TabX vs Jack Cawthon's Bar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TabX
Open and close your bar tab directly from your phone, avoiding the need to leave your card or wait in line. Order drinks and enjoy exclusive specials at participating venues, all while staying in the moment.
- Open and close bar tabs from phone
- Order drinks directly
- Exclusive drink specials
- Find participating bars
- Stay in the moment
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The greatest nights always begin by opening a tab. TabX lets you open and close your bar tab directly from your phone—so you can stay in the moment. No leaving your card with the bartender. No waiting in line to close out at the bar. No missing the moments you came for. Use TabX to start a tab before or during your night out, order directly from the bartender, and close your tab whenever you're ready. Whether you're bar-hopping or calling it a night, you're always in control. And while using TabX, enjoy access to exclusive drink specials and savings at participating bars every day. How TabX works: 1. Find a bar near you in the app. 2. Open your tab from your phone. 3. Order a drink from the bartender as usual. 4. Close your tab anytime, or let it auto-close overnight. TabX. You're Good To Go.
Jack Cawthon's Bar
Order your favorite barbecue dishes for pickup and to-go. The app allows for one-tap payment and remembers past orders for quick reordering. Earn rewards and access exclusive offers by downloading today.
- View menu
- Order ahead for pickup/to-go
- One-tap payment
- Order history
- Earn rewards and offers
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Order ahead with the new Jack's BBQ app. Download today so you can start earning free food and catch the latest happenings. - View Jack's BBQ menu - Order ahead for pick-up and to-go - Pay through the app with one-tap ordering - Remembers your orders so you can re-order your favorites - Earn cool rewards and offers Download today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TabX at every 8 days against Jack Cawthon's Bar's every 6 months. TabX also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 19). Jack Cawthon's Bar's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads 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 — 4.6 for TabX against 4.7 for Jack Cawthon's Bar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TabX has 96 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TabX ships an update every 8 days, Jack Cawthon's Bar every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TabX | Jack Cawthon's Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (96 ratings) | 4.7 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TabX App | Hazlnut, LLC |
Customer experience
TabX
Jack Cawthon's Bar
In-app purchases
TabX
No in-app purchases
Jack Cawthon's Bar
No in-app purchases
