Comparison

Pub Crawler vs Pub?

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pub Crawler

Discover pubs across the UK, view their beer selection, meal service times, and food hygiene ratings. Plan routes and share pub crawls with friends, with over 35,000 real ale pubs available.

Highlights
  • Find pubs across the UK
  • View beer selection and meal service
  • Check food hygiene ratings
  • Create and share pub crawls
  • Map view of pubs and routes
  • Search for nearby pubs
  • Contact pubs directly
Features
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Want to find pubs and find out what beer they sell, when they serve meals and what their official food hygiene rating is? Then Pub Crawler is for you. Pub Crawler lets you find pubs in any part of the United Kingdom and save pubs to lists called pub crawls which you can share with your friends. Over 35,000 pubs and bars selling real ale can be found using Pub Crawler. There is information about each pub such as opening hours, address and contact details, whether it serves food, its Food Standards Agency Hygiene Rating and what kind of beer it sells. Each pub can be displayed on a map. Please contact the pub to confirm opening times or other information that may be important to you - you can phone the pub directly from the app. You can also ask Pub Crawler to find pubs near you and restrict the search to pubs that sell real ale. When you create a pub crawl, Pub Crawler works out the distance between each pub and lets you see the pub crawl on a map so you can plan your route if you plan to visit more than one pub. Pub Crawler lets you search for pub crawls that other people may have created in places that you plan to visit.

About

Pub?

Discover and track pubs in London and Cambridge. Mark visited locations, earn points for completing postcodes, and compete with friends on leaderboards. Find your next pint with detailed pub information and interactive maps.

Highlights
  • Map 2,500+ pubs
  • Mark visited pubs
  • Earn points for visits and drinks
  • Complete postcodes and areas for bonuses
  • Shareable pub card with stats
  • Friend leaderboards and comparisons
  • Interactive pub map with filters
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Tick off every pub in London and Cambridge. Pub? maps 2,500+ pubs across London and Cambridge. Mark the ones you’ve been to, watch your map fill up, and compete with your mates to see who’s really been everywhere. COMPLETE YOUR POSTCODES Every pub you visit earns points, and so does every drink you log. Visit every pub in a postcode (SW4, E8, CB1…) for a bonus of up to 100 points, and finish a whole area like SW or N for 1,000. Level up as your score grows. SHARE YOUR PUB? CARD Your postcode map and stats in one picture, made for your story. Tick off five pubs to unlock it, then share it, save it or copy it in a tap. COMPARE WITH FRIENDS Add your mates and climb the friends leaderboard. Tap a friend to see their profile, open their map, or compare it with yours to see who’s ahead in every postcode. Invite friends with a link or QR code and you’re connected straight away. START A LEAGUE Create a private league for your group, club or office. Invite friends from inside the app or share the league code. Heading out? Summon your friends to the pub with one tap. FIND YOUR NEXT PINT Explore an interactive map of pubs. Search by pub name or postcode, and filter by beer garden, live sport, food, opening times and more. Each pub has photos, opening hours, directions and reviews from other drinkers. HELP BUILD THE MAP Add a missing pub or suggest a correction, and earn points when it’s approved.

Screenshots

Pub Crawler4 screens
Pub?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pub? at 100% against Pub Crawler's 67%. Pub? also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). Pub Crawler's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pub Crawler ships an update every 3 months, Pub? every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Pub Crawler versus Pub?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPub CrawlerPub?
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better15.1
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB57 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMichael NeilensFintan Lyons

Customer experience

Pub Crawler

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Pub?

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pub Crawler

No in-app purchases

None

Pub?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pub Crawler free?
Pub Crawler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pub? free?
Pub? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pub Crawler or Pub? have ads?
Neither Pub Crawler nor Pub? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pub Crawler or Pub??
Pub Crawler ships an update every 3 months, and Pub? every 8 days. Most recently, Pub Crawler was updated on November 2, 2026 and Pub? on October 31, 2026.

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