Ohio on Tap vs Bockfest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ohio on Tap
Discover Ohio's craft breweries with this official guide. Track your visits, earn badges and prizes through a statewide passport program. Find breweries, plan tours, and explore local craft beer.
- Statewide brewery passport program
- Earn badges and prizes
- Brewery information (beers, location, hours)
- Tour planning with maps
- Find nearby breweries
- Beer suggestions
- Event listings
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Your Official Guide and Passport to Ohio’s Craft Breweries Steeped in tradition and brimming with creativity, Ohio’s craft brewers invite you to taste the world-class beers made right here in the Buckeye State. Let the Ohio On Tap app be your official reference guide as you earn badges and prizes for visiting the 140+ brewery members of the Ohio Craft Brewers Association. Ohio On Tap is the definitive guide to Ohio craft beer and offers these interactive features: • Statewide passport program in which you earn prizes and achievement badges by visiting Ohio breweries • Comprehensive brewery info including beers on tap, location and hours • Tour planning function with built-in maps • Location-based tool to identify nearby breweries • Beer suggestions based on your previous check-in activity • Photobooth and social media integration • Event listings including Ohio Craft Brewers Association signature tasting events • Label scanning function • Craft beer style guide
Bockfest
This app celebrates Cincinnati's annual spring festival honoring brewing heritage and Bock Beer. It highlights events and locations within Over-the-Rhine's historic Brewery District.
- Annual spring festival celebration
- Over-the-Rhine brewing heritage
- Bock Beer focus
- Historic Brewery District information
- Event and location highlights
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Bockfest is Cincinnati’s annual celebration of Spring, Over-the-Rhine's brewing heritage, and Bock Beer. It takes place in and around Over-the-Rhine's historic Brewery District.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ohio on Tap at none against Bockfest's shown. Ohio on Tap also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (101 vs 4). Bockfest's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Ohio on Tap against 4.0 for Bockfest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ohio on Tap has 101 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Ohio on Tap's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bockfest's.
Ohio on Tap ships an update every 3 weeks, Bockfest every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ohio on Tap | Bockfest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (101 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | DarumaTech | Patchboard, LLC |
Customer experience
Ohio on Tap
Bockfest
Bugs and requests
Ohio on Tap
Reported bugs
12 issues- App stopped working with iOS update
- Map functions not working
- App not working at all
- App won't advance past welcome screen
- App freezing since last update
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- Cannot claim rewards beyond zip code
- Location issues with nearby breweries
- Cannot check in at breweries
- Cannot stamp passport or approve requests
- Cannot create an account
- Check-in process stopped working
- High data usage
Requested features
5 requests- Increase font size or allow magnification
- Link with Untappd or other apps for beer updates
- Allow users to add unlisted beers
- Allow users to add unlisted breweries
- Fix location services for 'breweries near me'
Bockfest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ohio on Tap
No in-app purchases
Bockfest
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ohio on Tap free?
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Do Ohio on Tap or Bockfest have ads?
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