DSDLink Mobile vs BarBeam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DSDLink Mobile
Streamline beverage ordering for bars, restaurants, and liquor stores. Discover and order products from all your distributors, plan ahead with sales history, and view accurate pricing with discounts. Manage payments and invoices in one convenient platform.
- Order from all distributors
- Discover new products
- Plan orders ahead
- Utilize sales history for ordering
- View accurate pricing and discounts
- Pay distributors in one place
- Download invoices
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DSDLink Mobile is the go-to app for beer, wine, spirits, and energy drink ordering for bars, restaurants, liquor stores, and any other establishments. Find and Order Products from ALL your Distributors - Explore and order any new products that your distributor is allowed to sell in your area - Plan and place orders as far ahead of time as needed - Use calculated sales history to right-size your orders Accurate Pricing - Know exactly what you're going to pay for your order before you buy - View available discounts and any quantity based or mix-and-match deals Manage & Pay - Pay all your distributors in one place with ACH or card - Download PDFs of your delivered invoices. Even if they were not placed on DSDLink! - Schedule and pay on your due date using PayLink.
BarBeam
This app streamlines bar and restaurant operations by managing schedules, facilitating shift swaps, and handling time-off requests. It also includes team communication tools and a guest counter to monitor capacity.
- Weekly shift view
- Shift pickup and swap system
- Time off requests and approval
- Team and job-specific chat
- Guest door counter with capacity alerts
- Customizable notifications
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BarBeam is the scheduling and team app for bars and restaurants. SCHEDULE See your shifts by week, find who is working with you, and get a reminder before you start. Managers build the week in bulk, copy last week forward, keep drafts private, and publish when it is ready. SHIFT PICKUPS Can't make a shift? Put it up. Coworkers who can cover it are notified, and anyone can add money on top to help get it covered. Managers approve the swap, and every shift keeps a history of who had it and when it changed hands. TIME OFF Ask for a day or a whole block of time off. Your General Manager approves it, and schedulers get a warning before assigning you a shift you are off for. TEAM CHAT A chat for everyone, one for each job, and one for every night you work. Reply, react and read announcements from management. DOOR COUNTER Count guests in and out with fast plus and minus buttons, set your bar's capacity, and get an alert when you are nearly full. Managers can explore any moment of the night and see how many were in the bar. YOU CHOOSE YOUR NOTIFICATIONS Turn shift reminders, pickups, announcements and more on or off in your profile. Terms of Use: https://thefishygames.github.io/barbeam-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://thefishygames.github.io/barbeam-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BarBeam at every 4 days against DSDLink Mobile's every 2 months. BarBeam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). DSDLink Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BarBeam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DSDLink Mobile has 12K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DSDLink Mobile ships an update every 2 months, BarBeam every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DSDLink Mobile | BarBeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Encompass Technologies Development Inc. | ANDREW PEYTON FISHER |
Customer experience
DSDLink Mobile
BarBeam
Bugs and requests
DSDLink Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Order history and order placement issues
- Inconsistent product availability information
- Difficulty removing specific products from order guide
Requested features
5 requests- Add a favorites or frequently ordered section
- Improve communication with sales representatives
- Allow printing of orders
- Organize products by category or type (bottles vs cans)
- Provide more prominent low/out of stock indicators
BarBeam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DSDLink Mobile
No in-app purchases
BarBeam
No in-app purchases
