Untappd for Business vs Backbar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Untappd for Business
Manage your food and beverage menus, track business performance, and engage with guests from your mobile device. This platform is designed for bars, breweries, restaurants, and retail venues to handle operations remotely.
- Menu management
- Remote digital menu control
- Business performance insights
- Guest engagement
- Event promotion
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With the Untappd for Business app, you can stay connected to your business, manage your menus, and interact with your guests from anywhere. Whether you're managing your bar, brewery, restaurant, or retail venue, the Untappd for Business app lets you handle everything from the palm of your hand. • Easily modify and add items to your food and beverage menus • Use your mobile device to control your digital menus remotely • Dive into detailed insights about your business’ performance and local consumer trends • Engage and interact with your guests • Create and promote upcoming events Untappd for Business is the leading food and beverage menu publishing platform trusted by nearly 20,000 businesses across 75 countries. Don’t have Untappd for Business yet? Schedule a demo or start your free trial at https://utfb.untappd.com Please note: This app requires an active subscription or trial to Untappd for Business.
Backbar
This application streamlines bar and restaurant management by simplifying inventory counting, vendor purchasing, and menu costing. It helps reduce costs and improve efficiency for beverage programs. Features include real-time syncing across devices, barcode scanning, and integration with over 1,300 beverage suppliers.
- Real-time inventory syncing
- Barcode scanning for products
- Streamlined vendor purchasing
- Menu costing and pricing optimization
- Digital invoice management
- Staff education on beverages
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Backbar helps restaurants and bars increase profitability, decrease COGS, and run a more efficient beverage program. Backbar, the only free bar inventory app, saves hours on counting inventory and simplifies bar management. Backbar not only solves inventory management, but also streamlines vendor purchasing and tracking, menu costing, and financial tracking. Here are some of the many features of Backbar: - Quickly count inventory across many locations, devices and users, syncing in real-time - Count inventory in multiple locations and on multiple devices simultaneously - Scan barcodes to instantly find and count products - Streamline purchasing by sending orders to all your distributors with a single tap - Track past orders and invoices for all your distributors - Connect to your point-of-sale (POS) system for real-time inventory depletions - Save digital invoices easily by taking a photo - Connect to over 1,300 beverage suppliers for automated product updates and cost changes - Educate staff with tasting notes and drink information - Cost out cocktail recipes and optimize menu pricing - Quickly add a new item from our global database of over 300,000 wines, beers, spirits and other beverages Download the app today and make beverage management easier with Backbar
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Untappd for Business at 4.4 against Backbar's 3.7. Untappd for Business also leads on ads (none vs shown). Backbar's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 21%) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
Untappd for Business holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Untappd for Business's written reviews are positive against 60% of Backbar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Untappd for Business ships an update monthly, Backbar every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Untappd for Business | Backbar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (37 ratings) — better | 3.7 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Untappd, Inc | Backbar |
Customer experience
Untappd for Business
Backbar
In-app purchases
Untappd for Business
No in-app purchases
Backbar
No in-app purchases
