# Find Craft Beer vs Brine!

The clearest difference is rating: Find Craft Beer at 4.6 against Brine!'s 3.0. Find Craft Beer also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (640 vs 2). Brine!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Find Craft Beer costs $0.99 and Brine! $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Find Craft Beer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Find Craft Beer has 640 ratings behind it against 2, 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 67% of Brine!'s.

Find Craft Beer ships an update every 3 months, Brine! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Find Craft Beer | Brine! |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | **[4.6 (640 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/find-craft-beer/id340206461/reviews)** | [3.0 (2 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brine/id1519784056/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **640** | 2 |
| Positive reviews | **72.3% of reviews** | 66.7% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | **Every 2 months** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Paid |
| Best chart rank | **#74** | #192 |
| Size | 21 MB | 27 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | **12.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Micro Integration Services, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/340206464) | [Foodlab GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/1460140431) |

## What reviewers say

### Find Craft Beer

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/find-craft-beer/id340206461)

**Currently charting:** #74 Top Paid · Food & Drink (US App Store)

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

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Great app when traveling
- 👍 Go-to app for years
- 👍 Helps find good non-corporate brews
- 👍 Useful for finding craft beer locations

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🗓️ Database is out of date
- 🗺️ Lacks accuracy in listing all local options

**Reported bugs**

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

**Requested features**

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


### Brine!

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brine/id1519784056)

**Currently charting:** #192 Top Paid · Food & Drink (US App Store)

Easily calculate brining recipes for various meats, poultry, fish, and seafood. Learn about different brining techniques and gain background knowledge to improve juiciness, flavor, and texture.

**Highlights:** Customizable recipes for various meats, Integrated calculators for recipe adjustments, Expert background knowledge on brining, Support for equilibrium, wet gradient, and dry brining, Calculators for custom salt concentrations

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Find Craft Beer free?

Find Craft Beer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Brine! free?

Brine! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Find Craft Beer or Brine!?

Find Craft Beer is rated higher. Find Craft Beer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 640 ratings, while Brine! averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.

### Do Find Craft Beer or Brine! have ads?

Neither Find Craft Beer nor Brine! shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Find Craft Beer or Brine!?

Find Craft Beer ships an update every 3 months, and Brine! every 2 months. Most recently, Find Craft Beer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Brine! on October 29, 2026.

### Which is more popular, Find Craft Beer or Brine!?

Find Craft Beer currently peaks at #74 in the App Store charts, and Brine! at #192. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*