Comparison

PubHead vs PubCrawler

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

PubCrawler

Features
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Plan the perfect pub crawl, run it live with your mates, and keep every night. BUILD IT IN MINUTES • Search an area, draw a ring on the map, or pick a start and a finish - PubCrawler finds the pubs • Real opening hours, kitchen times and food info for every stop • A smart schedule: how long at each pub, when to leave, when you'll finish • One tap re-orders the route to the shortest walk • Tube stations can be stops too - the journey is part of the plan RUN IT LIVE • Check in pub by pub; the app keeps the whole group on schedule • It spots when you set off and when you arrive - the walk between pubs is part of the crawl • Invite a mate mid-crawl and their phone rings; they can jump straight in and follow along live • House rules at every stop - tag a mate and their phone tells them they're up • Plans change: the host can reshape the route mid-crawl, and a skipped pub stays on the plan, crossed out • A lock-screen banner tracks the whole night, walks and rules included MAKE IT A GAME • Pub golf with live scorecards for the whole group • Snakes and ladders: roll the dice, ride the board, beat the per-pub clock • Side missions: a deck of dares the host deals out, one card at a time REMEMBER IT • Snap photos as you go; everyone's shots land in one shared album • The recap: your route, your stats, everyone's photos, one share card for the group chat • Your history: every crawl you've finished, every pub you've stamped, and the fun facts to settle any argument • Crawls, history and photos follow your account to any phone WITH MATES • Add mates by username, share your crawls, borrow theirs • Photos from a crawl are visible only to the people who were on it - never public DISCOVER • A hand-picked shelf of London crawls to steal for your own night Built for real pubs: no signal in the basement, no problem - everything saves on your phone and catches up later. Last-tube reminders are London-flavoured today; building and running crawls works in any city. No ads. No tracking. No selling your data.

Screenshots

PubHead4 screens
PubCrawler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PubCrawler at weekly against PubHead's every 6 months. PubHead's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, 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

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, PubCrawler weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PubHead versus PubCrawler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPubHeadPubCrawler
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB69 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLegacy IT Consultants LimitedMax Liddiard

In-app purchases

None

PubHead

No in-app purchases

None

PubCrawler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PubHead free?
PubHead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PubCrawler free?
PubCrawler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PubHead or PubCrawler have ads?
Neither PubHead nor PubCrawler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PubHead or PubCrawler?
PubHead ships an update every 6 months, and PubCrawler weekly. Most recently, PubHead was updated on September 29, 2026 and PubCrawler on September 24, 2026.

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