Comparison

Beacon (Flare) vs Space

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

Head to head
About

Beacon (Flare)

Features
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beacon turns your screen into a signal. show a message. flash a color. strobe the room. no words spoken, no data sent, no account required. just your phone, saying what you need it to say. -- text display -- type anything or tap a preset. full screen, maximum brightness, landscape locked. toggle between white-on-black and black-on-white. Face ID / Touch ID authentication before every display — nothing shows by accident. -- color display -- slide across the full color spectrum to pick your color. preview updates live. lift your finger to confirm, authenticate to display. your message — if you have one — renders automatically in contrast-optimized text over whatever color you chose. -- strobe -- neon colors cycle across your screen in rapid succession. adjustable speed — hold the strobe button to open settings, slide to dial it in from a slow pulse to a full meltdown. get attention from across any room. -- preset messages -- eight messages preloaded: meet me outside. hey. follow me. 5 min. be right back. wait. sos. come here. hold the beacon logo to edit them — replace, rewrite, or add up to ten total. yours when you need them, gone from the device when you don't. -- pulse -- a breathing brightness effect that applies to any display mode. subtle. makes any signal feel alive. -- the rest -- quad-tap the display to exit. brightness maxes automatically. screen stays awake while displaying. locks to landscape for distance reading. -- privacy -- zero data collected. the only permission beacon asks for is Face ID / Touch ID authentication. messages live in memory and disappear when you close the app. nothing stored, nothing sent, nothing shared.

About

Space

Features
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Every Starlink satellite, live on a beautiful 3D globe. Space tracks the entire Starlink constellation in real time — more than 10,000 satellites rendered as a living shell around a realistic Earth with day and night sides, city lights, and the real positions of the sun, moon, and planets in the sky. THE CONSTELLATION, LIVE • 10,000+ Starlink satellites, positions computed from live SpaceX orbital data • Smooth real-time motion — watch trains of newly launched satellites sweep across the globe • Realistic Earth with a true day/night terminator and glowing night cities KNOW EVERY SATELLITE • Tap any satellite for its live position, generation, NORAD ID, and launch object • Filter the fleet by generation — from the earliest v0.9 birds to the latest v2 fleet • See 250 Starlink gateway ground stations worldwide, plus your own spot under the shell BEYOND EARTH • Pinch out to leave Earth and open the solar system • Visit every planet from Mercury to Neptune — real positions and gorgeous close-ups • Live distance gauges and Starship travel-time estimates for every destination THE SPACEX PULSE • Upcoming Falcon 9 and Starship launches with pads, orbits, and mission details • Jump straight to the launch stream • SpaceX stock price and market cap at a glance Whether you're a space enthusiast, a Starlink customer curious about what's overhead, or you simply want the most beautiful globe on the App Store — Space makes the sky feel alive.

Screenshots

Beacon (Flare)4 screens
Space4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Beacon (Flare) at 3 against Space's 1. Beacon (Flare) also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 3 level
Beacon (Flare) versus Space: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeacon (Flare)Space
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDustin ParmenterJan Stellmann

In-app purchases

None

Beacon (Flare)

No in-app purchases

None

Space

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beacon (Flare) free?
Beacon (Flare) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Space free?
Space is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beacon (Flare) or Space have ads?
Neither Beacon (Flare) nor Space shows ads.

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