eSET vs Beer Dabbler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eSET
This app serves as a comprehensive glossary for live entertainment technology, offering over 2000 terms across various industry disciplines. It's designed to help professionals and aspiring individuals understand and communicate effectively within the field, with ongoing updates to its searchable database.
- Extensive glossary of over 2000 terms
- Covers all live entertainment technology disciplines
- Searchable database
- Organized by discipline
- Developed by industry leaders
- Continually updated content
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eSET is the most efficient way to learn the language of live entertainment technology, to understand and to be understood. With over 2000 terms associated with the industry, eSET will guide you to the information you need to know. Covering virtually every discipline within live entertainment technology, eSET was developed by industry leaders to help build a skilled and knowledgeable workforce for the future of the industry. eSET provides the user with a searchable database, organized by discipline, that helps you direct your learning, covering what you have to know today and need to know tomorrow. The database will be continually updated. See sample terms and download assessments and discipline-specific PDF’s at our website: http://www.eset.net/terms/index.php eSET: Ready for today, prepared for tomorrow
Beer Dabbler
Plan your experience at beer events with this app. Discover attending breweries, view available beers, and take notes on your favorites. Navigate the event with a map and find food vendors.
- View attending breweries
- Browse beers and take notes
- Map breweries to visit
- Detailed brewery and beer descriptions
- Discover food vendors
- Share event highlights on social media
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The official app of the Beer Dabbler events. Use this handy App before and during the Dabbler to: * View which Breweries are attending * View which beers they will be sharing, rate and take notes on them. * Mark the breweries you want to see on the map so you can make sure you hit your favorites. * Get detailed descriptions for breweries and beers * View all the great food vendors * Share via social media
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Beer Dabbler at Free against eSET's $0.99. Beer Dabbler also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). eSET's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (67% vs 33%). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Beer Dabbler is free to download; eSET costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
eSET holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beer Dabbler has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of eSET's written reviews are positive against 33% of Beer Dabbler's.
eSET ships an update every 17 months, Beer Dabbler every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eSET | Beer Dabbler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 2.8 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | USITT | Fest Buddy |
Customer experience
eSET
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In-app purchases
eSET
No in-app purchases
Beer Dabbler
No in-app purchases
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