Barly vs BeerSpin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barly
Discover top bars in your vicinity with real-time busyness updates. Plan your night out confidently by searching and filtering for the ideal spot based on location, price, and rating.
- Find bars in your area
- See real-time busyness
- Filter by location
- Filter by price
- Filter by rating
- Plan nights out
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Welcome to Barly! Are you looking for the perfect bar to spend your evening at? Look no further. With Barly, you can easily find bars in your area and see how busy they are in real-time. No more showing up at a packed bar, only to be turned away at the door. With Barly, you can plan your night out with confidence and ease. Simply search for bars near you, and filter by location, price, and rating to find the perfect spot. So why wait? Download Barly now and start your night off right!
BeerSpin
Effortlessly log your favorite beers, whiskies, and wines by scanning their labels. This app automatically identifies details like producer, type, and ABV, allowing you to create a private tasting journal with notes and ratings. It supports offline use and cloud sync for your collection.
- AI label scanning for automatic data entry
- Supports beer, whisky, and wine categories
- Private tasting journal with notes and ratings
- Manual entry and photo capture options
- Offline functionality and cloud sync
- Powerful search and filtering
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Snap a label, get the details. BeerSpin's AI scanner reads the label on any bottle of beer, whisky, or wine and auto-fills the producer, name, type, ABV, country, and category-specific details like vintage, varietal, age, or region. No typing required. Three drinks, one app. Most beverage trackers only do one category. BeerSpin handles your whole bar — beer, whisky, and wine — each with its own tailored fields, so a wine entry captures vintage and varietal while a whisky entry captures age and region. Your private tasting journal. No social feeds, no public ratings, no pressure. BeerSpin is built for you to remember what you've tried and what you thought of it — so the next time you're standing in a store looking at a familiar bottle, you'll know. KEY FEATURES - AI-powered label scanning (Premium) — point your camera, get all the fields filled in automatically - Three first-class categories: beer, whisky, wine — each with the right fields for that drink - Manual entry, photo capture, star ratings, tasting notes - Country-of-origin tracking with flags on every entry - Powerful search across name, producer, type, country, region, varietal - Cloud sync across your devices - Works offline — browse your collection anywhere - Privacy-first: your collection is yours, never shared, never sold FREE Track up to 10 beverages across all categories with manual entry and photo capture. PREMIUM Unlimited beverages plus AI label scanning. Subscription billed monthly or annually. Built by Phase 3 Development, Inc. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Barly at none against BeerSpin's 2. Barly also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). BeerSpin's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. BeerSpin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Barly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barly ships an update every 6 weeks, BeerSpin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barly | BeerSpin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Really Broke Ventures | Phase 3 Development, Inc. |
Customer experience
Barly
BeerSpin
In-app purchases
Barly
No in-app purchases
BeerSpin
- BeerSpin Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- BeerSpin Premium$9.991 Year









