Untappd vs Beer Active
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Untappd
Discover and track millions of beers, wines, and spirits with ratings and reviews from a global community. Find new favorites, log your drinks with notes and photos, and connect with friends to see what they're enjoying.
- Discover new drinks with ratings and reviews
- Scan barcodes for instant drink information
- View live menus from local venues
- Track your drinking history with notes and photos
- Connect with friends and share drink experiences
- Earn badges for exploring new drinks and places
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Untappd is where millions of people rate, track, and discover what they drink. Beer, wine, spirits, cider, ready-to-drink cocktails, and non-alcoholic options, all rated and reviewed by a community that loves trying something new. FIND YOUR NEXT FAVORITE • Search millions of drinks with ratings and reviews from real drinkers • Scan a barcode to pull up any drink in seconds • See live menus from bars, restaurants, breweries, and bottle shops near you • Get recommendations based on what you rate TRACK WHAT YOU DRINK • Check in a drink in seconds with a rating, tasting notes, a photo, and where you had it • Look back on everything you've logged and see your taste across beer, wine, and spirits • Save drinks to lists so you remember what to try next DRINK SOCIALLY • Follow friends and see what they're drinking • Toast and comment on their check-ins • Earn badges as you explore new styles, places, and producers BUILT ON BEER, OPEN TO EVERYTHING Untappd started with beer, and beer is still at its heart: IPAs, stouts, sours, and lagers from breweries big and small. Right alongside them you'll find wines with vintages, regions, taste profiles, and food pairings, plus whiskey, bourbon, tequila, gin, and more. UNTAPPD SHOP Buy select drinks right in the app, available in select U.S. states, D.C., and the Netherlands. You must be of legal drinking age to use Untappd. Please drink responsibly. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Beer Active
This app tracks your daily activity, including calories burned and steps taken, by reading data from your Apple Health app. It notifies you when you've earned a virtual beer based on your activity levels. You can view your stats anytime by opening the app.
- Reads Apple Health data
- Tracks active calories burned
- Tracks resting calories
- Tracks steps taken
- Background activity monitoring
- Earn virtual beer rewards
- Activity stats viewing
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Beer Active reads your Apple Health app data, specifically active calories burned, resting calories and steps taken, throughout the day. The app works by background tasks, which are goverened by your device operating system. The more often you use an app, the more often the operating system will allow background tasks to run. Beer Active notifies you through notifications when it detects that you have earned a beer. If you disable Beer Active notifications, you are still able to open the app to view your stats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beer Active at none against Untappd's 2. Beer Active also leads on ads (none vs shown). Untappd's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (217K vs 2). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Untappd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Beer Active asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Untappd against 5.0 for Beer Active. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Untappd has 217K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Untappd ships an update every 2 weeks, Beer Active every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Untappd | Beer Active |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (217K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 217K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #43 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Untappd, Inc | Michele Acuna |
Customer experience
Untappd
Beer Active
Bugs and requests
Untappd
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent location detection and venue updates
- Occasional issues with photo uploads and check-in submissions
- Glitches when navigating between app screens
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to edit check-ins and ratings after the fact
- More granular location-based features (e.g. regional badges)
- Improved search and filtering options
- Integration with other social networks beyond Twitter/Facebook
- Offline mode for logging beers without internet connection
Beer Active
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Untappd
- Untappd Supporter - Monthly$5.991 Month
- Untappd Supporter - Yearly$54.991 Year
Beer Active
No in-app purchases








