Beam App Lets Any Local Business Alert the People Nearby

The free, location-based iPhone app from Doylestown, Pa., notifies people about deals at the restaurants, coffee shops, bars, stores, and other businesses around them, and already maps more than 5,000 happy hours.

Free for customersNo subscription, no card, no charge to claim a beam
On iPhone nowFree on the App Store
Android nextIn review at Google Play

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (Nov. 10, 2026) - Beam, a free location-based iPhone app started in Doylestown, notifies people about deals at the local businesses around them and gives those businesses a way to reach the people nearby who have the app.

A business sends a "beam," a short, time-limited deal, and picks how far it should travel. People with the app inside that radius get a notification and see the beam on a live map with what the deal is and how far away it is. They claim it with a tap and check in on their phone when they arrive.

"I was working when Wheat & Vine, my favorite coffee shop, beamed me about a latte special," said Mandy, a Beam user in Doylestown. "It gave me a good reason to take a break and go get a latte at my favorite place. I love getting a last-minute beam."

Beam is free for customers. There is no subscription, no card to enter, and no charge to claim a beam. It is on iPhone now, and the Android version is in review at Google Play.

"Your phone knows where you are, and the coffee shop, the bar, and the hair salon down the street all have something going on today," said Jennifer Haubrich, co-founder of Beam. "I don't think there's been a simple way for them to tell you. With Beam, a business sends one beam and the people nearby who have the app get it."

Beams come from seven kinds of local business: food, coffee, bars, shopping, fun, wellness, and services. Villa Capri, a restaurant in Doylestown, has sent a free appetizer from 4 to 5 p.m. A coffee shop, a store, a yoga studio, or a roofer can do the same with an offer of its own.

"Late afternoon is our quiet stretch," said Matt Mannino, owner of Villa Capri. "With Beam I can put out a free appetizer from 4 to 5 and people who are already nearby see it on their phone. It takes me a couple of minutes to set up."

The most common beam today is the happy hour. Beam's map shows more than 5,000 happy hours and weekly specials in more than 100 U.S. cities and towns in more than 30 states, including in New York, Philadelphia, Miami, Austin, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Honolulu. With notifications on, Beam sends an alert when a happy hour starts nearby, at most one a day, such as "Happy hour just started at Villa Capri," and a happy hour that has not started yet has a "Remind me" button.

Beam gathers most of those happy hours from what bars and restaurants publish on their own websites, shows each with a "Listed by Beam" note, and re-reads the website when people open the listing, up to once a week, to pick up changed hours. An owner can claim a listing in the app, free, by confirming a code sent to the business's phone or website email.

For a business, listing one ongoing happy hour or weekly special is free, and it stays on the map every week. The Standard plan is $50 a month for two beams a month and the Plus plan is $100 for four. Each business also gets its own Beam link and a QR code for the counter. When 10 new people join Beam through it in a month and each redeems a deal, a business on a paid plan gets $50 off, the price of the Standard plan.

Beam has been on the App Store since July, and its first Doylestown businesses began sending beams in October.

Customers get Beam free for iPhone at https://apps.apple.com/app/id6790251080. The Android version will be on Google Play once Google's review is complete. Businesses join in the same app by choosing Business. More information is at https://beam.today.

Watch: Beam in 87 Seconds

The Beam film shows both sides of the app, from a business sending a beam to a customer using it at the counter.

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One More Thing: a Short Film

On a Wednesday in Doylestown, nineteen red roses, a forgotten anniversary, and a few beams turned into a short film. This is "Nineteen Roses," two minutes and 39 seconds.

Images and Press Kit

Beam's live map of the United States, with numbered clusters of beams from Seattle and San Diego to New York and Miami — Beam's live map of the United States on Nov. 10, 2026, as shown on beam.today: 4,921 live beams in view. Alaska and Hawaii are outside the frame.

Beam's live map of the eastern United States, with clusters of beams from Boston and New York to Miami — The East Coast and the eastern half of the country: 3,506 live beams in view.

Beam's live map of the western United States, with clusters of beams from Seattle to San Diego and Phoenix — The West Coast and the Mountain West: 1,609 live beams in view.

Beam Nearby map of Doylestown, Pa., with beams as pins and the Villa Capri happy hour card in front — Customer view: beams in downtown Doylestown

Beam deal screen for the Villa Capri happy hour, with its hours and a Remind me button — Customer view: Villa Capri's happy hour beam

Beam business screen for writing a new beam: title, description, and category — Business view: writing a new beam

Beam plan screen showing Free, Standard at $50 a month, and Plus at $100 a month — Business view: the plans

Press kit Brand guidelines Logos Download all images (zip)

Notes to Editors

Counts in this release were read from Beam's live data on Nov. 10, 2026.

Screenshots are real, unedited captures from Beam 1.0.16 on iPhone, taken Nov. 10, 2026. Please credit "Courtesy of Beam".

Jennifer Haubrich is available for interviews. For inquiries, reach out to fred@beam.today or 310-880-6690.

About Beam

Beam is a free app that shows people the deals and happy hours near them right now, and lets local businesses reach nearby customers in minutes. Businesses send short, time-limited deals called beams; customers see them on a live map and claim them with a tap. Beam was started in Doylestown, Pa., by Lumiere Media, Inc. Learn more at https://beam.today.

Media Contact

For inquiries, reach out to fred@beam.today or 310-880-6690.

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