CorkAndBrews vs DrinkLocally
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CorkAndBrews
Discover US wineries, breweries, and distilleries with this app. Plan your trips, find weekly specials, and get notified about promotions. Rate your experiences and share recommendations.
- Directory of US wineries, breweries, and distilleries
- Trip planning functionality
- Notifications for local specials and promotions
- Business promotion features (menus, hours, photos)
- User ratings and recommendations
- Location-based special alerts
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Cork and Brews is a directory of US Wineries, Breweries and Distilleries. It was designed to create an affordable way for businesses to promote their shop on one platform. It can serve as a trip planner that will help customers find multiple shops in a specific area. Businesses can promote weekly specials, post menus, post pictures, shop hours, tasting rooms, tours plus many more features. As a user traveling, you will receive notifications on specific specials and promotions when you come within a specific radius. You will be able to rate your experiences at local shops and let others know what your recommendations are.
DrinkLocally
Discover and support local craft breweries with this app. It shows nearby breweries based on your location, allows map scanning for breweries in your area, and lets you favorite your preferred spots for quick access.
- Find nearby breweries
- Scan map for breweries
- Favorite breweries
- Support local craft beer
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DrinkLocally is an app to help support you in your quest for finding and supporting local craft breweries. It can display nearby breweries from your current location, let you scan the map for breweries in your area, and let you favorite your favorite breweries for easy reference later on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DrinkLocally at every 3 weeks against CorkAndBrews's every 10 months. CorkAndBrews's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CorkAndBrews against 5.0 for DrinkLocally. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CorkAndBrews has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CorkAndBrews ships an update every 10 months, DrinkLocally every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on June 1, 2026.
| Parameter | CorkAndBrews | DrinkLocally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CorkAndBrew | Brent Busby |
Customer experience
CorkAndBrews
DrinkLocally
In-app purchases
CorkAndBrews
No in-app purchases
DrinkLocally
No in-app purchases
Questions
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