Comparison

Beam vs ReCap App.

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

Head to head
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 or share them, eliminating the need to constantly ask for photos.

Highlights
  • Find photos friends have of you
  • Share photos from different POVs
  • Save full-quality photos
  • Add friends to your roll
  • Create stories from moments
  • React with comments and emojis
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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

About

ReCap App.

Features
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Six phones. One trip. Hundreds of photos spread across everyone's camera rolls, and you only have yours. ReCap collects them all. Create a private album and share the code. Everyone can add their own photos and videos. It's not social media, it's just for the people who were actually there. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every album needs a 6-character invite code to join. Your photos stay between the people you shared it with, nobody else. EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES Everyone in the album can add their own photos and videos. See the whole trip, not just what was on your phone. FIND YOUR PHOTOS FAST The People filter groups shots by face, so finding every photo of yourself takes seconds. Food, landscapes, and animals get sorted automatically too. PICK YOUR FAVOURITES Swipe right to keep, left to skip. Getting 300 photos down to the ones worth saving takes a few minutes, not an afternoon. MOMENTS DON'T LAST FOREVER Albums expire after 30 days. Save what you want to keep. No clutter piling up in your camera roll. FEATURES - Private invite-only albums - Shared uploads from everyone in the group - Face-grouped People filter - Auto-sorted Food, Landscape, and Animals tabs - Swipe to Select for quick curation - Reactions and captions on any photo - Pinch-to-zoom full-screen viewer - Duplicate detection before upload - 30-day album expiry with optional extension - Magic link sign-in, no passwords ReCap. Your moments, together.

Screenshots

Beam4 screens
ReCap App.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ReCap App. at none against Beam's shown. Beam's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beam ships an update every 4 days, ReCap App. every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Beam versus ReCap App.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeamReCap App.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (193 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings193 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size348 MB100 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBreezi Inc.ALEXANDER LITTLE

In-app purchases

None

Beam

No in-app purchases

None

ReCap App.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beam free?
Beam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ReCap App. free?
ReCap App. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beam or ReCap App. have ads?
Beam shows ads; ReCap App. does not.
Which is updated more often, Beam or ReCap App.?
Beam ships an update every 4 days, and ReCap App. every 2 weeks. Most recently, Beam was updated on October 31, 2026 and ReCap App. on October 31, 2026.

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