Comparison

PubHead vs Pub?

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

Pub?

Discover and track pubs in London and Cambridge. Mark visited locations, earn points for completing postcodes, and compete with friends on leaderboards. Find your next pint with detailed pub information and interactive maps.

Highlights
  • Map 2,500+ pubs
  • Mark visited pubs
  • Earn points for visits and drinks
  • Complete postcodes and areas for bonuses
  • Shareable pub card with stats
  • Friend leaderboards and comparisons
  • Interactive pub map with filters
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Who's been to the most pubs? Pub? maps more than 2,300 pubs across London, plus Cambridge. Mark the ones you've been to, watch your map fill up, and race your mates to see who's really been everywhere. WHO RULES YOUR POSTCODE? Create a private league for your group, club or office and see everyone on one map: each postcode takes the colour of whoever has been to the most pubs in it. Invite friends from inside the app or share the league code. Heading out? Summon your friends to the pub with one tap. TAKE ON CHALLENGES Every Red Lion in London. Every King's Head. Every Ship. Finish a challenge for bonus points and a trophy on your profile, and tick off London's famous pubs along the way. COMPLETE YOUR POSTCODES Every pub you visit earns points. Visit every pub in a postcode (SW4, E8, CB1…) for a bonus of up to 100 points, and finish a whole area like SW or N for 1,000. Level up as your score grows. COMPARE WITH FRIENDS Add your mates and climb the friends leaderboard. Tap a friend to see their profile, open their map, or compare it with yours to see who's ahead in every postcode. Invite friends with a link or QR code and you're connected straight away, and find people you may know through your friends. SHARE YOUR PUB? CARD Your postcode map and stats in one picture, made for your story. Tick off five pubs to unlock it, then share it, save it or copy it in a tap. FIND YOUR NEXT PUB Explore every pub on one map. Search by pub, postcode or neighbourhood, and filter by beer garden, live sport, food, opening times and more. Each pub has photos, opening hours, directions and reviews. HELP BUILD THE MAP Add a missing pub or suggest a correction, and earn points when it's approved.

Screenshots

PubHead4 screens
Pub?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pub? at weekly against PubHead's every 6 months. Pub? also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). PubHead's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PubHead ships an update every 6 months, Pub? weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PubHead versus Pub?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPubHeadPub?
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB57 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLegacy IT Consultants LimitedFintan Lyons

Customer experience

PubHead

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

Pub?

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PubHead

No in-app purchases

None

Pub?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PubHead free?
PubHead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pub? free?
Pub? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PubHead or Pub? have ads?
Neither PubHead nor Pub? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PubHead or Pub??
PubHead ships an update every 6 months, and Pub? weekly. Most recently, PubHead was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pub? on November 5, 2026.

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