Beam vs 9PM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
9PM
This app allows users to share daily photo and video dumps with trusted friends and family. Posts are automatically published at 9 PM, revealing everyone's day. It offers a private space for creative expression without pressure from strangers.
- Daily photo and video posting
- Automatic 9 PM posting
- Private social network
- Trusted contact sharing
- Visual life diary
- React, reply, and share
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9PM IS REALLY SIMPLE 1. Choose photos and videos from your camera roll. 2. Your daily photo dump is automatically posted at 9:00 PM. 3. At 9PM, everyone’s day is revealed together. 4. React, reply, hug your friends. 9PM is built around one simple daily habit: share your day with the people you trust, then come back at 9PM to see theirs. Over time, your profile becomes a visual diary of your life, one 9PM at a time. There’s no algorithm. Every post comes from someone you added, and every profile is private. New to 9PM? Use invite code 95466 and add fredd. That’s me, the founder. MEMBERSHIP Some features require a membership. CONTACT hello@9pm.app Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beam at 87% against 9PM's 50%. Beam also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (193 vs 1). 9PM's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. 9PM sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Beam asks for nothing beyond the download.
9PM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beam has 193 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Beam's written reviews are positive against 50% of 9PM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Beam ships an update every 4 days, 9PM every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beam | 9PM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (193 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 193 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 348 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Breezi Inc. | 9PM Inc. |
Customer experience
Beam
9PM
In-app purchases
Beam
No in-app purchases
9PM
- 9PM Membership Weekly$4.997 Days
- 9PM Membership Yearly$49.991 Year
- Claim a Username$4.99
- Claim a 3-Letter Username$49.99
- Claim a 2-Letter Username$499.99
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- Claim a 1-Letter Username$999.99
