Brewby vs hopyard
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.
hopyard
Discover nearby breweries with ease. This app provides a simple map interface to locate breweries, brewpubs, and bottle shops. Access public information on thousands of locations for your next beer adventure.
- Discover nearby breweries
- Search brewery map
- View brewery information
- Mark destinations
- Simple, no-fluff interface
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Finding breweries has never been easier! Thousands of breweries available at your fingertips. Find yourself browsing for your next beer wherever you are! Open the app, search the map, mark your destination, DONE. Simplicity has finally come to the beer drinking community. No bloat, no fluff, just breweries. All of the brewery data is fantastically served by Open Brewery DB. Open Brewery DB is a free dataset and API with public information on breweries, cideries, brewpubs, and bottle shops. It is OBDB's belief that public information should be freely accessible for the betterment of the beer community and the happiness of web developers and data analysts. That is why we created hopyard; to give a pretty face to a beautiful backend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: hopyard at none against Brewby's shown. hopyard also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Brewby's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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.
Brewby holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
Brewby ships an update every 3 months, hopyard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brewby | hopyard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Chris Scott | Sudden Development, LLC |
Customer experience
Brewby
hopyard
In-app purchases
Brewby
No in-app purchases
hopyard
No in-app purchases
