Comparison

Pub Crawler vs PubCrawler

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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

PubCrawler

Features
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Plan the perfect pub crawl, run it live with your mates, and keep every night. BUILD IT IN MINUTES • Search an area, draw a ring on the map, or pick a start and a finish - PubCrawler finds the pubs • Real opening hours, kitchen times and food info for every stop • A smart schedule: how long at each pub, when to leave, when you'll finish • One tap re-orders the route to the shortest walk • Tube stations can be stops too - the journey is part of the plan RUN IT LIVE • Check in pub by pub; the app keeps the whole group on schedule • It spots when you set off and when you arrive - the walk between pubs is part of the crawl • Invite a mate mid-crawl and their phone rings; they can jump straight in and follow along live • House rules at every stop - tag a mate and their phone tells them they're up • Plans change: the host can reshape the route mid-crawl, and a skipped pub stays on the plan, crossed out • A lock-screen banner tracks the whole night, walks and rules included MAKE IT A GAME • Pub golf with live scorecards for the whole group • Snakes and ladders: roll the dice, ride the board, beat the per-pub clock • Side missions: a deck of dares the host deals out, one card at a time REMEMBER IT • Snap photos as you go; everyone's shots land in one shared album • The recap: your route, your stats, everyone's photos, one share card for the group chat • Your history: every crawl you've finished, every pub you've stamped, and the fun facts to settle any argument • Crawls, history and photos follow your account to any phone WITH MATES • Add mates by username, share your crawls, borrow theirs • Photos from a crawl are visible only to the people who were on it - never public DISCOVER • A hand-picked shelf of London crawls to steal for your own night Built for real pubs: no signal in the basement, no problem - everything saves on your phone and catches up later. Last-tube reminders are London-flavoured today; building and running crawls works in any city. No ads. No tracking. No selling your data.

Screenshots

Pub Crawler4 screens
PubCrawler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PubCrawler at weekly against Pub Crawler's every 3 months. Pub Crawler's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· 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, PubCrawler weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Pub Crawler versus PubCrawler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPub CrawlerPubCrawler
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB69 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMichael NeilensMax Liddiard

In-app purchases

None

Pub Crawler

No in-app purchases

None

PubCrawler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pub Crawler free?
Pub Crawler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PubCrawler free?
PubCrawler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pub Crawler or PubCrawler have ads?
Neither Pub Crawler nor PubCrawler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pub Crawler or PubCrawler?
Pub Crawler ships an update every 3 months, and PubCrawler weekly. Most recently, Pub Crawler was updated on September 28, 2026 and PubCrawler on September 24, 2026.

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