Comparison

Bean vs Pyron

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

Head to head
About

Bean

This app gamifies your fitness journey by turning real-world walking, running, and biking into quests. Level up your character, earn rewards, and customize your virtual pet. Compete with friends, build a shared farm, and capture memorable moments.

Highlights
  • Gamified fitness tracking
  • Daily quests for walking, running, biking
  • Character customization and leveling
  • Social challenges and friend comparisons
  • Shared farm with friends
  • 1-second video moment capture
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Bean turns your health into a fitness game. Walk, run, or bike in the real world. Your quests get crushed, your character levels up, and rewards roll in. "Cute outfits and I love the overlay." (App Store review) DAILY QUESTS Every day brings three quest tiers (Easy, Normal, Hard) for walking, running, and biking: 5,000, 10,000, or 15,000 steps for walking, 1.5, 3, or 6 miles for running, and 3, 9.5, or 18.5 miles for biking. Kilometers if you prefer: 2.5, 5, or 10 for running and 5, 15, or 30 for biking. Complete them to earn Beans and XP. Everything comes from Apple Health, so there is nothing extra to track. KEEP YOUR STARS UP Your buddy has a star bar of up to 7 stars. Finish a Normal or Hard quest and you gain a star. Finish only Easy and you hold the stars you have. Finish nothing and you lose one. Keep 3 or more for 1.5x Beans on quests, or fill all 7 for 2x. YOUR CHARACTER Play as Bean or Pea, two pixel-art buddies you can switch between any time. Dress them in hats, hair, eyewear, face items, tops, bottoms, backgrounds, pets, and effects. Every item is bought outright with Beans, so you always pick exactly what you want. No pulls, no luck-only walls. MISSIONS Limited-time events with a ladder of daily movement goals. Every stage you reach unlocks a cosmetic you keep for good. COMPETE Start or join a walking, running, or biking challenge with friends, pick how long it runs, and see who moves the most. Free to enter, no stakes. FARM Team up with friends on a shared farm of up to 30 members. Pool your Beans to unlock land, and every plot you unlock boosts the Beans everyone earns from quests. Spend the pool on animals, decorations, and ground tiles, and lay them out together. FRIENDS Add friends and see how your weekly and monthly records compare. CAPTURE A YEAR IN ONE SECOND Record a 1-second moment from your favorite part of the day and stitch them into a highlight reel anytime. Your moments are backed up to your account, and the friends you add can watch them. WIDGETS Keep your buddy and today's quest progress on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. FREE TO DOWNLOAD, NO SUBSCRIPTION Bean is free to download, with no subscription and no trial to cancel. Quests, missions, challenges, friends, farms, and widgets are all free. You earn Beans by finishing quests, finding Bean in the daily puzzle, and watching optional ads. If you want more, optional Bean Packs are one-time purchases: 60 Beans for $1.99, 170 for $4.99, 375 for $9.99, 800 for $19.99, or 2,200 for $49.99 (US prices). WHAT MAKES IT BEAN. A character to dress. Friends to compare with. A one-second clip to capture. A star bar you would rather not break. The little hooks that make you actually want to lace up again tomorrow.

About

Pyron

This app transforms daily steps into a game, motivating users through challenges, team-based dungeons, and knockout tournaments. Earn achievements and rewards for increased movement, making fitness fun and competitive.

Highlights
  • Step-based challenges
  • Team dungeons with bosses
  • Knockout tournaments
  • Clubs for social play
  • Achievements and rewards
  • Integration with Apple Health
Features
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Moving more in everyday life doesn't have to feel like a chore. Pyron turns your daily steps into a game that motivates you to walk one more lap, take the stairs more often or simply leave the car at home. The revolutionary concept combines real movement with fun and competition: your steps from Apple Health determine your rank, your placing and your progress. You take on other players in Challenges, team up with friends to fight mighty bosses in Dungeons and face thrilling Knockout tournaments. In Clubs with up to 50 members you'll quickly find the right teammates. You don't have to sign up for anything: as a member, you're automatically part of every Clash and every club dungeon. Achievements, titles, crests, rewards and the Pyron Pass make every extra step worth it. Movement becomes something you look forward to – and an ordinary walk can suddenly become a decisive lead. Pyron brings more movement into your everyday life. With motivation, community and real competition. 2 games, 1 subscription – Pyron and the role-playing game Pyron Legends. You play Pyron Legends in the browser on your laptop or PC, and your steps make your hero stronger. Try Pyron free for 14 days. After that, you keep playing with a subscription – monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage and cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://pyron.app/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://pyron.app/en/privacy

Screenshots

Bean4 screens
Pyron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pyron at none against Bean's shown. Bean's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Bean sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pyron sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bean against 5.0 for Pyron. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Bean's written reviews are positive against 87% of Pyron's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bean versus Pyron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeanPyron
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better86.7% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB184 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperForwardslash LLCNeurolytix GmbH

Customer experience

Bean

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pyron

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bean

One-time10
  • 60 Beans$1.99
  • 170 Beans$4.99
  • 375 Beans$9.99
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  • 100$9.99
  • 800 Beans$19.99
  • 300$28.99
  • 500$46.99
  • 2200 Beans$49.99
  • 700$64.99
  • 1000$89.99
4 purchases

Pyron

Subscriptions4
  • Pyron (1 month)14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Pyron (1 month)$6.991 Month
  • Pyron (12 months)14 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Pyron (12 months)$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Bean free?
Bean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pyron free?
Pyron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bean or Pyron?
Bean and Pyron are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Bean or Pyron have ads?
Bean shows ads; Pyron does not.
Which is updated more often, Bean or Pyron?
Bean ships an update every 3 days, and Pyron every 3 days. Most recently, Bean was updated on November 9, 2026 and Pyron on November 10, 2026.

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