Bevvy vs Whisky Saga
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Scan whisky bottle labels
- Manage whisky collection
- Curate favorite drams lists
- Personalized recommendations
- Discover new whiskies
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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.
Whisky Saga
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Whisky Saga is your personal whisky companion, built around the reviews, scores, and articles from the Whisky Saga blog (whiskysaga.com). BROWSE & SEARCH Explore 3,800+ whisky reviews. Filter by country, region, distillery, score, and age. Sort by date, score, or name. Search by distillery or whisky name with partial matching. STATISTICS Discover which distilleries, countries, and regions are reviewed most. Tap any entry to see all the reviews behind the number. FAVOURITES & PERSONAL NOTES Save whiskies to four personal lists: Have Tasted, To Try, Owned, and Wishlist. Add your own score and tasting notes — they stay private on your phone. WHISKY VOICES Read interview posts from the Whisky Saga blog — conversations with distillers, blenders, and whisky enthusiasts. DISCOVER Not sure what to explore? Tap Discover for a random whisky recommendation. All review content belongs to Whisky Saga (whiskysaga.com). The app is a companion reader — no account or login required.
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Verdict
Bevvy and Whisky Saga are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Bevvy | Whisky Saga |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bevvy Limited | The Dram Whisky Consulting AS |
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)
Whisky Saga
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bevvy
No in-app purchases
Whisky Saga
No in-app purchases
