Comparison

Retro vs Charlotte Beer Map

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automated audio tour guides
  • Exploratory mode with radius detection
  • Focus on historically significant buildings
  • Covers broad historical subjects
  • Discover specific buildings
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Craft beer spot discovery
  • Detailed venue information
  • Brewery and taproom listings
  • Curated global beer spots
  • Quick discovery and revisits
Features
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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.”

Screenshots

Retro4 screens
Charlotte Beer Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Retro versus Charlotte Beer Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroCharlotte Beer Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 71 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRetro App BVRWK Systems

Customer experience

Retro

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Charlotte Beer Map

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Retro

Subscriptions2
  • Retro Guides$5.991 Month
  • Retro Guides$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Retro Guide$2.99
  • Retro Location Guide$2.99
  • Retro Guides$499.99
None

Charlotte Beer Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retro free?
Retro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Charlotte Beer Map free?
Charlotte Beer Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Retro or Charlotte Beer Map?
Charlotte Beer Map is rated higher. Retro averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Charlotte Beer Map averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Retro or Charlotte Beer Map have ads?
Neither Retro nor Charlotte Beer Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Retro or Charlotte Beer Map?
Retro ships an update monthly, and Charlotte Beer Map every 71 months. Most recently, Retro was updated on November 2, 2026 and Charlotte Beer Map on November 3, 2026.

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