Comparison

LCBO vs 86

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

Head to head
About

LCBO

Shop a wide selection of alcoholic beverages, including spirits, wine, beer, and coolers. Browse thousands of products, scan items in-store for details, and order for pickup or delivery. Find product availability and save your favorites.

Highlights
  • Browse and shop thousands of products
  • In-store barcode scanner
  • Order for pickup or delivery
  • Check product availability
  • Favorite products and stores
  • Find store locations
Features
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The official LCBO app lets you browse and shop thousands of wine, beers & ciders, spirits, coolers and more! The LCBO app allows you to: • Browse and shop thousands of LCBO & Vintages products. • Scan products in-store using the app’s barcode scanner to get more info. • Order products to be picked up in-store or shipped directly to you. • Find up-to-date product availability in your favourite store or closest store. • Add products and stores to your favourite list for quick access. • Find a location.

About

86

Features
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86 is the hospitality industry's own network: suppliers on one side, the chefs, owners and buyers who source from them on the other. FOR SUPPLIERS Publish your products once and reach the kitchens near you. Upload a photo, a video or a product sheet and 86 turns it into a clean, searchable listing, categorized, with your products pulled out so buyers can find them by name. Host tastings, launches and pop ups from your profile, invite the right people, and check guests in at the door. See who's looking, what they open, and who reaches out. FOR BUYERS Discover suppliers near you, by category or by what's new. Save the ones worth a second look. Open a conversation straight from a product, so every message starts with the thing you were looking at. Find tastings and launches happening nearby and just show up. FOR EVERYONE • A feed of what's being made and sold around you, updated as suppliers post • Search across every supplier and product on 86 • Direct messaging, anchored to the product or event you tapped • Your company page, with a QR code you can print and share • Teams: bring your colleagues into your company on 86 COMING SOON Tools for the kitchen itself. We're building the back of house side of 86, made for the people who run it. 86 is built for the people who feed people. Suppliers and buyers, talking directly. At the show, and every day in between.

Screenshots

LCBO4 screens
864 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LCBO at none against 86's 3. 86's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. 86 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. LCBO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LCBO ships an update every 2 months, 86 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LCBO versus 86: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLCBO86
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews5.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB75 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperLiquor Control Board of OntarioCarrot Software

In-app purchases

None

LCBO

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

86

Subscriptions2
  • Corporate Creator Subscription$6.991 Month
  • 90 Day Trial$39.991 Month
One-time1
  • English$70.00

Questions

Is LCBO free?
LCBO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 86 free?
86 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LCBO or 86 have ads?
Neither LCBO nor 86 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LCBO or 86?
LCBO ships an update every 2 months, and 86 fortnightly. Most recently, LCBO was updated on October 18, 2026 and 86 on October 8, 2026.

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