Comparison

Beestow vs Payly

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

Head to head
About

Beestow

Easily gift a portion of the stock market to anyone. Choose a company or fund, select an amount, and send it instantly via text, email, or QR code. Recipients can track its value and cash out to their bank or brokerage anytime.

Highlights
  • Gift stock market investments
  • Send via text, email, or QR code
  • Track gift value in real-time
  • Cash out to bank or brokerage
  • No brokerage account needed
  • Customizable gift amounts
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Beestow is the easiest way to give the gift of the stock market. Pick a company or fund, choose an amount, and send it by text, email, or a printable QR code. Your recipient opens their gift, watches its value track the market over time, and cashes out to their bank or brokerage whenever they're ready — no brokerage account required to give or receive. A GIFT LINKED TO THE MARKET — NOT FORGOTTEN IN A DRAWER Gift cards get spent and cash gets lost. A Beestow gift stays linked to market performance, so it can mean more years from now than the day you gave it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose a company or fund and a dollar amount (from $20). 2. Send it instantly by text, email, or a printable QR code. 3. Your recipient claims it with a quick sign-in — no brokerage account needed. 4. They follow its value as the market moves, and redeem the cash value to their bank or brokerage anytime. WHY PEOPLE LOVE BEESTOW - Meaningful — more than cash or a gift card - Lasting — linked to the market, not forgotten - Easy — send in under a minute, three ways - No brokerage account required to give or receive - Perfect for birthdays, graduations, holidays, new babies, and grandkids MADE FOR REAL LIFE Send your niece a gift linked to her favorite company. Start a tradition with your grandkids. Give a graduate something that can matter for decades. HOW REDEMPTION WORKS Beestow gifts are prepaid gifts whose value is linked to market performance. The recipient doesn't receive securities — when they redeem, Beestow transfers the gift's current cash value to their bank or brokerage account. Your exact payout — including any processing, and for bank cash-outs a flat fee — is shown before you confirm. Simple, transparent cash settlement. Examples shown in the app are illustrative and do not represent securities ownership or guaranteed future value. Beestow is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not provide investment advice. Questions? Reach us at support@beestow.com.

About

Payly

Features
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Payly is your universal payment address: one link that carries every way to pay you. Add your Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Wise, Revolut, Zelle and Apple Cash details once. Share a single link — payly.me/yourname — and whoever opens it picks the app they already use. No more "do you have Venmo?" No more typing handles into a text message. GET PAID IN PERSON Show the QR code on your home screen and they scan it. One tap later they're paying you in the app they trust. Add the payly card to Apple Wallet and your code is one swipe away at the register. REQUEST EXACT AMOUNTS Splitting dinner? Collecting rent? Tap Request, type the amount, add a note. Payly builds a link and QR code that pre-fills the amount in apps that support it. Your recent requests are saved for one-tap reuse. SEE YOUR LINK WORK A quiet weekly count of link views and payment-method taps, right on your home screen. FREE FOREVER No card, no fees, no catch. Payly never sees, holds, or processes your money. Payments happen entirely inside the apps you and your payers already trust. We just make sure nobody ever has to ask "how do I pay you?" again. SUPPORTED Venmo · Cash App · PayPal · Wise · Revolut · Zelle · Apple Pay (Apple Cash) Your profile is public by design. Share only the handles you're comfortable showing. Your email and password stay private. Questions? payly.me/faq

Screenshots

Beestow4 screens
Payly4 screens

Verdict

The call

Beestow and Payly are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Beestow versus Payly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeestowPayly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeestow LLCOsian, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Beestow

No in-app purchases

None

Payly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beestow free?
Beestow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Payly free?
Payly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beestow or Payly have ads?
Neither Beestow nor Payly shows ads.

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