PubPass vs TruTaste
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PubPass
Discover and explore local and national craft beer bars and breweries. Access exclusive deals on beer, such as discounted prices and buy-one-get-one offers, at participating locations. Simply show the app to redeem your savings and digitally stamp your progress.
- Discover bars and breweries
- Exclusive beer deals
- Digital passport stamping
- Nationwide participating locations
- Save on craft beer
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PubPass is America's favorite craft beer passport. It’s the best way to explore great bars & breweries around town and across the country. As a member you’ll have access to beer deals such as $1 beers and 'buy one get one' (BOGO) beers not just in your home city, but at all participating PubPass locations. Simply show the app to your bartender or server to redeem. The best part? The deal will be available again in 30 days. Here's how it works: VISIT A BAR OR BREWERY: Great bars and breweries will appear on your map. SHOW THE APP: Show the app to your bartender or server and they’ll digitally stamp the page. SCORE DEALS ON BEER: Each spot will have a great selection of craft beers available with a special deal for PubPassers. *Deals may vary by city due to state regulations. Click app support for details.
TruTaste
Discover your personal wine preferences without needing to be an expert. Log your tastings, visualize your palate, and get personalized AI-driven recommendations. Connect with friends to share discoveries and build a shared taste journey.
- Quick wine rating and note-taking
- Guided step-by-step tasting flow
- Palate profile visualization
- Activity feed for friends' discoveries
- Create private wine tasting groups
- AI Sommelier for personalized recommendations
- Wishlist for wines to try later
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Are you tired of firing blind when it's time to order a wine? Want that date night dinner to have the perfect complement for your tastes? Want to know what your taste actually is? You don't need to be an expert. You just need to pay attention. Everyone's palate is different. That wine your friend raves about? You might hate it—and that's the whole point. TruTaste helps you figure out what you actually like, not what you're supposed to like. BORN FROM FAMILY TruTaste started with a family scattered across the country who wanted to learn about wine together. Sunday dinners became virtual tastings. Text threads filled with blurry bottle photos and heated debates about whether that Cab was "earthy" or just "weird." We needed a better way to actually get better at this. That messy, wonderful family project became TruTaste. **FROM "I DON'T KNOW WINE" TO "I KNOW WHAT I LIKE"** You don't have to start with fancy vocabulary or years of experience. Start where you are: • **Quick Rating** — Snap a photo, give it a score, add a note. That's it. You're already building your taste profile. • **Guided Tasting** — When you want to go deeper, our step-by-step tasting flow walks you through appearance, aroma, palate, and finish. No sommelier certification required. Just curiosity. • **Watch Your Palate Emerge** — After a handful of entries, patterns start to show. Maybe you love bold reds with dark fruit. Maybe you lean toward crisp whites with citrus. Maybe you hate oaky Chardonnay. Now you *know*. **YOUR TASTE, VISUALIZED** Track sweetness, body, tannin, and acidity across every wine you try. Use our aroma wheel to pinpoint flavors you can't quite name. Over time, your profile becomes a map of your palate—something you can actually use when you're staring at a wine list or wandering a bottle shop. **BETTER TOGETHER** Wine is social. TruTaste makes it easy to share the journey: • **Activity Feed** — See what friends and family are drinking. Discover bottles through people you trust, not algorithms. • **Wine Groups** — Create private groups for your tasting club, your family, or your crew. Compare notes on the same bottle from different cities. • **Wishlist** — Save wines to try later. Whether you spotted it in someone's feed or heard about it at a dinner party, you won't forget it. • **Stay Connected** — Get notified when someone comments on your tasting, likes your find, or invites you to a group. **A LITTLE HELP ALONG THE WAY** Stuck on what to try next? Our AI Sommelier looks at your actual tasting history—not generic recommendations—and suggests wines that fit *your* palate. Pick a style or region you want to explore, set your budget, and get personalized picks with notes on exactly why they'd work for you. **MAKE IT FUN** Learning doesn't have to be boring. Earn XP for every wine you log. Unlock achievements as you explore new varietals and regions. Build streaks. Level up. It's a little extra motivation to keep tasting, keep learning, and keep paying attention. **NO GATEKEEPING** • Beautiful, clean design that stays out of your way • Dark mode for late-night scrolling • No ads, no pretension, no sommelier snobbery • Start with zero knowledge and grow from there --- Whether you're opening your first "nice" bottle or your hundredth, sharing virtual tastings with family across the country, or finally figuring out why you never liked Merlot—TruTaste is where your wine journey lives. **You have a palate. Let's find out what it is.**
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: PubPass at 1.7K against TruTaste's 4. PubPass also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.1). TruTaste's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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 — 4.9 for PubPass against 5.0 for TruTaste. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PubPass has 1.7K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PubPass ships an update every 3 weeks, TruTaste weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PubPass | TruTaste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PubPass | Andrew Czachowski |
Customer experience
PubPass
TruTaste
Bugs and requests
PubPass
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes on map screen
- App crashes on launch or login screen
- Unresponsive buttons and navigation
Requested features
2 requests- Expand to more locations, especially in Illinois and the Pacific Northwest
- Fix compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
TruTaste
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PubPass
No in-app purchases
TruTaste
No in-app purchases









