Comparison

Best Fiends vs Beeps!

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

Head to head
About

Best Fiends

Embark on a match-3 puzzle adventure through over 10,000 levels to uncover the secrets of Mount Boom. Collect and evolve over 50 unique characters, each with special powers, to form an unstoppable team and defeat the slug invaders.

Highlights
  • Match-3 puzzle gameplay
  • Over 10,000 levels
  • Collect over 50 unique characters
  • Character evolution and special powers
  • Engaging storyline
  • Daily events and rewards
  • Play with Facebook friends
Features
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Best Fiends does not require payment to download and play, but it also allows you to purchase virtual items with real money inside the game, including random items. Match your way through more than 10 000 levels of fun with new adventures at every turn! Solve challenging puzzles to advance ever closer to Mount Boom and discover the secrets that lie within. Experience match 3 games like never before: draw lines over matching items to create huge combos and unlock tons of fun rewards! Collect over 50 cute characters, all with their own special powers! Evolve your characters as you progress through each challenge. Build a team of adorable creatures and make your way through fun puzzles as you discover the magical world of Minutia! Amazing storylines and fun adventures await you in the delightful, original BEST FIENDS game! STORY: The little creatures of Minutia lived in peace and harmony until the meteor smashed into Mount Boom, bringing with it a strange force that transformed the Slugs who lived there into an army of greedy, greenery-gobbling pests. They are taking over the world, munching a path through Minutia and sliming up everything they touch! Embark on a quest to solve the mystery of Mount Boom. Be the HERO of the story! BEST FIENDS FEATURES: Match 3 Puzzle Adventure: - Adventure through an engaging story filled with over 7000 levels of puzzle fun! - Draw lines over matching items for longer combos in this unique take on match 3 games. Collect Cute Characters: - Over 50 characters to collect, from Brittle the nervous housefly to Karma the colorblind chameleon. - Collect the adorable Fiends of Minutia and create a group of unique heroes. - Band your little heroes together to solve puzzles! - Level up, strengthen, and evolve each character to make a cute and unstoppable team of Fiends! Blast Through Events: - Collect rewards every time you open the game with Daily Events. - Challenge your Facebook Friends, send and receive gifts, and earn massive rewards. - Stay tuned for regular updates that bring new levels, characters, and surprises! To get to Mount Boom, they’ll need to become… the BEST FIENDS! VIP SUBSCRIPTION Best Fiends now offers a monthly VIP subscription on top of the other great gameplay features. VIP players have Infinite Energy, Ad-Free Play (Spin the Fiend of Fortune and win - without ads) as well as Exclusive Discounts! The VIP subscription is available on a monthly tier, which auto-renews. The monthly subscription is priced at $14.99 / month. The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of the purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off in at least 24-hours before the end of the current payment period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Best Fiends is intended for those 18 and older. You can disable in-app purchases in your device’s settings. Best Fiends may also contain advertising. You may require an internet connection to play Best Fiends and access its social features. You can also find more information about the functionality, compatibility and interoperability of Best Fiends in the above description and additional app store information. By downloading this game, you agree to future game updates as released on your app store or social network. You may choose to update this game, but if you do not update, your game experience and functionalities may be reduced. Terms of Service: https://www.playtika.com/terms-service/ Privacy Notice: https://www.playtika.com/privacy-notice/ Watch Best Fiends on YouTube youtube.com/bestfiends THANK YOU!

About

Beeps!

Discover unique creatures by scanning any barcode. Each scan generates a creature tied to the scanned item, your location, and the weather. Collect them in your field guide, trade with friends, and explore six distinct tribes.

Highlights
  • Scan any barcode to discover creatures
  • Creatures tied to scan, location, and weather
  • Collect creatures in a field guide
  • Trade and gift creatures with friends
  • Six unique creature tribes
  • Privacy-first on-device scanning
Features
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Beeps is a collection game where the whole world is a field guide waiting to be filled out. Point your phone at any barcode — groceries, books, concert tickets, that one mystery can at the back of the pantry — and a unique creature appears, pulled out of thin air and tied to what you scanned, where you were, and what the weather was doing that afternoon. HOW IT WORKS • Scan. Open the Scan tab, point at any barcode. Hear the beep. • Discover. A creature is generated with its own name, stats, lore, and tribe. • Collect. Every scan becomes a card in your field guide — see where you caught it, when, and what the weather was like. SIX TRIBES • Wisp — organic, forest-soft • Hollow — mechanical, quiet • Drift — cosmic, ethereal • Bloom — floral, healing • Fused — hybrid, stitched • Veil — shadow, unknown FRIENDS & TRADES Add friends by username to see each other's collections. Bump phones with a friend to craft a brand-new creature that remembers it was born between you. Gift a favorite away without asking anything back. NO GRIND, NO ADS, NO IAP No stamina bar. No pay-to-play. No banner ads. No global marketplace, no bidding wars. Beeps is just going about your day, pointing your phone at little barcodes, and seeing what shows up. PRIVACY-FIRST Beeps never uploads your camera feed — barcodes are detected on-device. Scans generate a coarse neighborhood-sized zone, never your precise location. Full details at playbeeps.com/privacy. Made with quiet strangeness.

Screenshots

Best Fiends4 screens
Beeps!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beeps! at none against Best Fiends's 10. Beeps! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). Best Fiends's advantage is ratings volume (310K vs 2) and chart position (#48 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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. Best Fiends sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Beeps! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beeps! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Fiends has 310K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Fiends ships an update fortnightly, Beeps! daily. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Best Fiends versus Beeps!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest FiendsBeeps!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (310K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings310K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#48 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size908 MB43 MB
Age rating+174+
DeveloperPlaytika LTDMichael Cruz

Customer experience

Best Fiends

All ratings309,751 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews1,090 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral12.8%
Negative27.6%

Beeps!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Best Fiends

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game resets progress after periods of inactivity
  • Spinning wheel often doesn't register inputs correctly
  • Inconsistent performance on older devices
  • Occasional loss of in-app purchases

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to convert diamonds to gold
  • Option to save keys for later use
  • Faster animations and less waiting time
  • More control over selected Fiends
  • Improved customer support

Beeps!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Best Fiends

One-time10
  • Gold Pack$1.99
  • Super Offer$1.99
  • Gold Pack$2.99
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  • Super Offer$2.99
  • Super Bundle$3.99
  • Super Bundle$4.99
  • Gold Pack$4.99
  • Super Bundle$5.99
  • Flash Sale$6.99
  • Amazing Bundle$9.99
None

Beeps!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best Fiends free?
Best Fiends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beeps! free?
Beeps! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Best Fiends or Beeps!?
Beeps! is rated higher. Best Fiends averages 4.8 out of 5 from 310K ratings, while Beeps! averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Best Fiends or Beeps! have ads?
Best Fiends shows ads; Beeps! does not.
Which is updated more often, Best Fiends or Beeps!?
Best Fiends ships an update fortnightly, and Beeps! daily. Most recently, Best Fiends was updated on November 12, 2026 and Beeps! on November 5, 2026.

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