Comparison

Bevvy vs Whiskey Rater

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

Head to head
About

Bevvy

Explore the world of whisky with this comprehensive digital companion. Scan bottle labels for instant information, manage your collection, and discover new favorites. Personalized recommendations cater to all levels of whisky appreciation.

Highlights
  • Scan whisky bottle labels
  • Manage whisky collection
  • Curate favorite drams lists
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Discover new whiskies
Features
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Bevvy is the world's best whisky app, and the ultimate digital whisky companion. Whisky lovers can instantly access a wealth of information by scanning a bottle's label, as well as managing their whisky collection or curating lists of their favourite drams. Over time, the app becomes familiar with the user's flavour profile, suggesting recommendations to guide both novices and connoisseurs on their whisky journey.

About

Whiskey Rater

Privately catalog your whiskey experiences offline. Scan bottle labels to extract details, rate drams, add tasting notes, and organize your collection. Features a collection dashboard and export options.

Highlights
  • Offline-first whiskey cataloging
  • On-device label scanner
  • Rate drams on a 1-10 scale
  • Add tasting notes and flavor tags
  • Collection stats dashboard
  • Export and backup options
  • Wishlist mode
Features
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Whiskey Rater is the private, offline-first way to catalog every whisky you try — bourbon, scotch, rye, Irish, Japanese, and beyond. Snap a photo of the bottle and let the built-in label scanner extract the name, distillery, age, ABV, and region for you. Rate each dram on a 1–10 scale, add your tasting notes, tag the flavour profile, and build a collection you can browse, sort, and search. Everything stays on your device. No account. No cloud. No ads. FEATURES • Label scanner — point your camera at a bottle and pull out the name, distillery, age, ABV, and region with on-device Apple Vision. No network required. • Rich detail for every bottle — name, distillery, type, age, ABV, region, cask type, price paid, currency, flavour tags, and unlimited tasting notes. • Rate on a 1–10 scale with taps or VoiceOver-friendly adjustable controls. • Multiple photos per bottle — front label, back label, and anything else worth remembering. • Wishlist mode — track bottles you want to try, then promote them to your collection when you finally taste them. • Collection stats dashboard — see your average rating, favourite distilleries, type breakdown, and how your collection has grown. • Filter, sort, and search by name, distillery, type, rating, region, favourites, or status. • Share your bottles — generate a beautiful tasting card to send to friends. • Export and back up — CSV, JSON, or a printable PDF catalogue. Import any time to restore. • Dark mode, dynamic type, full VoiceOver support, and a completely localised Spanish experience. • Privacy you control — optional anonymous usage analytics helps us improve the app, but you can opt out any time in Settings. No account, no tracking, no ads. Whether you're a casual sipper keeping track of what you've enjoyed or a serious enthusiast building a tasting library, Whiskey Rater is your whisky journal — private, offline, and always with you. Slàinte.

Screenshots

Bevvy4 screens
Whiskey Rater4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Whiskey Rater at 4.8 against Bevvy's 4.3. Whiskey Rater also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Bevvy's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Whiskey Rater holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Bevvy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Whiskey Rater's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bevvy ships an update fortnightly, Whiskey Rater every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bevvy versus Whiskey Rater: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBevvyWhiskey Rater
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (16 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB13 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBevvy LimitedChris Silver

Customer experience

Bevvy

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative19.0%

Whiskey Rater

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bevvy

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes when adding bottles
  • Cannot add bottles to a list
  • No button to submit review on iPhone
  • Login/registration issues
  • Scanning not working
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  • App freezes
  • Scrolling disabled on iPhone SE (1st gen)
  • Cannot access internet for scans
  • Error when logging in
  • App support link is dead

Requested features

13 requests
  • Allow adding duplicate bottles
  • Ability to reorder lists
  • Search 'My Lists' for specific criteria (region, category, price, rating)
  • Add a 'save' button for reviews
  • Add a home button for easier navigation
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  • Ability to scan barcodes
  • Ability to delete previous scans
  • Expand database to include more global spirits (Bourbon, Rye, Rum)
  • Allow users to create their own entries for missing bottles
  • Improve search prioritization
  • Add a rum section
  • Show number of bottles on Home page dashboard
  • Improve collection management (rename, sort, filter, view more than 20 bottles)

Whiskey Rater

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bevvy

No in-app purchases

None

Whiskey Rater

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bevvy free?
Bevvy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Whiskey Rater free?
Whiskey Rater is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bevvy or Whiskey Rater?
Whiskey Rater is rated higher. Bevvy averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Whiskey Rater averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Bevvy or Whiskey Rater have ads?
Neither Bevvy nor Whiskey Rater shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bevvy or Whiskey Rater?
Bevvy ships an update fortnightly, and Whiskey Rater every 8 months. Most recently, Bevvy was updated on October 22, 2026 and Whiskey Rater on October 24, 2026.

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