Comparison

BrewDog vs The Cellar Book

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

Head to head
About

BrewDog

Discover the closest BrewDog bar and see which craft beers are currently on tap. Explore over 60 locations to find out about available beers, food options, and operating hours. Equity Punks can also access exclusive discounts by presenting a QR code within the app.

Highlights
  • Find nearest BrewDog bar
  • View draught beer selection
  • Check food availability
  • See bar opening hours
  • Access Equity Punk discounts
  • Present QR code for savings
Features
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Find your nearest BrewDog and check-out what craft beers are being served on draught.  Search BrewDog's network of over 60 bars to find out what beers are being served, food available and the opening hours. Our community of Equity Punks can now present their bar discount to a member of the bar team to get up to 25% off their final bill. Simply log in to the app, present your secure QR code and let the staff scan the code to apply your discount.

About

The Cellar Book

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Cellar Book is a quiet, private book for your wine. No account. No server. No feed. Your cellar lives on your phone, and its backups in your own iCloud Drive, nowhere else. Everything works offline: in the cellar, at the table, at the shop. KNOW WHAT TO OPEN TONIGHT Every wine carries a drink window, the years it tastes best. Tonight gathers the wines that are ready now and puts the fading ones first, so nothing is forgotten at the back of the rack. Cooking? Pair with a dish narrows Tonight to the wines that suit it. SCAN THE LABEL Point the camera at a label and the vineyard, the wine, the region, the grape and the vintage are offered as chips. Tap the ones that are right. Nothing is written until you do, and the reading happens on your phone. A WALL OF LABELS, NOT A SPREADSHEET Photograph your labels and your wine collection becomes something worth looking at. Vineyard, vintage and drink window sit quietly beneath each label. Sort the wall by rack to see where every bottle actually is. TASTE LIKE A SOMMELIER Record nose, palate and finish, and score on the 100-point scale sommeliers use. Every note stays with the wine, so the next time you see that producer you know exactly what you thought. The wine page says how to serve it: decant, temperature, glass. THE CELLAR ATLAS Your collection as a map. The Atlas plots every region you own on an offline world map. Pinch, drag, tap a region to see what rests there. FIND ANY BOTTLE Search by vineyard, region, grape, vintage and your own tasting notes. Filter by colour, by score, or by what is drinking well now. Twelve bottles in a wine fridge or several hundred in a cellar, the right one is a few taps away. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Turn on Backups and the whole cellar, label photos included, is copied to your own iCloud Drive after your changes, in a folder only Cellar Book can see. Each device keeps its three newest. Set up a new iPhone and the backup is found and offered on first launch. You can also save the cellar to a single file at any time, free, and keep it where you like. Export your cellar and your tasting notes as a spreadsheet, or bring a spreadsheet in, including a CellarTracker export. BUILT FOR EVENINGS A dark, calm design for a candlelit table rather than a bright office. THE FULL CELLAR The free shelf holds ten wines, however many bottles of each. One purchase for good, or a monthly subscription, opens the full cellar: unlimited wines, restore from iCloud Drive or a backup file whenever you like, spreadsheets, and no ads. Questions or suggestions: admin@eritech.studio Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BrewDog4 screens
The Cellar Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrewDog at none against The Cellar Book's 2. BrewDog also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). The Cellar Book's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Cellar Book sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BrewDog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrewDog ships an update every 2 months, The Cellar Book every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BrewDog versus The Cellar Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewDogThe Cellar Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews4.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB74 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBrewDogEri Tech LTD

Bugs and requests

BrewDog

Reported bugs

31 issues
  • App crashes when trying to use map or find bar
  • App crashes when clicking on bars
  • App crashes when selecting anything
  • App crashes when asking for nearest bar
  • App crashes when clicking on bar pin
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  • App crashes when 'Bar' button is pressed
  • App crashes when trying to select a location
  • App crashes when selecting a button
  • App crashes on third click
  • App crashes when trying to interact with map or find closest bar
  • App crashes when trying to set local bar
  • App freezes on 'set location services' screen
  • App logs out frequently
  • App requires password login every time
  • App doesn't remember login details
  • App doesn't show beers actually in building (ordering app)
  • App not compatible with keychain or password managers
  • App not compatible with dynamic fonts
  • App not correctly laid out for iPhone 14 Pro screen
  • Profile page doesn't load
  • ID card not loading
  • QR code not showing up
  • App stuck on loading screen/white screen
  • Location services not working correctly on iOS 15
  • Bar locations disappeared
  • Local discount not activating
  • No EFP info or forum on site anymore
  • App is unusable on iOS 17
  • Deprecated QR code presentation
  • Latest update broke app
  • Reset password link doesn't work

Requested features

13 requests
  • Improve app stability
  • Fix crashing issues
  • Remember login details
  • Support password managers/keychain
  • Add Face ID/biometric login
Show 8 more
  • Ensure local bar discount works
  • Fix QR code presentation
  • Update app for iOS 17
  • Make app compatible with dynamic fonts
  • Include Ellon DogTap in bar finder
  • Allow mobile ordering
  • Display Visa stamps
  • Invest in better technology/app development

The Cellar Book

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BrewDog

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

The Cellar Book

Subscriptions1
  • Cellar Book Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Cellar Book Lifetime Premium$6.99

Questions

Is BrewDog free?
BrewDog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Cellar Book free?
The Cellar Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BrewDog or The Cellar Book have ads?
The Cellar Book shows ads; BrewDog does not.
Which is updated more often, BrewDog or The Cellar Book?
BrewDog ships an update every 2 months, and The Cellar Book every 5 days. Most recently, BrewDog was updated on November 3, 2026 and The Cellar Book on November 8, 2026.

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