Comparison

Strika vs Beam

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

Head to head
About

Strika

This app helps women learn how to pose for photos with real-time visual guides and structured templates. It aims to boost confidence by making posing practical, teachable, and fun for everyday people.

Highlights
  • Real-time camera pose overlays
  • Structured pose templates
  • Live camera guidance
  • Pose categories for different settings
  • Built for everyday women
  • Focus on authenticity
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Your life is full of moments worth remembering, and you deserve to be in the photos. Strika helps you feel more confident in photos by showing you exactly how to pose while the photo is being taken. Explore 300+ pose ideas for a vacations outfit, wedding photo, date nights, outfit photos, romanticize your life, and more. Choose one that fits the setting, then open the Strika camera to see the pose directly over your shot. Match the angle, adjust your posture, and know what to do with your arms, legs, and gaze with a posing reference. No need to pull up random posing inspo you pulled from somewhere else. Think of it as pose inspiration and a camera in one. Whether you’re directing a friend, using a self-timer, or trying to capture a moment you can’t recreate, Strika helps you get more photos you actually want to keep. FEATURES POSES FOR EVERY MOMENT Explore poses organized by pose, position, setting, people, and props for woman posing. Find inspiration for travel, weddings, date nights, girls’ nights, fit checks, nature, dining out, at-home photos, and everyday moments worth remembering. LIVE POSE OVERLAY Put the reference pose directly over your camera so you can recreate it in real time, like a posing coach. Match the composition, body position, and camera angle without constantly switching between your saved inspiration and your camera. ADJUSTABLE CAMERA HELP Make the pose guide work for your shot. Turn the outline on or off, adjust the opacity, and hold the screen to reveal the original reference photo whenever you need it. ON-SCREEN POSING GUIDANCE Get direction for your posture, arms, legs, gaze, and expression. Each pose includes simple instructions to help you understand what makes the shot work. MULTI-CAPTURE Capture multiple photos within a single session, so you can choose from a variety of options. REAL POSES FROM REAL CREATORS Every reference photo comes from a real photographer and creator—not an AI-generated model. Explore authentic photos, discover the people behind them, and learn from creators who understand how to make a pose feel natural and achievable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your captured photos stay in your camera roll. Strika doesn’t upload them or use them to train AI. FREE TO EXPLORE Start posing with hundreds of free templates. You can also unlock optional creator-made pose packs with a one-time purchase. No subscription required. Less second guessing. More photos that actually feel like you. For answers to common questions: https://www.trystrika.com/faqs Customer support: hello@trystrika.com Follow us: Instagram: @strika.app TikTok: @strika.app Pinterest: @strikaapp

About

Beam

This app automatically finds and shares photos of you taken by your friends. It helps you discover pictures you might have missed and easily save them, eliminating the need to ask for photos or dig through chats. Perfect for groups who love capturing moments together.

Highlights
  • Find photos friends have of you
  • Automatic photo discovery
  • Share photos easily
  • Save full-quality photos
  • See different POVs of moments
  • Create stories from memories
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Your friends are sitting on photos of you that you've never seen. It’s time to change that. Beam is the social camera roll. Add your friends to your roll and Beam finds the photos they have of you, and the ones you have of them, so everyone can see a different POV from the same moment. No more "send me those pics", no more waiting for weeks, no more digging through a group chat to find the one you want. Great for friend groups, roommates, couples, and anyone who takes more photos than they ever send. HOW IT WORKS - Add friends to your roll - Beam finds shared moments across your friends from trips, events and time spent together - Select the photos you want your friends to see in one tap - Find and save pics of yourself - Pick your favorites or save all of them to your camera roll in one tap - Intersections shows you everyone's POV of the same moment - React to friends' photos with comments and emojis - Turn your best moments into stories and digital memories to share with your friends BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE TAKING PHOTOS If your camera roll is a reflection of your life, your memories shouldn't be trapped in it. Beam gives them a place to live, with the people who were there. - Stop asking friends to send photos - They show up on their own - Full-quality photos, not compressed screenshots - Only the friends you add to your roll see anything - Built for trips, parties, nights out, game days, and everything in between Download Beam, add your first friend, and see what they've been hiding in their camera roll. Questions or feedback? hi@beam.link

Screenshots

Strika4 screens
Beam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Strika at none against Beam's shown. Strika also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Beam's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (199 vs 9). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strika holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beam has 199 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Strika's written reviews are positive against 87% of Beam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strika ships an update every 2 weeks, Beam every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Strika versus Beam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrikaBeam
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.8 (199 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better86.7% of reviews
Number of ratings9199 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB277 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperPose Me LLCBreezi Inc.

Customer experience

Strika

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Beam

All ratings199 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.5%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

None

Strika

No in-app purchases

None

Beam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strika free?
Strika is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beam free?
Beam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strika or Beam?
Strika is rated higher. Strika averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Beam averages 4.8 from 199 ratings.
Do Strika or Beam have ads?
Beam shows ads; Strika does not.
Which is updated more often, Strika or Beam?
Strika ships an update every 2 weeks, and Beam every 3 days. Most recently, Strika was updated on November 5, 2026 and Beam on November 9, 2026.

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