ALINE Network vs Beacon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ALINE Network
This app helps you discover and connect with professionals in your immediate vicinity. It facilitates meaningful interactions by matching individuals based on shared goals, roles, and interests, making networking effortless and efficient.
- Real-time proximity networking
- Match based on goals, role, interests
- Breaks the ice for easy connections
- Professional growth focus
- Connect based on skills and values
- Control information sharing
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ALINE is a real-time professional networking app that helps you meet the right people who are within your proximity. When you open the app and go visible, ALINE identifies professionals around you who match your goals, role, and interests -- whether you're at a conference, coworking space, campus, coffee shop, or event. No more: "I'm afraid to go up to them" "Will they like me" "Are we wasting each other's time" Stop spending hours searching on LinkedIn, sending connection requests that get ignored, or endlessly swiping through profiles. ALINE breaks the ice for you, to make meeting people easy, fun and fast: Students - Mentors Founders - Investors Entrepreneurs - Co-founders Job Seekers - Employers Companies - Vendors Sales - Customers Recruiters - Talent Consultants - Clients Connect based on what truly matters -- your goals, skills, and values -- not your photo, name, appearance or personal info. Reveal who you are only when you choose, turning every connection into a professionally valuable interaction rather than a superficial first impression. ALINE is for professional growth, not dating.
Beacon
This app shows your friends' real-time locations on a map when they are out. It focuses on immediate presence without traditional social media feeds or posts. See who is nearby with a simple visual indicator.
- Real-time location sharing
- Map-based interface
- Friend discovery
- No feeds or posts
- Simple presence indicator
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Beacon is how you find your friends when they're already out and how they find you. No feeds. No posts. Just a flame on a map that says, I'm in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ALINE Network at every 2 days against Beacon's every 3 weeks. ALINE Network also leads on ratings volume (42 vs 7) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ALINE Network against 5.0 for Beacon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ALINE Network has 42 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
ALINE Network ships an update every 2 days, Beacon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ALINE Network | Beacon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aline inc. | Qwarter |
Customer experience
ALINE Network
Beacon
In-app purchases
ALINE Network
No in-app purchases
Beacon
No in-app purchases
