“False 3 days trial don’t buy this or try — Dear Apple Support, I just downloaded an app offering a 3-day free trial, yet I was charged $10.68 less than 2 minutes after subscribing. This is fraudulent and a scam. Such deceptive behavior…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 481 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.8 ★9,135 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
210 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Meet Beside, the work number that works for you
Beside remembers all your texts & calls and outlines your next steps.
Beside IS YOUR NEW WORK NUMBER Beside lets you choose a new business phone number in your local area code, so you can enhance your professional brand and separate your work and personal life.
Beside REMEMBERS EVERYTHING Beside automatically transcribes all your calls and voicemails. Ask Beside AI to retrieve a detail and receive an answer in seconds, without keywords or scrolling.
Beside KNOWS WHAT TO DO NEXT After every call, Beside automatically sends summaries with suggested actions and calendar events. Plus Beside’s daily recaps mean you’ll never worry about missing something that needs your attention.
********** Why choose Beside?…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.26.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.26.0, updated 2026-10-01.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 481 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Trash and rip off — App never worked canceled prior to trial being over was charged $199.00. Tried to get a refund of the amount charged was advised the refund has to be processed through apple, contacted Apple and they advised this app…”
“Does Not Work; Scam!!!! — For one, the AI this app uses is primitive at best. The call forwarding doesn’t work, and the AI feels like it scares away more work than it ever gained. Also, they are extremely unclear about how they’re billing…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.26.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown6
Lowest$19.99
Highest$199.99
Beside Starter$19.99
Beside Starter$29.99
Beside Starter$139.99
Beside Starter$199.99
Beside Business$49.99
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Beside Business$29.99