Drink Happy vs BarRadar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drink Happy
Discover thousands of happy hours across the US with AI-powered search and a community-driven platform. Easily add new happy hours by taking a menu picture, share favorites with friends, and get notified before happy hour ends. Earn points for contributions.
- AI-powered happy hour search
- Map view with current and upcoming happy hours
- Add happy hours via menu photo parsing
- Share favorite happy hours with friends
- Last call notifications
- Community-driven venue and event additions
- Rate venues by value, service, and atmosphere
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Thousands of Happy Hours in All 50 States! -- Results Near You -- AI Powered Happy Hour Search! Zoom the map to show the Happy Hours you're interested in. View all the Current and Upcoming Happy Hours sorted and filtered by Time and distance. -- Just Take a Picture! -- Want to add your Favorite local Happy Hour? Just take a menu picture and we'll parse it and add the Times and Deals. Super easy! -- Add Friends! -- Add friends to circles to share your favorite Happy Hours and get notifications when they check-in! -- Happy Hour 'Last Call' -- When you're at a place with a Happy Hour, you'll get a notification 10 minutes before it ends to get that last Drink order in! -- Community Driven -- You make Drink Happy Better! You can add One-Time events or add the Days and Times to make reoccurring events. Easily add new Venues pre-populated by distance or search by address if you don't see it. See 'About Drink Happy' menu item to see Stats on number of Venues, Happy Times and Photos! -- Ratings and Favorites -- Rate places by Value, Service and Atmosphere so you can find what's important to you. Mark your Favorite places to show some love! -- More Than Just Drinks -- Add Happy Times for music trivia, karaoke, comedy, food, and more! Icons make it easy to see what each Happy Time is all about at a glance. -- Photos -- View and share pictures of the Venue, Signs, Menus and Staff. Photos are categorized to help you find what you want faster. Add a caption or Upvote the ones you like the most. -- Get Points -- Earn reputation points for adding venues, happy hours and photos! Looking for the best Happy Hour App around? Drink Happy has got you covered! Cheers!
BarRadar
Discover nearby happy hour deals and events to spend less time searching and more time enjoying drinks and food with friends. This app is expanding to new cities and frequently adds new features.
- Find happy hours
- Discover local events
- Explore drink specials
- Locate food deals
- City expansion updates
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Explore happy hours and events near you. Your drinks and specials are waiting. It's hard to find happy hours near you. Spend less time looking and more time with friends, drinks and food. We launched in Pittsburgh and are expanding quickly to other cities with new features. Keep checking back for the latest updates!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BarRadar at none against Drink Happy's shown. BarRadar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Drink Happy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BarRadar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively.
Drink Happy ships an update every 2 months, BarRadar every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drink Happy | BarRadar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SourceBrewery LLC | Christopher Herman |
Customer experience
Drink Happy
BarRadar
In-app purchases
Drink Happy
No in-app purchases
BarRadar
No in-app purchases








