Brewby vs YourLocalBeer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brewby
Discover breweries in your vicinity with this app. Filter results by current operating hours or any time. Access brewery contact information and navigation with ease.
- View nearby breweries
- Filter by open now
- Check brewery hours
- Call breweries
- Get directions
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View nearby breweries. Filter by open now or any time. Quickly view a brewery's hours and easily call or get directions.
YourLocalBeer
Discover the best craft beers, breweries, and pubs in your city or while traveling. This app helps craft beer enthusiasts find top-rated establishments and beers with a constantly updated global database.
- Find craft beers and pubs
- Discover breweries and bottle shops
- Global database of beers and locations
- User-updated content
- User contribution rewards and levels
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The YourLocalBeer mobile app has been designed as a companion to the yourlocalbeer.com website. The app is designed especially for craft beer enthusiasts and aficionados as an extremely useful tool to find the best beers, breweries, bars, restaurants and bottle shops in your home town or in any city! The app currently covers the US, Canada and Europe with other coverage areas schedule to come online soon. With the explosion of the craft beer scene over recent years, it is harder than ever to keep up with the best new breweries and craft beer establishments. YourLocalBeer's database of hundreds of thousands of beers, breweries and craft beer locations is constantly being updated by users worldwide to provide the most updated information about beers, breweries and establishments who serve or specialize in providing craft beer. Users who rate beers and places, add photos and add/edit content are rewarded with points each time they make a contribution to the site. Contribution points accrue in each user's profile and they are rewarded by achieving up to 7 different user levels, each with its own special icon. In the future, users will also be able to achieve a ranking in their local area. Many more upgrades are planned for the YourLocalBeer app so join now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: YourLocalBeer at none against Brewby's shown. YourLocalBeer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Brewby against 5.0 for YourLocalBeer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively.
Brewby ships an update every 3 months, YourLocalBeer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brewby | YourLocalBeer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Chris Scott | Sean von Tagen |
Customer experience
Brewby
YourLocalBeer
In-app purchases
Brewby
No in-app purchases
YourLocalBeer
No in-app purchases
