Comparison

Backbar vs Tally

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time inventory syncing
  • Barcode scanning for products
  • Streamlined vendor purchasing
  • Menu costing and pricing optimization
  • Digital invoice management
  • Staff education on beverages
Features
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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

About

Tally

Manage drinks for clubs, companies, or personal use with this digital tally sheet. Track inventory, member balances, and consumption to create shopping lists and manage group accounts. It's a convenient way to keep track of beverages without needing manual methods.

Highlights
  • Digital tally sheet for drinks
  • Manage inventory and supply
  • Track member account balances
  • Create group accounts and shopping lists
  • Personal drink counter function
  • Checkout and cash register mapping
  • Customize drink lists
Features
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The beer list - tally app is an application for managing drinks in clubs, companies and student associations or you can use our drinks tracker as a counter for your drinks. This is how our drink tracker works: 1. Take beer out of the fridge 2. Enter beer in the beer list - tally app or add it to the counter 3. Done Create individual groups for your club (such as sports club, music club, fire brigade,...), your student union and for your company or use our beer list - tally app as a personal drink counter. Add drinks to the drinks list and invite members to the group and members can enter / count the drinks from the drinks list. Our digital tally sheet has the following advantages for the drinks attendant who is responsible for the drinks and food: - The beer warden sees the current inventory/beverage supply for each beverage in the beverage list. - The drinks attendant sees the account balances of the individual members at a glance. - The beer warden can create accounts for the group. - The drinks attendant can read the consumption of each drink in the drink tracker and use it to create a shopping list. - The beer warden can customize the club's drinks list. - Our beer list - tally app offers a checkout function. This can be used to map the club's cash register. - When purchasing drinks and food, the beverage attendant can simply enter the purchase in the admin area. Then the stock levels are adjusted and the cash register numbers are updated. You can also use our drinks tracker to count your drinks. Simply create your personal drinks list and you can count your drinks with our counter function. Your drinks list can be freely configured and the counter can also count other things. You can also use our drinks counter as a beer tracker, water tracker or as a counter for other things. The beer list - tally app is the perfect addition when drinking a beer after work and thus the drink counter for your pub, your beer fridge in the club or your personal drink tracker. With the beer list - tally app you will never need a beer mat again to count your drink consumption. We hope you enjoy our beer list - tally app.

Screenshots

Backbar4 screens
Tally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backbar at none against Tally's 23. Tally's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (89% vs 60%). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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. Tally sells 23 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Backbar asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backbar ships an update every 3 weeks, Tally monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Backbar versus Tally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackbarTally
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB110 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBackbarMatthias Aigner

Customer experience

Backbar

All ratings33 ratings
Positive60.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative35.0%

Tally

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Backbar

No in-app purchases

23 purchases

Tally

Subscriptions12
  • Up to 30 members$3.991 Month
  • Up to 60 members$9.991 Month
  • Up to 90 members$12.991 Month
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  • Up to 120 members$17.991 Month
  • Up to 150 members$19.991 Month
  • Up to 180 members$24.991 Month
  • Up to 30 members$44.991 Year
  • Up to 60 members$89.991 Year
  • Up to 90 members$129.991 Year
  • Up to 120 members$179.991 Year
  • Up to 150 members$229.991 Year
  • Up to 180 members$249.991 Year
One-time11
  • Up to 30 members$1.99
  • Up to 90 members$2.99
  • Ad Free forever$3.99
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  • Up to 120 members$3.99
  • Up to 60 members$3.99
  • Up to 150 members$5.99
  • Up to 180 members$6.99
  • Up to 90 members$6.99
  • Up to 120 members$8.99
  • Up to 150 members$9.99
  • Up to 180 members$12.99

Questions

Is Backbar free?
Backbar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Backbar or Tally have ads?
Backbar shows ads; Tally does not.
Which is updated more often, Backbar or Tally?
Backbar ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tally monthly. Most recently, Backbar was updated on October 15, 2026 and Tally on October 7, 2026.

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