Comparison

The Party Source vs BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)

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

Head to head
About

The Party Source

Browse a wide selection of wines and spirits available at a local store. Order your selections for convenient delivery or in-store pickup directly through the app.

Highlights
  • Browse wine and spirits
  • Order for delivery
  • Order for pickup
  • View in-store availability
Features
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A store located at 95 Riviera Dr, Bellevue, KY 41073, USA. With the App you can browse for the Wines and Spirits available in the store, and also order a delivery or pickup.

About

BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)

This app helps you find the best prices for liquor by showing MSRP, market price, and fair price for thousands of bottles. It also lets you track your home bar's value, create wishlists, and share your collection.

Highlights
  • Scan liquor bottle barcodes
  • Check MSRP, Market, and Fair Prices
  • Track home bar inventory and value
  • Create and share wishlists
  • Vote on bottle prices
  • Filter by spirit type
Features
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BAXUS turns your liquid gold (aka wine & spirits) into tradable liquidity. Add your wishlist & your collection to the app and immediately see their real market value, making it easier to know if you want to trade--or drink--your liquid assets. Hunt down bottles with friends and compete for a top spot on the leaderboard, simply by submitting listed prices of spirits for sale around you. BAXUS also calculates your entire collection's value, and lets you transfer your collection to our state-of-the-art Spirits Vault where they are authenticated, minted, & stored for free in an insured, climate-controlled space. Send bottles to the Vault to allow them to be traded on the Market. "BAXUS seeks to bring order to a chaotic environment.”— Forbes "[BAXUS] aims to provide a more official, democratic means of learning what is and isn't a good deal." — Gear Patrol With BAXUS, you can: — Hunt bottles & compete with friends and other BAXUS users — View other Hunts near you and across the world — Scan barcodes of over 75,000 bottles of liquor and check the MSRP, Market Price, and what others pay — Add bottles to your Bar to track how much you've paid and how much it's worth — Share Your Bar with anyone you want, or link them to a specific bottle without them needing an account — Vote "fair" or "not fair" on any bottles you find and help define the right price — Save bottles to a wishlist & share with friends — Filter your search by spirit Regardless of your go-to spirit—be it bourbon, whiskey, tequila, vodka, mezcal, rum, scotch, rye, gin, brandy, cognac, liqueurs, cordials, or schnapps—BAXUS is your companion.

Screenshots

The Party Source4 screens
BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Party Source at none against BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)'s shown. The Party Source also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (533 vs 125). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for The Party Source against 4.6 for BAXUS (formerly BoozApp). Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 125 and 533 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of The Party Source's written reviews are positive against 70% of BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Party Source ships an update every 2 months, BAXUS (formerly BoozApp) every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
The Party Source versus BAXUS (formerly BoozApp): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Party SourceBAXUS (formerly BoozApp)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (125 ratings) — better4.6 (533 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better70.3% of reviews
Number of ratings125533 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB61 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperThe Party Source IncBoozApp, Inc.

Customer experience

The Party Source

All ratings125 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative6.8%

BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)

All ratings531 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral7.2%
Negative22.5%

User reviews

The Party Source

From 125 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 User friendly
  • 👍 Easy navigation
  • 👍 Easy to search
  • 🚀 Speedy ordering

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App is slow
  • 🐛 Buggy app
  • 🐛 Laggy performance
  • 🐛 App crashes on releases
  • 🐛 Touch sensitivity issues

BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)

From 533 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📊 Great app for home bar inventory
  • 💰 Helps determine fair prices
  • 🔍 Extensive database of spirits
  • 🔍 Ability to add custom bottles
  • 🤝 Responsive customer support

Room to improve

  • 🔑 Constant login issues
  • 🔄 Frequent app crashes and bugs
  • 📦 Incomplete database, missing many bottles
  • 🗂️ Disorganized bottle information
  • 💾 Data loss after updates

Bugs and requests

The Party Source

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App is egregiously slow, buggy, and lack of async makes it painful to use
  • Lag is extremely extremely bad, like a 5 second hang delay where the app locks up because they aren't using async operations
  • Issue when you want to remove items from your cart. If you swipe to delete it stays on this swiped action/delete for the items left in the cart until you fully exit/close the app and go back in.
  • Tried to search my favorite cigar using the app and no products were found
  • Needs an option to sort price high-low, low-high.
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  • Also would be better if the same amount of product information on the website was included in the app.
  • The app is so touch sensitive unlike any other I have ever seen on ios.
  • Anytime there has been a big release on allocated liquor the app and site crash.

Requested features

3 requests
  • Bulk save for later
  • Sort price high-low, low-high
  • Include more website product information in the app

BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login credentials not working after updates
  • Inability to access account after updates
  • Search function not working consistently
  • Bottle information not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sort and filter collection by spirit type
  • Add tasting notes and ratings for bottles
  • Share collection with friends
  • Integrate location-based pricing
  • Improve barcode scanning functionality

In-app purchases

None

The Party Source

No in-app purchases

None

BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Party Source free?
The Party Source is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BAXUS (formerly BoozApp) free?
BAXUS (formerly BoozApp) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Party Source or BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)?
The Party Source is rated higher. The Party Source averages 4.7 out of 5 from 125 ratings, while BAXUS (formerly BoozApp) averages 4.6 from 533 ratings.
Do The Party Source or BAXUS (formerly BoozApp) have ads?
BAXUS (formerly BoozApp) shows ads; The Party Source does not.
Which is updated more often, The Party Source or BAXUS (formerly BoozApp)?
The Party Source ships an update every 2 months, and BAXUS (formerly BoozApp) every 2 weeks. Most recently, The Party Source was updated on November 3, 2026 and BAXUS (formerly BoozApp) on November 7, 2026.

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