Barly vs BarPals
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!
BarPals
Earn rewards and perks by uploading bar receipts. Venue owners receive insights and can send targeted offers to nearby patrons. It's a data-driven growth tool for bars and a gamified experience for users.
- Receipt scanning for points
- Geolocation-based offers
- Venue owner insights
- Push notifications for patrons
- Gamified user experience
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BarPals- is redefining nightlife loyalty through receipt intelligence and geolocation. Users earn points and perks just by uploading their bar receipts. Meanwhile, venue owners gain actionable insights and can send push offers to real, verified patrons nearby. It's a data-driven growth engine for bars, and a gamified experience for users — all with zero hardware and no friction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BarPals at every 4 days against Barly's every 6 weeks. Barly's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Barly against 5.0 for BarPals. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barly has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Barly ships an update every 6 weeks, BarPals every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barly | BarPals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Really Broke Ventures | Derian Conteh-Morgan |
Customer experience
Barly
BarPals
In-app purchases
Barly
No in-app purchases
BarPals
No in-app purchases
