Comparison

BarkeepApp vs SG Proof

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

Head to head
About

BarkeepApp

Streamline liquor inventory management for bars with speech recognition, barcode scanning, and automatic lookups. Designed by bar owners, it simplifies tracking usage and pour costs efficiently.

Highlights
  • Speech recognition for inventory entry
  • Barcode scanning with device camera
  • Automatic product lookup
  • Manage multiple venue inventories
  • Track products by category and weight
  • Generate Excel spreadsheets
  • Banquet and batch item tracking
Features
Currently charting
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Barkeep is your virtual inventory assistant. Using our speech recognition, audio confirmations and barcode scanning your inventory process has never been easier. Barkeep is an iOS based Liquor Inventory System. Designed and built by real bar owners, this product is ideally suited for quickly and easily monitoring your liquor usage and pour cost without a large investment in either time or money. Because Barkeep was designed and built by liquor industry professionals (We are bar Owners & Managers just like you), Barkeep provides all the features you need to keep your liquor costs under control. Barkeep is also a great solution for professional Auditors who can use Barkeep's platform to provide liquor audit services to their customers. Barkeep is extremely fast and easy to use, so you can get up and running with Barkeep in no time. BarkeepApp Features include: - Barcode scanning using your iOS device's built-in camera or an optional barcode scanner - Automatic Product lookup from Barkeep's extensive liquor database - Extremely fast inventory entry by product name - Speech recognition so you can just say the quantity of each item and Barkeep - Audio confirmations - your Barkeep virtual inventory assistant will repeat your entries back to you to avoid mistakes - Manage inventories for multiple locations within your venue - Track products by category (beer, liquor, call liquor, vodka, etc) - Automatically generated Excel Spreadsheets - Track product by weight for high-cost items (accurate to .01 oz) - Banquet tracking - Repeat an existing Inventory - Track liquor for multiple Venues - Batch Items BarkeepOnline (available with online subscription at www.barkeepapp.com) provides highly sophisticated pour-cost analysis with features including: - track expected pour cost versus actual pour cost - pour cost alerts - best practices guidelines - sales trends and analysis - manage vendors and liquor ordering Competing products require expensive scanning devices which can be clunky, slow and difficult to use. Our bar managers love us for developing Barkeep. It has cut their inventory time in half. Inventory no longer has to be slow and painful. Check out www.barkeepapp.com for a more detailed feature list.

About

SG Proof

Streamline your business inventory management with advanced ordering tools. Discover new products, reorder favorites easily, and stay updated with industry trends. This app offers on-the-go technology for efficient mobile ordering and restocking.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for item search
  • Persistent login for quick access
  • Unified shopping cart across devices
  • Reorder saved items
  • Discover new deals and products
Features
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Effortlessly order inventory with features designed for your business, implement industry-leading trends with insights from our experts, and curate your collection with the drinks your customers want in their glasses. Download the SG Proof App today and experience all its on-the-go technologies that make your mobile orders easy. Features Designed with Your Time in Mind: ● Search items by SKU with Barcode Scanning. ● Quickly access your account with Persistent Login. ● Shop across mobile and desktop with One Proof Cart. ● Reorder your favorites with Saved Items. ● Find new ones with Deal Discovery. If you have questions about the platform feel free to reach out to your Sales Consultant or our Customer Service team at: Email: customerservice@sgproof.com Phone: +1-800-276-5148

Screenshots

BarkeepApp4 screens
SG Proof4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SG Proof at Free against BarkeepApp's $39.99. SG Proof also leads on ratings volume (125 vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). BarkeepApp's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and review sentiment (48% vs 16%). On ads, 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

SG Proof is free to download; BarkeepApp costs $39.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BarkeepApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SG Proof has 125 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of BarkeepApp's written reviews are positive against 16% of SG Proof's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BarkeepApp ships an update every 3 months, SG Proof monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
BarkeepApp versus SG Proof: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkeepAppSG Proof
Price$39.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.2 (125 ratings)
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews — better15.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#182 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB58 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBarkeepSGWS

Customer experience

BarkeepApp

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative36.0%

SG Proof

All ratings125 ratings
Positive28.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative69.6%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive15.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative82.2%

In-app purchases

None

BarkeepApp

No in-app purchases

None

SG Proof

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BarkeepApp free?
BarkeepApp costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SG Proof free?
SG Proof is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BarkeepApp or SG Proof?
BarkeepApp is rated higher. BarkeepApp averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SG Proof averages 2.2 from 125 ratings.
Do BarkeepApp or SG Proof have ads?
Neither BarkeepApp nor SG Proof shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BarkeepApp or SG Proof?
BarkeepApp ships an update every 3 months, and SG Proof monthly. Most recently, BarkeepApp was updated on September 21, 2026 and SG Proof on September 22, 2026.

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