Comparison

See Saw vs Beneath

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

Head to head
About

See Saw

Discover and plan your art gallery visits in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, and Paris. Find current exhibitions, map your route, and stay updated on show openings and closings. Browse by artist, gallery, or neighborhood to create a personalized art tour.

Highlights
  • Customizable gallery maps
  • Up-to-date exhibition information
  • Opening and closing date tracking
  • Search by artist, gallery, or neighborhood
  • View exhibition images and press releases
  • Editor's Picks for recommended shows
Features
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Plan your visits to New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, and Paris contemporary art galleries with a custom map. Find the best shows, map your route, and go! FEATURES • Navigate galleries with a map of all current shows, or create a custom map of just your picks. • Always have accurate and up-to-date exhibition information handy. • Track openings and shows that are closing soon so you’ll never miss an important exhibition. • Search for artists and galleries, or browse by neighborhood. • View exhibition images and press releases. • Check out the Editor’s Picks for popular exhibitions, under-the-radar recommendations, and critically-acclaimed shows.

About

Beneath

This app helps you capture significant personal insights and achievements. It encourages you to write down moments of realization and success, organizing them into personalized categories. Reflect on your journey with gentle prompts and summaries.

Highlights
  • Capture personal truths and wins
  • Organize entries into custom Rooms
  • Receive personalized reflections
  • Generate weekly, monthly, and yearly recaps
  • Send 'Letters to You' via email
  • Offline access to all written content
Features
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Beneath is a journal for honest moments and small wins. Capture what feels true, organize it into Rooms, and revisit the patterns when you’re ready. Goals come from somewhere. Beneath is for the moment beneath the goal. WRITE IT DOWN WHILE IT'S TRUE A Truth is that moment, in your own words — what happened, and what it made you see. Not the goal; the thing underneath it. The only prompt is "What's true right now?" — a fragment counts, so write the part you have. Add Wins when something goes the way you wanted. That's the whole practice: a few honest sentences, captured while they're still warm. ROOMS, NOT SYSTEMS Group what matters into Rooms — Health, Work, Family, or whatever fits your life. There's no blueprint, no streaks, no scores, and no correct way to organize a life. Empty is normal. Reflect and Try This are there when you ask; Recaps offer periodic looks back, and email Letters are opt-in. There is no feed. THE MIRROR When you want to look back, Beneath pays attention: • Reflect — patterns it notices across what you've written, only when you ask. • Try This — one small thing to act on or think about, drawn from your own words. • Recaps — a quiet look back at each week, month, and year. • Letters — the same idea, written as if from you to you, delivered by email when you opt in. YOUR WORDS ARE YOURS Everything you write is free, forever — capture, Rooms, editing, widgets, all of it. The mirror (Reflect, Try This, Recaps, Letters) is a subscription: $4.99/month or $29.99/year. If you ever stop subscribing, every word you wrote stays readable, editable, and exportable, and reflections already written stay readable too. Nothing you made is ever held hostage. Beneath doesn't think it knows how you should live. You're the coach here. It simply remembers — so the person you're becoming doesn't lose track of the moments that started everything. Privacy Policy: https://beneath.ink/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

See Saw4 screens
Beneath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: See Saw at none against Beneath's 2. See Saw also leads on ratings volume (265 vs 3). Beneath's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Beneath sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. See Saw asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beneath holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: See Saw has 265 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of See Saw's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beneath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

See Saw ships an update every 2 months, Beneath every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
See Saw versus Beneath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSee SawBeneath
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (265 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings265 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSee Saw, Inc.SteadyLife LLC

Customer experience

See Saw

All ratings265 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral7.6%
Negative9.9%

Beneath

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

See Saw

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Data not loading for certain locations
  • Laggy and slow performance in some cases

Requested features

5 requests
  • Filter by medium, artist, or other criteria
  • Option to mark shows as visited
  • Improved neighborhood/street-level organization
  • Ability to create custom lists of shows
  • Expand coverage to more cities

Beneath

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

See Saw

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Beneath

Subscriptions2
  • Beneath — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Beneath — Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is See Saw free?
See Saw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beneath free?
Beneath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, See Saw or Beneath?
Beneath is rated higher. See Saw averages 4.6 out of 5 from 265 ratings, while Beneath averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do See Saw or Beneath have ads?
Neither See Saw nor Beneath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, See Saw or Beneath?
See Saw ships an update every 2 months, and Beneath every 4 days. Most recently, See Saw was updated on October 23, 2026 and Beneath on October 22, 2026.

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