Brewby vs Daft Beer
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.
Daft Beer
Discover breweries worldwide with this interactive map. Find nearby brewpubs, save your favorites, and filter by type. Explore a vast dataset covering 15 countries with photos and ratings.
- Interactive brewery map
- Save and revisit breweries
- View photos and ratings
- Search and filter breweries
- Coverage in 15 countries
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Daft Beer is a brewery map and passport for beer lovers. Find breweries near you or anywhere you travel, save the ones you want to visit, and check in to build your own brewery passport. - Brewery map: over 22,000 breweries, brewpubs and taprooms in 28 countries, on a fast map that works even without a signal. - Search and filter: find a brewery by name or city, filter by type, or search just the area on the map. - Hours, photos and ratings: see a brewery's Apple Maps details, where available, to check it's open before you go. - Save for later: add breweries to Favorites or Want to Go, and see them as a list or on a map. - Check in: record a visit in two taps, with a rating, a note and who you went with. - Brewery passport: watch your breweries, cities, states and countries add up, with milestones along the way. - Keep it accurate: report a brewery that's closed or wrong, or suggest one that's missing. - No account, no ads: brewery data updates automatically, and your lists, check-ins and location stay on your iPhone. Brewery data comes from Open Brewery DB and Overture Maps, plus suggestions from people using Daft Beer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Daft Beer at none against Brewby's shown. Daft Beer also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Brewby's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 — 5.0 for Brewby against 5.0 for Daft Beer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Brewby ships an update every 3 months, Daft Beer every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brewby | Daft Beer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Chris Scott | Andy Han |
Customer experience
Brewby
Daft Beer
In-app purchases
Brewby
No in-app purchases
Daft Beer
No in-app purchases
