Retro vs Charlotte Beer Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro
Explore history with digital tour guides on your iPhone. Choose automated audio tours for broad historical themes or an exploratory mode to discover significant buildings as you roam the city at your own pace.
- Automated audio tour guides
- Exploratory mode with radius detection
- Focus on historically significant buildings
- Covers broad historical subjects
- Discover specific buildings
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A modern way to learn about history, Retro provides you with digital tour guides directly on your iPhone. With multiple functionalities we cover both broad subjects and specific buildings by providing two unique ways to explore the city. With one, we have fully automated audio tour guides that cover broader subjects such as periods of heightened success or the destruction of a city from war. The second is a more exploratory mode, that allows you to roam the city at your own pace and learn about buildings as they come within your radius. We have picked out the buildings that are of significant historical relevance so that you don’t need to sift through every building.
Charlotte Beer Map
Discover craft beer locations in Charlotte and curated spots worldwide. Find breweries, taprooms, and bottle shops with detailed information for quick discovery and easy revisits.
- Craft beer spot discovery
- Detailed venue information
- Brewery and taproom listings
- Curated global beer spots
- Quick discovery and revisits
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Craft Beer Spots is built for Charlotte. That’s where the coverage is most complete and the venue details are richest—breweries, taprooms, and bottle shops across the area, organized for quick discovery and easy revisits. You’ll also find great craft beer spots we’ve visited in other cities, states, and countries. Outside Charlotte, coverage is intentionally curated and uneven by design: we only add places we’ve actually been. If you’re in Charlotte, this is your craft beer map. If you’re traveling, it’s a growing collection of proven stops—high quality, not “everything.”
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Charlotte Beer Map at 5.0 against Retro's 4.3. Charlotte Beer Map also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Retro's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 71 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Retro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Charlotte Beer Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
Charlotte Beer Map holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Retro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Charlotte Beer Map's.
Retro ships an update monthly, Charlotte Beer Map every 71 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro | Charlotte Beer Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 71 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Retro App BV | RWK Systems |
Customer experience
Retro
Charlotte Beer Map
In-app purchases
Retro
- Retro Guides$5.991 Month
- Retro Guides$19.991 Year
- Retro Guide$2.99
- Retro Location Guide$2.99
- Retro Guides$499.99
Charlotte Beer Map
No in-app purchases


