UT DABS App vs Thirst Drinks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UT DABS App
Easily locate alcoholic beverages at Utah stores. Search products by category, name, price, or availability. Save favorites and get directions to your nearest store.
- Product search by category, name, price, size
- Check product availability by store
- User profiles for favorites and notes
- Get directions to nearest store
- Filter by user ratings
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The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services mobile application improves customer access to available products in its stores. The mobile application will allow customers (ages 21 and older) to quickly find products in the store(s) most convenient to them. App users are able to search for products by category, name, price, bottle size, user ratings, and availability by store. Additionally, users may opt to create a user profile where they can save their favorite items and stores, as well as to make private notes on each individual product. Once a product is selected by the user at the store nearest them, the user may then receive directions to that store from their current location through the primary map application installed on their device.
Thirst Drinks
Track your loyalty rewards, order drinks for delivery or pickup, and get exclusive promotions. Stay updated with the latest offers from your favorite beverage provider.
- Loyalty tracking
- Order delivery
- Store pickup
- Exclusive promotions
- Receive updates
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Use the Thirst app to view and track your loyalty, order delivery or store pickup, receive exclusive promos and updates, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thirst Drinks at 2.7 against UT DABS App's 1.8. Thirst Drinks also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (20% vs 11%). UT DABS App's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 12). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Thirst Drinks holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of UT DABS App's written reviews are positive against 20% of Thirst Drinks's.
UT DABS App ships an update every 5 months, Thirst Drinks fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UT DABS App | Thirst Drinks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (52 ratings) | 2.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | State of Utah Department of Technology Services | Olympus Shaving Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
UT DABS App
Thirst Drinks
In-app purchases
UT DABS App
No in-app purchases
Thirst Drinks
No in-app purchases
