Barkontrol vs Swift.Inventory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barkontrol
Streamline inventory for restaurants, cafes, and hotels. This solution emphasizes real-time measurements and accountability to optimize stock management.
- Inventory management
- Real-time measurements
- Accountability focus
- Restaurant, cafe, hotel support
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Inventory management solution for restaurants, cafes and hotels with focus on accountability and real time measurements.
Swift.Inventory
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Late nights, long days, tight margins... What you don't have is free time to dive into ridiculously tome consuming inventory. It has been shown, that average monthly bar loses are about 20% of it's sales due to theft, free or spilled drinks and other expenses. Overall hospitality industry loses even a whopping €11 bilion per month. That's a lot of money and these loses nobody can or want to ignore. You cannot afford it - to lose so much money. 5 TIMES FASTER INVENTORY Just put a bottle on a scale. That's it - that's inventory User-friendly native iPad app; Start / Finish inventory from manager's dashboard and/or your iPad; Instant reports; Scan barcode UPCS to ensure accuracy and speed; Unlimited user accounts; POS integration by request
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Barkontrol at 3 against Swift.Inventory's 1. On price, update cadence, 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.
Barkontrol ships an update monthly, Swift.Inventory every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barkontrol | Swift.Inventory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bar Kontrol Pro SRL | G.KO INC |
In-app purchases
Barkontrol
No in-app purchases
Swift.Inventory
No in-app purchases
