Beam vs Tether Co
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 your friends have of you, and vice versa. It eliminates the need to ask for pictures, allowing everyone to see different perspectives of shared moments. Easily save and organize these memories with friends.
- Add friends to your roll
- Automatically find shared photos
- View different POVs of moments
- Save full-quality photos
- Create stories from memories
- 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
Tether Co
This app offers a private space to store and share photos of cherished people and moments. It helps curate your camera roll, allowing you to select keepers and share them exclusively with approved individuals. You can also create physical printed books of your favorite memories.
- Private photo storage
- Curated camera roll selection
- Invite-only sharing
- Physical book printing
- Quick moment saving
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The private place for the photos of your favorite people and moments Group chats bury them. The camera roll never ends. Social feels like too much. Tether is just for your people — the people you invite, the moments worth keeping, and a real printed book when you want one. • Save a moment in seconds • Tether picks the keepers from your camera roll. You decide if it stays. • Share only with people you approve. Print the ones that matter. Live your life, let Tether help you remember it www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tether Co at none against Beam's shown. Tether Co also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Beam's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 14) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tether Co holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beam has 200 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Beam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tether Co's.
Beam ships an update every 3 days, Tether Co every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Beam | Tether Co |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (200 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 200 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 281 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Breezi Inc. | The Developer Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Beam
Tether Co
In-app purchases
Beam
No in-app purchases
Tether Co
No in-app purchases
