny Computers?
Tiny Computers is rated higher. beambox averages 2.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Tiny Computers averages 4.6 from 85 ratings.
Do beambox or Tiny Computers have ads?
Neither beambox nor Tiny Computers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, beambox or Tiny Computers?
beambox ships an update every 9 days, and Tiny Computers every 2 days. Most recently, beambox was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tiny Computers on November 10, 2026.

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