McMenamins vs Great Notion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
McMenamins
Discover Northwest destinations, music, and events. Locate nearby venues, browse menus, and track your progress in the popular Passport program. Explore art, find movie showtimes, and manage your favorites.
- Locate nearby venues
- Browse drink and food menus
- Track Passport stamps and progress
- Discover art and movie showtimes
- Create user profiles and favorites
- Find venue amenities (pet-friendly, bike racks, spa)
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The official McMenamins for iPhone and iPod Touch app provides a quick reference to our Northwest destinations, music & events, movies, and our popular McMenamins Passport—for every Cosmic Tripster. Locate the nearest McMenamins, discover our drink and food menus, and find out what’s happening on any night of the week. Our app lets you Locate a McMenamins using your current geo-location Browse through our full drink menus Track your Passport stamps and progress Explore select Art unique to McMenamins Find showtimes for our movie theaters Create your profile to keep track of your Favorites Easily find what's available at each location, which are Pet Friendly, include Bike Racks, have a Spa, and so much more McMenamins Passport Start your quest to fill the McMenamins Passport and become a Cosmic Tripster. On your journey you'll visit your favorite pubs, all while discovering new ones. We'll keep you nourished along the way as you earn free tots, burgers and fries. Collect pint glasses, T-shirts and other exclusive passport merchandise; each stamp gets you closer to the prizes. So start planning your journey across the McMenamins land. About McMenamins While you can always grab a pint (or a cup of joe) and a burger with friends and family at your neighborhood McMenamins, you may also find an onsite brewery, a movie, a spa, gardens, a winery, soaking pools, live music and so much more. McMenamins has been a neighborhood gathering spot throughout Oregon and Washington since 1983. We handcraft our own beer, wine, cider, spirits and coffee. We offer an eclectic mix of pubs, historic hotels, movie theaters, concert venues, spas, events and just pure fun—join in!
Great Notion
Refer friends to join the Timbercrew and earn discount codes for each successful referral after their first purchase. Explore the sale section for deals on merchandise. Enjoy an improved experience with stability enhancements and bug fixes.
- Referral program for discounts
- Earn gift codes
- Merchandise sale section
- Bug fixes
- Stability improvements
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Recruit your friends to the Timbercrew and rack up the gift codes! You’ll get a discount code for each new customer you invite to download the app when they complete their first purchase. Scoop a deal or two in the new sale section of our merch store. Enjoy increased stability and an even better customer experience with key bug fixes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Great Notion at 3.7 against McMenamins's 3.0. Great Notion also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Great Notion holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 148 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of McMenamins's written reviews are positive against 20% of Great Notion's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
McMenamins ships an update every 12 months, Great Notion every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McMenamins | Great Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) | 3.7 (148 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.5% of reviews — better | 20.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 148 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 215 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Project A, Inc. | HUMBOLDT STREET COLLECTIVE, LLC |
Customer experience
McMenamins
Great Notion
Bugs and requests
McMenamins
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Great Notion
Reported bugs
32 issues- Username and password won't work
- Invalid email errors when creating new accounts
- Cannot update shipping address
- Points earned are lost after order edits
- No response from support
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- Unable to sign in via Apple
- Secret codes don't work
- Points don't count
- Achievements not achievable
- Check-in points don't post
- Sharing doesn't get points
- Status dropped when redeeming points
- Reward code didn't work after redeeming points
- App freezes, doesn't load
- Points show being added but total doesn't change
- Cannot sign in using Google account
- App crashes continually
- Cannot share check-ins to Instagram
- App won't let me share stories to Instagram for pts
- Cannot login with Google auth
- App not verified for Google Pay
- App is a glitchy, laggy mess
- App pastes from clipboard when opened
- Can no longer log in with email account
- App requires location sharing to proceed
- Unable to scroll down cans list without glitching/closing
- App keeps crashing during drops/releases
- App crashes on main landing page
- Address defaults to Oregon when entering Washington
- Order shows out of stock then available for pickup/delivery
- App can't remember login info
- App crashes when trying to order during a release
Requested features
9 requests- Allow ordering on a computer
- Fix login issues with Apple/Google
- Improve app stability and reduce glitches
- Ensure points are applied correctly
- Allow updating shipping address in-app
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- Make secret codes and achievements work
- Fix address defaulting issues
- Allow users to see beer listings on the website
- Provide a way to report bugs easily
In-app purchases
McMenamins
No in-app purchases
Great Notion
No in-app purchases
Questions
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