Barly vs Sipstr
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!
Sipstr
Effortlessly log your beer experiences by scanning labels. This app learns your taste preferences to offer personalized tasting notes and predict your ratings, building a unique taste profile over time. Discover new beers with intelligent recommendations and connect with other drinkers.
- AI-powered label scanning
- Personalized tasting notes
- Predicted beer ratings
- Taste profile development
- Fast check-ins with photos
- Tap Room community chat
- Gamified XP and leveling system
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Sipstr logs the beers you drink and learns what you like. Scan a label and it is logged in seconds: name, style, ABV, your rating. 57,000 beers from 13,000 breweries, so the one in your hand is usually already there. Log a beer in seconds • Scan a label, a barcode, or a draft board • Rate it out of 10, add a photo, done • Keep a check-in private whenever you want Know before you buy • A predicted rating on beers you have never had, built on what you actually drink • Recommendations that say why: "because you like Hazy IPA" • Your full history on every beer, including what you rated it last time Make it worth logging • XP and 100 levels as you go • Tap Rooms, where you talk to people drinking the same thing • Collectible cards for the beers and milestones you hit Sipstr Pro • Tasting hints tuned to your palate instead of a crowd average • Your exact match percentage on every beer • A Collection for bottles you own but have not opened yet Start with a 7 day free trial, then subscribe monthly or yearly, or unlock Pro for life with a single purchase. No ads. No feed to scroll past. We do not sell your drinking data and we never will. Terms of Use (EULA): 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 Sipstr's 3. Barly also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Sipstr's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Sipstr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Barly asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Barly against 5.0 for Sipstr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barly has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Barly ships an update every 6 weeks, Sipstr every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barly | Sipstr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Really Broke Ventures | Jonas Persson |
Customer experience
Barly
Sipstr
In-app purchases
Barly
No in-app purchases
Sipstr
- Sipstr Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Sipstr Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Sipstr PRO$49.99









