Beam App Lets Any Local Business Alert the People Nearby

Free iPhone app from Doylestown, Pa., alerts people to deals at nearby restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and stores, and maps more than 5,000 happy hours.

DOYLESTOWN, PA, UNITED STATES, November 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- 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 simpler 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 businesses, 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.

Customers can get Beam free for iPhone on the App Store. The Android version will be on Google Play once Google's review is complete. Businesses join in the same app by choosing Business. A press kit with logos, app screenshots, maps, and short films is at beam.today/press.

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 beam.today.

Jennifer Haubrich
Beam (Lumiere Media, Inc.)
press@beam.today