Comparison

BarGlance vs Starvy

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

Head to head
About

BarGlance

Discover local bars and nightlife hotspots with real-time crowd insights and AI-powered recommendations. This app helps you find the perfect spot for any occasion, from lively parties to quiet speakeasies.

Highlights
  • Real-time bar insights
  • AI-powered recommendations
  • Crowd information
  • Discover local hotspots
  • Nightlife guide
Features
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Find the Best Bars with BarGlance – Your Ultimate Nightlife Companion Traveling and don’t know where the best spots are? Get real-time bar insights to easily discover local hotspots. BarGlance is your personal nightlife guide, powered by AI. Whether you're looking for popular bars nearby, a lively party scene, or a low-key speakeasy, BarGlance provides real-time crowd info, personalized recommendations, and all the details you need to navigate your night out.

About

Starvy

Discover restaurants globally based on trusted recommendations from friends and curators. Build your own city guides by adding favorite spots with personal notes and photos. Explore curated lists and find new places through a shared taste.

Highlights
  • Discover restaurants worldwide
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Build city guides
  • Add photos and notes
  • Follow friends and curators
  • Map-based exploration
Features
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Discover restaurants around the world through friends and curators whose taste you trust. From neighborhood favorites to places worth planning a trip around, Starvy helps you find spots with a personal recommendation behind them. Add the places you love and watch your city guides take shape. Add photos and a note about what made a spot special — the dish to order, the table to ask for, or why you’d go back. Follow friends to see what they’re adding to their guides. Explore curators’ picks, get to know their taste, and find someone whose recommendations feel right for you. Browse the map to find a spot nearby, or explore another city before you arrive. Your favorites, your friends’ discoveries, and local recommendations come together in one place. Build a guide worth sharing. Find a place worth coming back to.

Screenshots

BarGlance4 screens
Starvy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Starvy at 5.0 against BarGlance's 4.4. Starvy also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). BarGlance's advantage is ratings volume (111 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Starvy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BarGlance has 111 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of BarGlance's written reviews are positive against 100% of Starvy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BarGlance ships an update monthly, Starvy every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BarGlance versus Starvy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarGlanceStarvy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (111 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB60 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBarGlance, LLCStarvy, Inc.

Customer experience

BarGlance

All ratings111 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral0.9%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.0%

Starvy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BarGlance

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App says no bars in populated city
  • Cams don't work 90+% of the time on new update
  • Cameras stuck on wide view, cannot zoom
  • Live camera feeds not working
  • App has many glitches
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  • App is buggy
  • Only 3 bars listed in a popular city
  • One listed bar is permanently closed
  • App has been around for 17 years with limited coverage

Requested features

7 requests
  • Expand to more cities (Scottsdale, Charlotte, Seattle, etc.)
  • Improve camera functionality (zoom, wider view)
  • Restore previous zoom functionality for cameras
  • Add ability to see if favorite bartender is working
  • Allow zooming in on cameras to see details like setup/breakdown
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  • Restore previous zoom functionality for cameras
  • Improve accuracy of bar listings and data

Starvy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BarGlance

No in-app purchases

None

Starvy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BarGlance free?
BarGlance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starvy free?
Starvy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BarGlance or Starvy?
Starvy is rated higher. BarGlance averages 4.4 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while Starvy averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BarGlance or Starvy have ads?
Neither BarGlance nor Starvy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BarGlance or Starvy?
BarGlance ships an update monthly, and Starvy every 4 days. Most recently, BarGlance was updated on November 2, 2026 and Starvy on November 5, 2026.

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