Comparison

GamerBeacon vs GameTab

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

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About

GamerBeacon

Features
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Turn “who’s on?” into a real squad. GamerBeacon is your social gaming companion for organizing multiplayer sessions, tracking your game collection, playing original arcade games, and staying connected with the people you play with. LIGHT A BEACON Choose the game, platform, time, and number of players you need. Make your Beacon public, friends-only, or private with an invite or share code. Whether you’re filling a lobby, planning game night, or looking for one more teammate, Beacons turn loose plans into actual sessions. KEEP YOUR SQUAD CONNECTED Every Beacon includes squad comms to keep everyone organized. Comment, mention friends, share images and videos, vote in polls, lock in for the session, set reminders, or let the group know you can’t make it. HIT THE ARCADE Discover GamerBeacon Originals: quick games built for friendly competition and that “one more try” feeling. Thread the gaps in Travy Bird, repeat increasingly tricky patterns in Combo Memory, identify games in Cover Cracker, test your instincts in Higher or Lower, and race the clock in Trivia Blitz. Chase personal bests, challenge your friends’ scores, and climb the Friends and Global leaderboards. Check recent arcade activity to see what your friends are playing and who’s setting the score to beat. ORGANIZE YOUR GAMING LIFE Track your game collection and backlog with custom lists, statuses, ratings, reviews, platforms, and notes. Keep what you own, what you’re playing, and what’s next in one place. CONNECT YOUR STEAM LIBRARY Import your Steam games and keep your collection synced automatically with daily updates. SCAN YOUR SHELVES Have physical games, consoles, or shelves full of cases? Use AI shelf snapshots to scan what you own and add it to your collection faster. MAKE YOUR PROFILE YOURS Create a custom AI avatar and use it as your GamerBeacon profile image. FIND YOUR PEOPLE Add friends, compare shared games, invite people to sessions, and stay in the loop with notifications for joins, mentions, comments, reminders, replies, media, and library sync updates. START AS A GUEST Browse first, then claim your account with email when you’re ready to keep your profile, Beacons, friends, collection, and activity. Find your squad. Plan the session. Beat your best. Keep your gaming life together with GamerBeacon.

About

GameTab

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GameTab is the ultimate app for physical game collectors. Whether you collect to play, collect to sell, or both — GameTab is the only tool that handles your entire collection in one place. SCAN & CATALOG Add games instantly by scanning barcodes or searching by title. Your collection is organized by platform automatically, so finding any game takes seconds. Switch between grid, list, or shelf view to browse exactly how you like. KNOW WHAT YOUR COLLECTION IS WORTH GameTab tracks current market value for every game you own — loose, CIB, or sealed. See your total collection value, how much you've spent, and your unrealized gain or loss at a glance. A live value-over-time chart shows how your collection has grown month by month. TRACK YOUR HARDWARE TOO Consoles count. Add your hardware alongside your games and track value, condition, and profit on everything — not just the cartridges. FLIP GAMES. KNOW YOUR PROFIT. Every time you sell a game, log the sale price and GameTab does the math. Your Sold archive shows exactly what you paid, what you sold for, and your realized profit on every flip. Total realized profit is always front and center. PLAY THE GAMES YOU OWN The Now Playing tab keeps your active games front and center. Start a playthrough, track how many days you've been playing, and hit Beat when you're done. Stop letting your backlog haunt you. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add a game to your collection right from your home screen — no need to even open the app. Tap Scan to use your camera or Manual to search by title. BACKUP & RESTORE Export your full collection as a portable JSON file anytime. Restore from that file on any device. Migrating from another app? Import directly from a CSV — just bring a title column and GameTab handles the rest. WISHLIST & PROFILE Build a wishlist of games you're hunting for and track your collector profile over time. GameTab is built for collectors who are serious about what they own, what it's worth, and what they've made. No clutter. No subscriptions to get started. Just your collection, organized. --- PRIVACY POLICY & TERMS OF USE By downloading or using GameTab, you agree to Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Your privacy policy URL and any additional terms of use can be configured in App Store Connect under your app's information settings.

Screenshots

GamerBeacon4 screens
GameTab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GamerBeacon at none against GameTab's 3. GamerBeacon also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). GameTab's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. GameTab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. GamerBeacon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GamerBeacon ships an update every 3 weeks, GameTab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
GamerBeacon versus GameTab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGamerBeaconGameTab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB3 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSean WalkerNOAH SAMUEL CORSE

In-app purchases

None

GamerBeacon

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

GameTab

Subscriptions2
  • GameTab Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • GameTab Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • GameTab Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is GamerBeacon free?
GamerBeacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GameTab free?
GameTab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GamerBeacon or GameTab have ads?
Neither GamerBeacon nor GameTab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GamerBeacon or GameTab?
GamerBeacon ships an update every 3 weeks, and GameTab every 2 days. Most recently, GamerBeacon was updated on October 28, 2026 and GameTab on November 5, 2026.

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