Comparison

CaskFinder vs AquaLog

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

Head to head
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

About

AquaLog

This app helps aquarium enthusiasts manage their tanks with accurate stocking calculations, health scoring, and early problem detection. It also offers a visual scape designer and an in-app arcade game for learning fishkeeping.

Highlights
  • Accurate bioload stocking calculator
  • Tank health scoring
  • Early problem detection
  • Aquarium scape designer
  • Fish health diagnosis
  • Arcade-style learning game
Features
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AquaLog is a fishkeeping app that gives you real answers instead of vague advice. WHAT FITS IN YOUR TANK Most stocking calculators still use the inch-per-gallon rule, which is wrong — waste scales with a fish's mass, not its length. AquaLog models bioload properly and checks every species against your actual tank: volume, temperature range, pH overlap, adult size, temperament and schooling needs. It tells you what fits, how many, and where your load lands after adding them. A HEALTH SCORE THAT EXPLAINS ITSELF Every tank gets a score out of 100, broken into water quality, maintenance and stocking. You can see exactly which part cost you points and what to do about it. Log ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH, and watch the trend build over time. CATCH PROBLEMS EARLY AquaLog flags conflicts before they become losses — a fish that will outgrow the tank, a predator paired with a snack, a school kept too small, a parameter drifting out of range. DESIGN YOUR SCAPE Lay out plants, wood, stone and substrate on a real tank canvas before you spend money at the shop. ASK AN AQUARIST Photograph a fish that looks off and get a likely cause with next steps. Check a species against your tank before you buy it. Ask anything and get an answer backed by a live search. PLAY AND LEARN Reef Feast is a full arcade game across four ocean biomes. Quick rounds test your instincts on stocking limits, species ID and fish care. 400+ species with photographs, care requirements and compatibility data. Every photo credited to its photographer under Creative Commons. AquaLog gives general fishkeeping guidance. For a sick or injured animal, consult a qualified aquatic veterinarian.

Screenshots

CaskFinder4 screens
AquaLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AquaLog at 100% against CaskFinder's 59%. AquaLog also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). CaskFinder's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 3). On price, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AquaLog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CaskFinder has 41 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of CaskFinder's written reviews are positive against 100% of AquaLog's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CaskFinder versus AquaLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaskFinderAquaLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (41 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB40 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCask MarqueSUNIL NAGULAVANCHA

Customer experience

CaskFinder

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

AquaLog

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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
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  • 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
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  • 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

AquaLog

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CaskFinder

No in-app purchases

None

AquaLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CaskFinder free?
CaskFinder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AquaLog free?
AquaLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CaskFinder or AquaLog?
AquaLog is rated higher. CaskFinder averages 4.6 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while AquaLog averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do CaskFinder or AquaLog have ads?
Neither CaskFinder nor AquaLog shows ads.

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