Comparison

Beside vs Settle

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

Head to head
About

Beside

This app simulates the presence of someone working nearby to enhance focus, using ambient sounds and visual cues. It offers various scenes and a focus timer to aid productivity without requiring cameras or personal accounts. Track your progress and build focus streaks with this completely free tool.

Highlights
  • Simulated ambient presence
  • Multiple handcrafted focus scenes
  • Customizable focus timer
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • Offline functionality
  • No camera or account required
Features
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Someone's here. Let's focus. Beside creates the feeling of someone working next to you -- without cameras, strangers, or interruptions. Body doubling is a proven ADHD and productivity technique, and now it's free on your iPhone. No account. No subscription. No paywall. Ever. HOW IT WORKS Open the app. Pick a scene. Start focusing. That's it. Each scene surrounds you with ambient sounds and subtle visual cues -- a coffee cup steaming nearby, pages turning, someone typing at the next desk. You never see another person, but you feel their presence. That's body doubling. 6 HANDCRAFTED SCENES Cozy Room -- Rain on the window, warm lighting, a desk lamp glowing nearby Coffee Shop -- Espresso machine hum, gentle chatter, someone typing beside you Library -- Whisper-quiet, pages turning, the calm focus of a study hall Lo-fi Room -- Chill beats, a companion at their desk, late-night creative energy Night Owl -- City lights, cricket sounds, your late-night study partner Garden Morning -- Birds, a gentle breeze, someone reading next to you FOCUS TIMER Set a session for 15, 25, or 45 minutes -- or go infinite. Lock your phone or switch apps and your scene keeps playing, with controls on the Lock Screen. A gentle notification lets you know when time's up. No pressure. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS See your focus history on a calendar. Build streaks. Watch your focus time grow over days and weeks. WHY BESIDE? - 100% free -- No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases - No camera -- Your camera is never used. Period. - No account required -- Open the app and start focusing immediately - No strangers -- Ambient presence, not video calls with random people - No scheduling -- Focus whenever you want, not when a session is available - Works offline -- No internet needed once downloaded - Dark mode -- Easy on the eyes, day or night - Private -- No data collection, no analytics, no trackers BUILT FOR - ADHD adults who use body doubling to get things done - Students studying alone in their room - Remote workers missing the presence of coworkers - Anyone who focuses better when someone else is around Body doubling shouldn't cost $7-40/month. It shouldn't require a camera. And it shouldn't mean scheduling sessions with strangers. Beside is focus, simplified.

About

Settle

This app guides you through the complex process of settling an estate, offering a step-by-step plan tailored to your state. It helps organize documents, track assets and debts, manage expenses, and generate reports for court and family.

Highlights
  • State-specific step-by-step plans
  • Document scanning and organization
  • Asset and debt inventory
  • Expense tracking and reimbursement ledger
  • Court-ready report generation
  • Executor fee estimation
Features
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Being named an executor is a 12–18 month job nobody trained you for. Settle tells you what to do next — one clear step at a time — from the day you start to the day the estate closes. Settle is an organizational tool, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice. A PLAN BUILT FOR YOUR STATE Answer a few questions and Settle builds a step-by-step plan for your state and situation, with deadline reminders so nothing slips. Every step explains why it matters and how to do it, in plain language. WE SHOW OUR WORK Every deadline names the statute it came from and the date we last checked it — tap "Where this comes from" and read the source yourself. Steps are marked Required, May be required, or Recommended, so a court requirement never looks like a habit we made up. Where a licensed attorney hasn't reviewed your state's steps yet, the plan says so instead of pretending otherwise. PHOTOGRAPH IT, NEVER LOSE IT Snap any statement, bill or notice. Settle saves it instantly and opens a filing card you can tag in two taps — the paperwork pile becomes a searchable vault. EVERY ASSET AND DEBT IN ONE PLACE A clear inventory of accounts, property and debts, with the net estate value at a glance — what the court and the family both want to know. A LEDGER THAT HOLDS UP Log what you paid and what the estate paid, attach the receipt while you still have it, and see what's owed back to you. Settle flags what would weaken the accounting — spending with no receipt, money you haven't reimbursed yourself — while there's still time to fix it. REPORTS THE COURT AND THE CPA ACTUALLY WANT Inventory report and expense ledger as PDFs in one tap. Plus the receipt packet: your ledger numbered line by line, each receipt on its own page carrying the same number — so nobody goes hunting for them one at a time. EXECUTOR FEE ESTIMATOR Estimate the fee from your state's statutory schedule where it sets one. Where it sets no percentage, Settle won't invent a rate — it shows what the court actually weighs instead. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything stays on your device, protected by your device's encryption. No ads, no trackers, and we never sell your data. Your raw data export is free, forever. HONEST PRICING The Estate Pass is $149.99/year (or $19.99/month), starting with a 7-day free trial — no four-figure concierge, no hourly billing, no desktop software. If you ever stop subscribing, everything you've built stays readable in the app and your export stays free. WHAT'S FREE, WHAT'S PAID Free forever: your complete plan for your state, every deadline reminder, the inventory, the notice tracker, your first 10 documents, your first 10 ledger entries, and full raw data export. The Estate Pass unlocks unlimited documents and ledger entries, and every PDF report. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Estate Pass Annual — $149.99 per year (about $12.50 per month), starting with a 7-day free trial. Estate Pass Monthly — $19.99 per month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tuhin-014.github.io/app-policies/settle/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://tuhin-014.github.io/app-policies/settle/privacy-policy.html IMPORTANT Settle provides general organizational information, not legal advice, and is not a substitute for a probate attorney. Its state checklists come from published statutes and court sources and show when they were last checked; no state's steps have been reviewed by a licensed attorney yet, and the plan says so. Requirements vary by state, county and situation — always confirm important dates and forms with the probate court or a licensed attorney.

Screenshots

Beside4 screens
Settle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beside at none against Settle's 2. Settle's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Settle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Beside asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beside against 5.0 for Settle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beside ships an update every 7 months, Settle every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Beside versus Settle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBesideSettle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftroni LLCMd HASAN

Customer experience

Beside

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Settle

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

In-app purchases

None

Beside

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Settle

Subscriptions2
  • Estate Pass Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Estate Pass7 Days trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Beside free?
Beside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Settle free?
Settle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beside or Settle?
Beside and Settle are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Beside or Settle have ads?
Neither Beside nor Settle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beside or Settle?
Beside ships an update every 7 months, and Settle every 5 days. Most recently, Beside was updated on October 18, 2026 and Settle on October 24, 2026.

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