Comparison

Daft.ie vs CaskFinder

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

Head to head
About

Daft.ie

Search for thousands of residential and commercial properties for sale, rent, or to share across Ireland. View listings with photos and maps, contact advertisers directly, and manage your own property ads on the go.

Highlights
  • Search thousands of properties
  • Residential and commercial listings
  • Properties for sale, rent, and share
  • View photos and satellite maps
  • Contact advertisers directly
  • Manage property ads
  • Save favorite properties and searches
Features
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Take Ireland’s biggest property search on the move with the Daft app. Search through thousands of listings, get the most up-to-date market information and contact local estate agents to help you make your property choice. Browse both residential and commercial property. Search for properties for sale, for rent and to share. Check out our parking section and email or call the advertiser directly from your phone. Place, edit, bump, pause and renew your ad from your mobile device. Add or delete photos, edit the price and description and use your location to find properties near you. With Daft for iPhone and iPad you can: Search: - Thousands of properties available for sale and to rent - Both residential and commercial property - Parking section - Use 3D touch for you home screen to get search shortcuts Find: - Property listings, photos and satellite maps - Location of a property on a map - Nearby search feature shows properties near you right now - Set a custom location to identify nearby properties - Email or call the advertiser directly from your phone Saving - Save properties of interest to My Daft - Save your search criteria to My Daft - Automatically sync your My Daft account with the Daft.ie website Advertise: - Place ads directly from your mobile device and manage them. Remember to create an account and log in to access all of the features and benefits of Daft. As always, we need your feedback, comments and suggestions to help us continually improve the Daft.ie app. Every member of our team reads our feedback and so send us an email to apps@daft.ie and we’ll get working on it!

About

CaskFinder

Discover pubs serving quality cask ale across the UK. Find nearby establishments, view available cask ales, and access detailed tasting notes for thousands of beers. Participate in ale trails and win prizes.

Highlights
  • Pub finder with location services
  • View cask ales and other beers available
  • Pump scanner for instant tasting notes
  • Access to over 10,000 beer tasting notes
  • Participate in UK-wide ale trails
  • Win prizes by scanning QR codes
Features
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CaskFinder is the app from beer industry experts Cask Marque and is designed to help you find and enjoy cask ales all over the UK. Use the pub finder’s location finder to locate nearby pubs serving great quality cask ale. See what cask ales they had on sale when Cask Marque’s team of 50 professional beer inspectors last visited. If the licensee has access to our system they may also have listed what other beers they sell, including stout, craft beers and lager. New beers are constantly being added by brewers in both the UK and overseas. Choose from over 1300 brewers and see all their beers in one place. When you are in the pub, if you don’t recognise a beer then use our pump scanner to take a picture of the pump and within a few seconds receive back tasting notes telling you what to expect in terms of colour, smell, taste and more. On the beers page you can see over 10,000 different beers with tasting notes stored on the Inapub database, which along with Cask Marque, powers the data behind the app. Click on the beers and find tasting notes from Cyclopsbeer.co.uk as well as lots more information including calories, beer & food match and interesting facts. If you haven’t already done so, join the World’s Biggest Ale Trail and discover new pubs all over the UK. You have about 10,000 to choose from and they have all won the Cask Marque Award for the quality of their cask beer. Scan the QR code on the pub’s Cask Marque certificate and win prizes as you go. On top of this the app now offers ale trails from our corporate customers and Visit England. Complete smaller ale trails and win prizes from our partners, as well as see beautiful parts of the country. CaskFinder is not just another list of pubs – it is an indispensable tool for every beer lover! Please note that many pubs regularly rotate their beers and once they are sold out, change them for another. Cask Ale, by its nature does not have a long shelf life, and should be sold within 3 days of putting on sale. Accordingly, some pubs may not have the same beers in stock today than when they were last visited by a Cask Marque assessor, so if you are travelling a long way to sample a particular beer, phone ahead to check before you set out to avoid a wasted trip – you can access the pub’s phone number from CaskFinder automatically from the pub details page. We hope you enjoy the app and give us a good rating. If you don’t like something on it or have great suggestions for improvement then please email us at appsupport@cask-marque.co.uk What’s New - Redesigned user interface - Quick access to main features - Improved pump clip scanner accuracy - Ale trails from our corporate partners - Tasting notes for all beer styles, not just cask - Ratings & favourites stored in the cloud, not in-phone - Change password feature - Regular beer news

Screenshots

Daft.ie4 screens
CaskFinder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CaskFinder at none against Daft.ie's shown. CaskFinder also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Daft.ie's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (977 vs 41). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daft.ie holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daft.ie has 977 ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Daft.ie's written reviews are positive against 59% of CaskFinder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daft.ie ships an update every 11 days, CaskFinder every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Daft.ie versus CaskFinder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaft.ieCaskFinder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (977 ratings) — better4.6 (41 ratings)
Positive reviews73.2% of reviews — better59.0% of reviews
Number of ratings977 — better41
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB16 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDaft MediaCask Marque

Customer experience

Daft.ie

All ratings977 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews235 reviews
Positive73.2%
Neutral9.8%
Negative17.0%

CaskFinder

All ratings41 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral7.3%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive59.0%
Neutral8.2%
Negative32.8%

User reviews

Daft.ie

From 977 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Comprehensive listings
  • 👍 Saved searches feature
  • 👍 Intuitive UI
  • 🚀 Quick loading

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Inaccurate map locations
  • 🐛 Filters and search options not working properly
  • 🐛 Outdated or incorrect listings
  • 🐛 Ads overlaying property images

CaskFinder

From 41 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for finding pubs
  • 👍 Good for real ale discovery
  • 👍 Useful for pub trails
  • 👍 Encourages trying new ales
  • 👍 Helps discover new places

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Login issues
  • 🐛 Tedious registration
  • 🐛 App crashes
  • 🐛 Difficult to navigate
  • 🐛 Lost old data/scans

Bugs and requests

Daft.ie

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues on mobile app
  • Street view and radius search not functioning
  • Saved searches and properties being lost after updates
  • App crashing on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Advanced search filters (e.g., property size, acreage, waterfront)
  • Ability to draw search area on map
  • Notification of price changes for saved properties
  • User notes section for each property
  • Separate search for Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

CaskFinder

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Unable to login
  • New password not sent
  • Constantly crashes after iOS update
  • Cannot create an account
  • App refuses to allow registration
Show 7 more
  • Password reset facility does not work
  • Favourites do not load
  • Lost all previous ale trail pubs
  • Does not show pubs visited
  • Cannot log in after improvement
  • QR codes not recognized
  • Intermittent crashes

Requested features

11 requests
  • Integrate reporting missing beers
  • Allow password manager/autofill
  • Explain why personal info is needed
  • Allow viewing scanned pubs and dates
  • Improve QR code scanning reliability
Show 6 more
  • Allow scanning and submitting later via Wi-Fi
  • Add competition with friends on Ale Trail
  • Update beer clip identifier database
  • Allow changing account email address
  • Make app simpler and more intuitive
  • Bring back old app features

In-app purchases

None

Daft.ie

No in-app purchases

None

CaskFinder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daft.ie free?
Daft.ie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CaskFinder free?
CaskFinder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daft.ie or CaskFinder?
Daft.ie is rated higher. Daft.ie averages 4.8 out of 5 from 977 ratings, while CaskFinder averages 4.6 from 41 ratings.
Do Daft.ie or CaskFinder have ads?
Daft.ie shows ads; CaskFinder does not.
Which is updated more often, Daft.ie or CaskFinder?
Daft.ie ships an update every 11 days, and CaskFinder every 2 months. Most recently, Daft.ie was updated on October 17, 2026 and CaskFinder on October 9, 2026.

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