Barly vs Trophikos
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!
Trophikos
Create, organize, and save your favorite recipes and cocktail concoctions. Import from various sources, track what you've made, and export your collection. Enjoy a private, ad-free culinary archive.
- Build personal recipe library
- Organize with collections and tags
- Import recipes from websites and photos
- Track meals made and modifications
- Private and ad-free experience
- Optional iCloud sync
- Export recipes and collections
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Trophikos keeps your recipes, cocktails, and cooking history together. Save recipes from websites, Safari, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, photos, PDFs, cookbooks, and other recipe apps. Or create your own from scratch. Then log what happened when you made them. Add a recipe log entry with the date, a rating, finished photo, and notes about what you changed. The next time you return, you can see what worked, what did not, and what you wanted to try differently. SAVE AND ORGANIZE - Import from websites, Safari, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, photos, PDFs, and supported recipe apps - Keep recipes and cocktails together - Organize with collections, tags, favorites, photos, and search - Preserve source links and personal notes LOG WHAT YOU MADE - Add a log entry every time you cook or mix something - Record the date, rating, photos, and notes - Keep track of changes and ideas for next time - Build a cooking history around every recipe and cocktail USE IT WHILE YOU COOK - Scale ingredient amounts - Check off ingredients and steps - Use built-in timers - Ask Siri for ingredients, steps, and cooking times - Access your collection across Apple devices Your collection stays local by default, with no social feed and does not require an account to use the app. Your recipes are not locked into a proprietary service and can be exported for use elsewhere at any time. Premium adds optional iCloud sync, custom themes, the Apple TV companion app, and removes the app recommendation banner. Keep a record of what you made, how it turned out, and what to try next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Barly at none against Trophikos's 1. Barly also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Trophikos's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Trophikos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 Trophikos. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Barly ships an update every 6 weeks, Trophikos fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barly | Trophikos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Really Broke Ventures | Sax Technical Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
Barly
Trophikos
In-app purchases
Barly
No in-app purchases
Trophikos
- Trophikos Premium Lifetime$9.99
