NoneKnows vs Beacon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NoneKnows
Share your deepest confessions anonymously with a focus on absolute privacy. Your identity is protected by strong encryption, and no personal information is stored. Engage with others' secrets through reactions and comments in a safe, moderated community.
- Post anonymous confessions
- React with emojis
- Comment anonymously
- View anonymous profiles
- Report inappropriate content
- Account recovery
- Biometric protection
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NoneKnows — where your secrets are truly safe. Share your deepest confessions anonymously. No name. No email. No phone number. No trace. Your identity is protected by strong cryptographic hashing. We store zero personally identifiable information. Even we cannot identify who you are. FEATURES - Post anonymous confessions - React with emojis to others' secrets - Comment anonymously - View anonymous user profiles - Report inappropriate content - Recover your account on any device - Face ID / fingerprint protection HOW IT WORKS When you sign up, you receive a unique 5-word recovery phrase. That's it. No email needed. Your identity lives only on your device. We never see it. We never store it. SAFE COMMUNITY NoneKnows has built-in content moderation. Report harmful posts with one tap. Posts that receive multiple reports are automatically hidden. Our team reviews flagged content regularly. PRIVACY FIRST - No email address required - No phone number required - No real name stored - No location tracking - No ads. Ever. None knows. No one knows. NoneKnows.
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: NoneKnows at daily against Beacon's every 3 weeks. NoneKnows also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Beacon's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 NoneKnows against 5.0 for Beacon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beacon has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NoneKnows ships an update daily, Beacon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NoneKnows | Beacon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MAHESH KILARI | Qwarter |
Customer experience
NoneKnows
Beacon
In-app purchases
NoneKnows
No in-app purchases
Beacon
No in-app purchases
