Comparison

PubHead vs PubCrawls

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

Head to head
About

PubHead

Find new pubs, earn points for visits, and compete with friends. Discover local spots or plan trips by searching for towns and cities. Collect favorite pubs and share stickers with your social circle.

Highlights
  • Discover local pubs
  • Check-in and earn points
  • Rate and post photos
  • Favorite pubs
  • Connect with friends
  • Leaderboards
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PubHead helps you discover new pubs in your area, earn points when you visit and compete with your friends. Start discovering pubs and climb the leaderboards today! Key Features: • Discover new pubs in your local area, or search for a town or city to easily plan for an upcoming trip! • Check-in to pubs you visit to build a collection of your favourite pubs and earn pint points! Earn additional points for rating and posting photos at the pubs you visit. • Favourite the best pubs you discover so you never forget them! Easily see your visited and favourite pubs on the map. • Connect with friends to share pub stickers you've earned, discover new pubs together and compete for pint points! • Leaderboards allow you to compete with fellow PubHead’s in your local area, globally or even between your friend group! Love PubHead? Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/pubheadapp Instagram: https://instagram.com/pubheadapp Facebook: https://facebook.com/pubheadapp Please drink responsibly. For help and support, please visit: https://www.pubhead.com/support Legal: https://www.pubhead.com/legals

About

PubCrawls

Easily plan group nights out by generating optimized walking routes through local bars. Invite friends, track progress in real-time, and enjoy interactive games like Pub Golf. Discover new venues and save your favorite spots for future adventures.

Highlights
  • Auto-generate optimized pub crawl routes
  • Invite friends via QR code or link
  • Real-time group progress tracking
  • Interactive games like Pub Golf
  • Discover and review local bars
  • Save and share custom routes
Features
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PubCrawl is for the night itself, not just the planning. SEE WHO'S OUT Check in when you get to a pub and your friends can see where you are. They check in, you see theirs. You stay on there for about three hours, and every new check-in tops it back up, so a full night out keeps you on the map without you having to think about it. Had enough? Tap Heading home and you drop off straight away. It's friends only, and you both have to have added each other. A request nobody has accepted yet doesn't count, and the public never sees any of it. New accounts start private. POST THE NIGHT AS IT HAPPENS Any check-in can be a post: the pub, a photo, a few words. It goes to your friends, who can like it and reply underneath. And if nobody you know is out yet, the Out tab shows which pubs near you have people in them right now, so you can see where's busy even if you don't know a soul in there. PLAN THE CRAWL IN SECONDS Tell it roughly where you're starting and how far you fancy walking, and it builds a route between the best pubs nearby. Or pick every stop yourself if you already know where you're going. EVERYONE JOINS BY SCANNING A CODE One person builds the route, everyone else scans a QR code and they're on it. Same pubs, same order, live on their own phone. Nobody has to ask where you've got to. If a pub's shut or you can't get in, skip it and the app finds you somewhere else nearby to slot in instead. TAKE PHOTOS, KEEP THEM Photos at every stop, including dual camera for front and back at once. They're grouped by pub, so you can go back through the night one venue at a time, and they live on the crawl rather than in one person's camera roll. Everyone who was there gets them. GAMES ALONG THE WAY Spin the wheel at each pub for a challenge or a drinking game. Categories, No Names and Buy a Drink are free, and the wheel picks both the game and who's doing it. WHEN IT'S OVER You get the whole night back: the route, the pubs, the photos, the scores. Share a photo mosaic to your stories. Every check-in also fills in your map of pubs you've been to, with a count for your city. It's more satisfying than it sounds. FIND MORE Browse routes other people have published, rate and review pubs, and save the ones worth doing again. PREMIUM - Crawls with more than 8 people. Only the host needs it, nobody else pays a penny. - Routes up to 12 stops instead of 5, and unlimited saved routes instead of 3. - Pub Golf, with scoring and a leaderboard. - Forfeit and Waterfall on the wheel, plus custom games with your own rules. Perfect for a night out with mates, a birthday, a stag or hen do, a team social, or working out a new city the fun way. Please drink responsibly, keep an eye on each other, and sort out how you're getting home before you head out. Privacy Policy: https://thepubcrawlapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

PubHead4 screens
PubCrawls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PubHead at 5.0 against PubCrawls's 3.0. PubHead also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). PubCrawls's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PubCrawls sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PubHead asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PubHead holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of PubHead's written reviews are positive against 50% of PubCrawls's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PubHead ships an update every 6 months, PubCrawls every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PubHead versus PubCrawls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPubHeadPubCrawls
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB48 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLegacy IT Consultants LimitedPubCrawl LTD

Customer experience

PubHead

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

PubCrawls

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

PubHead

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PubCrawls

Subscriptions2
  • PubCrawl Premium$4.991 Month
  • PubCrawl Premium$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • PubCrawl Premium$49.99

Questions

Is PubHead free?
PubHead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PubCrawls free?
PubCrawls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PubHead or PubCrawls?
PubHead is rated higher. PubHead averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PubCrawls averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PubHead or PubCrawls have ads?
Neither PubHead nor PubCrawls shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PubHead or PubCrawls?
PubHead ships an update every 6 months, and PubCrawls every 4 days. Most recently, PubHead was updated on June 7, 2026 and PubCrawls on September 22, 2026.

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