WhichBar vs Degrees Social
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhichBar
Discover the best bars and venues in your city with real-time crowd and line length updates. Plan your night out and potentially skip lines with exclusive passes. Never have a boring night out again.
- Live bar crowd updates
- Line length information
- Skip-the-line passes
- Venue discovery
- Nightlife planning
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Currently in Beta, WhichBar is the ultimate social networking app for anyone looking to make the most of their night out. Designed to help you find the best bars and venues in town, our app is packed with features that will take your going-out experience to the next level. With live updates on bar crowds and line lengths, WhichBar makes it easier than ever to plan your night out and avoid the hassle of waiting in long lines with our skip-the-line passes. Whether you’re looking for a laid-back pub or a high-energy club, our app has got you covered. So why wait? Download WhichBar today and start exploring the best bars and venues in your area! With our app in your pocket, you’ll never have to settle for a boring night out again.
Degrees Social
This invite-only social networking app reveals a curated bar destination every Friday at 7 PM ET, based on where your friends and their connections are heading. It eliminates group chat decision fatigue by providing a single, unified plan for the night. Build a profile of your favorite spots and connect with your network.
- Weekly curated bar reveal
- Friend network mapping
- Private contact matching
- In-app 'wave' feature
- Personalized 'bar DNA' profile
- Invite-only access
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Degrees is the invite-only app that answers one question: where is everyone actually going tonight? Every Friday at 7pm ET, Degrees reveals your bar — chosen so you land where your friends, and the people two degrees from you, are heading. No endless group chats, no split decisions. One reveal, one night out. — YOUR NETWORK, MAPPED — See your friend graph come alive, cluster by cluster. Add friends from your contacts (matched privately — your contacts never leave your phone unhashed). — THE FRIDAY REVEAL — A push at 7pm tells you tonight's bar and who from your network is converging there. — WAVES — See someone from your network at the bar? Send a wave. Hop bars with them. — BAR DNA — Your nights build a profile of the neighborhoods and spots that are yours. Degrees is invite-only. Get a code from a friend — every member can bring five people. Requires iOS 17+. Currently live in New York City.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Degrees Social at 5.0 against WhichBar's 4.7. WhichBar's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Degrees Social holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 6 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhichBar | Degrees Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | WhichBar LLC | Degrees App Inc |
Customer experience
WhichBar
Degrees Social
In-app purchases
WhichBar
No in-app purchases
Degrees Social
No in-app purchases
