Comparison

The Royal Spices vs PubCrawler

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

Head to head
About

The Royal Spices

Features
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The Royal Spices is a blend of the traditional Asian and modern Indian cooking. A cuisine which offers customers a diverse variety of traditional dishes brought together from different regions. Our Indian cuisine is very traditional and provides a large variety.

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

The Royal Spices4 screens
PubCrawler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PubCrawler at fortnightly against The Royal Spices's every 32 months. The Royal Spices's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Royal Spices ships an update every 32 months, PubCrawler fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
The Royal Spices versus PubCrawler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Royal SpicesPubCrawler
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB70 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAbdul HaqueMax Liddiard

In-app purchases

None

The Royal Spices

No in-app purchases

None

PubCrawler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Royal Spices free?
The Royal Spices is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PubCrawler free?
PubCrawler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Royal Spices or PubCrawler have ads?
Neither The Royal Spices nor PubCrawler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Royal Spices or PubCrawler?
The Royal Spices ships an update every 32 months, and PubCrawler fortnightly. Most recently, The Royal Spices was updated on October 27, 2026 and PubCrawler on October 29, 2026.

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