Comparison

Tabbi vs BarTopTV Play

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

Head to head
About

Tabbi

Discover live venue insights, connect with people nearby, and manage your tab seamlessly from your phone. Make plans on the fly, meet new friends, and enjoy transparent transactions for a smarter nightlife experience.

Highlights
  • Live venue insights
  • Connect with people nearby
  • Direct messaging
  • Mobile tab management
  • Transparent transaction review
  • Instant invites
Features
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Tabbi helps you discover nightlife, open a tab from your phone, and stay connected to the places you love. Whether you’re meeting friends, grabbing drinks, finding dinner, or looking for something happening nearby, Tabbi gives you a smarter way to experience local hospitality. Find restaurants, bars, breweries, and nightlife spots near you, and decide where to go next. At participating venues, open a tab from your phone, view your live check, tip, and close out without waiting. Keep up with local specials, events, promotions, and experiences from venues around you. See where your friends are going, invite them out, and make plans around places and real experiences. Stay connected to the spots you care about and get updates when they have something new happening. Tabbi is built for the way people actually go out: discover a place, meet up, open a tab, enjoy the experience, and come back again. Available features may vary by venue and location.

About

BarTopTV Play

Features
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BarTopTV Play is the easiest way to control the content on your BarTopTV screens — right from your phone. Built for bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues, BarTopTV Play gives operators a simple mobile Content Management System to create, schedule, and manage on-screen promotions in seconds. Promote happy hour specials, food features, events, trivia nights, live music, loyalty programs, and more — all without needing design experience or complicated software. FEATURES • Create and publish content directly from your phone • Choose from professionally designed templates • Promote specials, events, menu items, and announcements • Schedule content by day, date, time, and location • Manage playlists across one or multiple venues • Upload photos and customize messaging instantly • Control interactive guest features like View Menu and Call Server • Update screens in real time from anywhere BarTopTV screens help venues communicate with guests at the point of decision — increasing visibility for promotions, driving engagement, and keeping content fresh throughout the day. Whether you’re running one location or multiple venues, BarTopTV Play makes screen management fast, simple, and flexible. Note: BarTopTV Play is intended for existing BarTopTV venue partners. A BarTopTV account and compatible screens are required.

Screenshots

Tabbi4 screens
BarTopTV Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BarTopTV Play at weekly against Tabbi's every 2 weeks. 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

Tabbi ships an update every 2 weeks, BarTopTV Play weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tabbi versus BarTopTV Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabbiBarTopTV Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB99 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTabbi IncWaev Technologies Inc

In-app purchases

None

Tabbi

No in-app purchases

None

BarTopTV Play

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabbi free?
Tabbi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BarTopTV Play free?
BarTopTV Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tabbi or BarTopTV Play have ads?
Neither Tabbi nor BarTopTV Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabbi or BarTopTV Play?
Tabbi ships an update every 2 weeks, and BarTopTV Play weekly. Most recently, Tabbi was updated on October 7, 2026 and BarTopTV Play on September 22, 2026.

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