Comparison

Find Craft Beer vs Finding Beer

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

Head to head
About

Find Craft Beer

Discover craft beer locations near you using your device's GPS or by searching a specific city. Filter by location type, sort by distance or ratings, and read or submit reviews and photos. Share your finds on social media.

Highlights
  • GPS location search
  • City-specific search
  • Filter by location type
  • Sort by distance or ratings
  • Read and submit reviews
  • Upload photos
  • Social media sharing
Currently charting
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Find Craft Beer allows you to use your iPhone or iPad to easily find a place near you to get a Craft Beer. Find Craft Beer uses the GPS to determine your current location and searches a database of Craft Beer locations within your specified distance. You can also provide Find Craft Beer with a specific city to search. Find Craft Beer searches a database of Brew Pubs, Breweries, Beer Bars, Beer Stores and Homebrew Shops. Limit your list to only those types of locations you are interested in. Search with a specific distance, sort by distance or ratings, read reviews of locations and submit your own reviews and pictures! Post to Facebook or Twitter about your current location so your friends can have a beer with you! Check-in comments and Untappd beer check-ins for a location right on the review screen. Find Craft Beer was a finalist in the 2009 BestAppEver awards in the Best Feel Like a Local App! Find Craft Beer is the ideal app when you want to find a place to get a Craft Beer. --- We need your help! Please report locations that are closed or have moved and add any place that other users would find great Craft Beer! All location updates are checked by a moderator so changes will not show immediately, but by having moderator approval, we prevent bad data from getting into the system. --

About

Finding Beer

Discover breweries and beer styles worldwide with this comprehensive search engine. Easily find local or international spots matching your preferences, from popular hazy IPAs to classic Czech Pilsners.

Highlights
  • Brewery search engine
  • Color-coded rating scale
  • Rich database of breweries
  • Discover beer styles
  • Global travel guide
Features
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Finding Beer is a brewery search engine to find the best breweries wherever you travel. With a straightforward color-coded scale and a rich database of breweries and beer styles, it's easy to connect with places that match your preferences. Whether you're exploring local spots or venturing abroad, the app helps you discover breweries making popular hazy IPAs to classic Czech Pilsners. It's a practical tool to guide you to quality beer and great brewery experiences, no matter where you are.

Screenshots

Find Craft Beer4 screens
Finding Beer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Finding Beer at Free against Find Craft Beer's $0.99. Finding Beer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Find Craft Beer's advantage is ratings volume (639 vs 11) and chart position (#61 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Finding Beer is free to download; Find Craft Beer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Finding Beer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Find Craft Beer has 639 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Find Craft Beer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Finding Beer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Find Craft Beer ships an update every 3 months, Finding Beer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Find Craft Beer versus Finding Beer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFind Craft BeerFinding Beer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (639 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings639 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#61 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB42 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMicro Integration Services, Inc.Reed Emmons

Customer experience

Find Craft Beer

All ratings638 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative21.7%

Finding Beer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Find Craft Beer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keyboard covers save button when writing reviews
  • Location search feature doesn't always work
  • Crashes when searching by current location

Requested features

3 requests
  • Update app more frequently to keep up with new breweries
  • Add ability to search by beer type
  • Integrate with more beer review sites

Finding Beer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Find Craft Beer

No in-app purchases

None

Finding Beer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Find Craft Beer free?
Find Craft Beer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Finding Beer free?
Finding Beer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Find Craft Beer or Finding Beer?
Finding Beer is rated higher. Find Craft Beer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 639 ratings, while Finding Beer averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Find Craft Beer or Finding Beer have ads?
Neither Find Craft Beer nor Finding Beer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Find Craft Beer or Finding Beer?
Find Craft Beer ships an update every 3 months, and Finding Beer every 2 months. Most recently, Find Craft Beer was updated on October 27, 2026 and Finding Beer on October 24, 2026.

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