Finding Beer vs Daft Beer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Finding Beer
Discover breweries and beer styles worldwide with this comprehensive search engine. Easily find local or international spots matching your preferences, from popular hazy IPAs to classic Czech Pilsners.
- Brewery search engine
- Color-coded rating scale
- Rich database of breweries
- Discover beer styles
- Global travel guide
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Finding Beer is a brewery search engine to find the best breweries wherever you travel. With a straightforward color-coded scale and a rich database of breweries and beer styles, it's easy to connect with places that match your preferences. Whether you're exploring local spots or venturing abroad, the app helps you discover breweries making popular hazy IPAs to classic Czech Pilsners. It's a practical tool to guide you to quality beer and great brewery experiences, no matter where you are.
Daft Beer
Discover breweries worldwide with this interactive map. Find nearby brewpubs, save your favorites, and filter by type. Explore a vast dataset covering 15 countries with photos and ratings.
- Interactive brewery map
- Save and revisit breweries
- View photos and ratings
- Search and filter breweries
- Coverage in 15 countries
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Daft Beer is a brewery map and passport for beer lovers. Find breweries near you or anywhere you travel, save the ones you want to visit, and check in to build your own brewery passport. - Brewery map: over 22,000 breweries, brewpubs and taprooms in 28 countries, on a fast map that works even without a signal. - Search and filter: find a brewery by name or city, filter by type, or search just the area on the map. - Hours, photos and ratings: see a brewery's Apple Maps details, where available, to check it's open before you go. - Save for later: add breweries to Favorites or Want to Go, and see them as a list or on a map. - Check in: record a visit in two taps, with a rating, a note and who you went with. - Brewery passport: watch your breweries, cities, states and countries add up, with milestones along the way. - Keep it accurate: report a brewery that's closed or wrong, or suggest one that's missing. - No account, no ads: brewery data updates automatically, and your lists, check-ins and location stay on your iPhone. Brewery data comes from Open Brewery DB and Overture Maps, plus suggestions from people using Daft Beer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Finding Beer at every 2 months against Daft Beer's every 13 months. Finding Beer also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Finding Beer against 5.0 for Daft Beer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Finding Beer ships an update every 2 months, Daft Beer every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Finding Beer | Daft Beer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Reed Emmons | Andy Han |
Customer experience
Finding Beer
Daft Beer
In-app purchases
Finding Beer
No in-app purchases
Daft Beer
No in-app purchases







