Comparison

Barly vs BeerSpin

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Find bars in your area
  • See real-time busyness
  • Filter by location
  • Filter by price
  • Filter by rating
  • Plan nights out
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

Screenshots

Barly4 screens
BeerSpin4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BeerSpin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Barly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Barly versus BeerSpin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarlyBeerSpin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB112 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperReally Broke VenturesPhase 3 Development, Inc.

Customer experience

Barly

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BeerSpin

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Barly

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BeerSpin

Subscriptions2
  • BeerSpin Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • BeerSpin Premium$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Barly free?
Barly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeerSpin free?
BeerSpin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Barly or BeerSpin have ads?
Neither Barly nor BeerSpin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barly or BeerSpin?
Barly ships an update every 6 weeks, and BeerSpin every 2 weeks. Most recently, Barly was updated on October 4, 2026 and BeerSpin on October 14, 2026.

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