Comparison

Places vs Be

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

Head to head
About

Places

Discover local businesses with a clean and intuitive interface. Effortlessly find restaurants, ATMs, and other points of interest using your current location or keyword searches. Explore new areas or locate specific businesses when traveling.

Highlights
  • Location-based search
  • Keyword search functionality
  • User-friendly interface
  • Explore new places
  • Find specific locations
Features
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Places is an exciting new way for people to find businesses in their vicinity, with the focus being on a refreshing design and very straightforward user experience. The goal is to allow people to effortlessly find what they are looking for regardless of where they are, whether it’s a restaurant to have dinner or the nearest ATM. Places uses your current location to find places of interest that are within your area and also enhance your search for businesses when searching by keywords. This gives people the power to explore new places when travelling abroad or find specific locations when out of town for business.

About

Be

Features
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Stay Close, Stay Safe Together 
Be-Maps is designed for close friends and families who want to stay geo connected on the map. Our purpose is to enhance your safety and peace of mind through geo-alert features, so if someone in your private Be-Maps Group needs help, others may do something about that even from a distance. Be-Maps also helps to reduce the stress and anxiety of not knowing where the people you care about are. For example, if a child worries “Where’s mom picking me up from school?”, they can simply check location on the map or receive a voice notification ”Mom is close”. Location Sharing When It Matters Most
 One of Be-Maps’ key features is the ability to share your location presence on the map - only within your private group. If someone in your group needs help in a remote area with no known address. You can see on the map where they are and assist. For example you can tap and hold their latest location tag for 2 seconds to open Google Maps directions and get there. Also these directions are automatically copied to your clipboard, so you can paste them into an SMS or Email to share with others who can help. Our Useful Maps Features Include: * View shared location on the map. * Proximity voice notifications. * Geo-tagged messages. * History of all data * Remote data deletion in your group. * Google Maps directions support. * Scheduled geofencing voice notifications. * Visit reminders. * Trigger alert data sharing. Your Data, Your Privacy
 Your Be-Maps Group is linked through a single private email - you need only one email for your group. Thanks to this setup, (as a First Party) we never store or process any of your Be-Maps data. All location and alert information remains on your group’s devices and on this email (used for data transfer). Be-Maps data is sent directly between your group devices using your single group’s email. Moreover every Be-Maps data transfer is encrypted with a different key. Be-Maps was designed with following principles: * To not store or process your Be-Maps Data on our end. * Members in your group can check and decide if, when, and how to share the data. * Not everyone needs to share data all the time, Be-Maps has options for that. * Geofencing alerts/notifications include customisable sharing settings. * Users can change the sharing preferences at any time. For more details please watch our videos on https://youtube.com/@Be-Maps

Screenshots

Places4 screens
Be4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Places at 7.0 against Be's 17.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Places versus Be: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlacesBe
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames WomackWojciech Wojciechowski

In-app purchases

None

Places

No in-app purchases

None

Be

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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