Backbar vs myBEES USA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backbar
This application streamlines bar and restaurant management by simplifying inventory counting, vendor purchasing, and menu costing. It helps reduce costs and improve efficiency for beverage programs. Features include real-time syncing across devices, barcode scanning, and integration with over 1,300 beverage suppliers.
- Real-time inventory syncing
- Barcode scanning for products
- Streamlined vendor purchasing
- Menu costing and pricing optimization
- Digital invoice management
- Staff education on beverages
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Backbar helps restaurants and bars increase profitability, decrease COGS, and run a more efficient beverage program. Backbar, the only free bar inventory app, saves hours on counting inventory and simplifies bar management. Backbar not only solves inventory management, but also streamlines vendor purchasing and tracking, menu costing, and financial tracking. Here are some of the many features of Backbar: - Quickly count inventory across many locations, devices and users, syncing in real-time - Count inventory in multiple locations and on multiple devices simultaneously - Scan barcodes to instantly find and count products - Streamline purchasing by sending orders to all your distributors with a single tap - Track past orders and invoices for all your distributors - Connect to your point-of-sale (POS) system for real-time inventory depletions - Save digital invoices easily by taking a photo - Connect to over 1,300 beverage suppliers for automated product updates and cost changes - Educate staff with tasting notes and drink information - Cost out cocktail recipes and optimize menu pricing - Quickly add a new item from our global database of over 300,000 wines, beers, spirits and other beverages Download the app today and make beverage management easier with Backbar
myBEES USA
This B2B e-commerce platform allows retailers to purchase beer and other products digitally. It complements existing sales rep relationships with tools to help businesses grow, offering features like convenient ordering, deals, and account management.
- Place orders anytime
- Access deals and quick order
- Reorder past purchases
- Manage account and order status
- Link multiple accounts
- Pay invoices
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myBEES is a B2B e-commerce platform for small to medium-sized retailers. You will be able to buy beer and other products, complementing the existing relationship with your sales rep, and benefit from features and tools that’ll help your business thrive through the power of digital. With myBEES you’ll be able to: - Place your order whenever it’s convenient for you - Benefit from features like Deals and Quick Order - Reorder past purchases from invoices - Manage your account and view order status - Link multiple accounts to the same login - Pay your invoices In BEES we believe in building partnerships based on mutual trust and fostering a sense of connection that enables everyone’s growth. Because in BEES we’re committed to HELPING YOU THRIVE!
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Verdict
Backbar and myBEES USA both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 60% of Backbar's written reviews are positive against 18% of myBEES USA's. Backbar also leads on device support (3 vs 1). myBEES USA's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Backbar against 3.8 for myBEES USA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myBEES USA has 174 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Backbar's written reviews are positive against 18% of myBEES USA's.
Backbar ships an update every 3 weeks, myBEES USA fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Backbar | myBEES USA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (32 ratings) | 3.8 (174 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 18.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 174 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 493 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Backbar | BEES Global AG |
Customer experience
Backbar
myBEES USA
Bugs and requests
Backbar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
myBEES USA
Reported bugs
27 issues- App never works properly
- Cannot see custom shopping list, must go alphabetical
- One misclick adds all products to truck
- Electronic invoice does not include product UPC and/or reorder numbers
- Logs out of the app every single time you tab out of bees
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- Too many popups before adding the first beer
- Won't let me add anything to my cart
- Customer service was unhelpful
- Can't order on mobile safari/google without it taking me to the App Store
- App takes sometimes 15 closing and reopening to get to a functioning page
- Doubled entire order
- Couldn't get anything added to my truck from the par list
- Can't send order, won't pull up the truck
- Horribly slow and constantly crashes every time you add something to the cart
- When adding something to the cart on your recent order list it shoots up and down the page
- Can't connect to my cart, keeps telling me to try again later
- Wasted ten minutes trying to log in after registering only to watch the screen load continuously back onto the login screen
- After every update it won't go past “business registration submitted” screen
- No number/email to contact support at
- If I keep in cart anything and don’t submit it it removes from cart
- Everything was fine until they did some kind of transition and other peoples accounts were linked to mine, and now I can’t even open the app
- When on the checkout screen it’s very purple in some sections and there’s no final button to place an order
- Basket randomly will clear out
- App was great but has slowly become unusable
- App keeps telling me to update every time I log in
- Never remembers my login details so I’m constantly logged out and having to log back in
- App must have been written by underpaid programs. Maybe interns.
Requested features
5 requests- Include product UPC and reorder numbers on electronic invoices
- Add pack UPC, case UPC, unit of measure, and suggested retail on PDF export for POS import
- Make app come in full screen for easier use on iPad or computer
- Fix app so it doesn't log you out when tabbing out
- Improve intuitiveness for searching specific items
In-app purchases
Backbar
No in-app purchases
myBEES USA
No in-app purchases
