Comparison

Barzo vs Spawt

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

Head to head
About

Barzo

Discover local bars and venues in your city with exclusive perks. Enjoy up to 8 free drinks monthly at participating locations and track your redemptions easily. Elevate your social outings and explore new neighborhoods.

Highlights
  • Discover local bars and venues
  • Explore different neighborhoods
  • Up to 8 free drinks monthly
  • Track drink credits and redemption history
  • Find participating locations
Features
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Barzo is where Tampa Bay links up, your #1 source for events and the spots that actually hit. Part city guide, part social scene, part “who’s out right now?” energy. If it’s happening tonight, it’s on Barzo. This is not another going out app. Barzo is a community built around bars, bartenders, and real nights out. Roll with your friends, meet new people out in the wild, and stay tapped into what is next without the guesswork. What you can do on Barzo • Find events fast: curated events, drink specials, live music, and venue experiences • Discover bars and venues: find new favorites and keep up with the ones you already love • Shoot Your Shot: meet singles in Tampa Bay with 8 daily matches, smile to connect, no awkward openers • Barzo Social: see what people are on and what is popping across the community • Post and Pour: check in, post a photo, earn a free drink at participating spots • Buy Friends a Drink: send a drink to your people right from the app Drink and be responsible. Take care of your people. Never drink and drive.

About

Spawt

Effortlessly plan and remember group outings. Discover nearby venues, create itineraries, and share them instantly via QR code. Keep track of friends' locations and collect all shared photos in one place.

Highlights
  • Discover nearby venues
  • Build custom outing plans
  • Share plans with QR codes
  • Track friends' locations
  • Collect shared photos
  • AI review summaries
Features
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Spawt makes going out with friends effortless, from finding the spot to remembering the night. Scroll or swipe through the best places near you for food, drinks, and activities. Save the ones you like, build them into a plan, and share the whole night with your friends using a single QR code. DISCOVER SPOTS NEAR YOU Browse restaurants, bars, cafés, and things to do around you. Scroll the list or swipe through cards, whatever's faster with photos, AI review summaries, hours, and details all in one view. BUILD YOUR PLAN Stack your favorite spots into one plan, from food to drinks to whatever's next. Everything for the night, lined up and ready to go. SHARE WITH A QR CODE Going out as a group? Share your plan instantly with a QR code. Friends scan, join, and they're in — no group chat chaos, no figuring out the lineup five separate times. KEEP THE OUTING TOGETHER Once the plan's live, see where everyone is during the outing. No more "where are you guys?" texts or standing around wondering who's running late, know where your friends are at every stop. NEVER LOSE THE PHOTOS Everyone takes photos and then forgets to send them, and the best moments get lost. Spawt keeps every photo from the outing in one shared place, so the whole crew can come back later, look through the night, and save their favorites. Whether it's a casual Friday, a birthday, or a spontaneous day out, Spawt takes the stress out of planning and keeps everyone together before, during, and after. Spawt is completely free, download it and make your next outing one to remember. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://spawtout.com/privacy

Screenshots

Barzo4 screens
Spawt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spawt at 5.0 against Barzo's 4.5. Spawt also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Barzo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and monetization model 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. Spawt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Barzo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spawt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Barzo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spawt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barzo ships an update every 9 days, Spawt every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Barzo versus Spawt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarzoSpawt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (24 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB26 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperBarzo, inc.yasser boutarf

Customer experience

Barzo

All ratings24 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Spawt

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Barzo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Spawt

Subscriptions2
  • Spawt Pro$3.997 Days
  • Spawt Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Barzo free?
Barzo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spawt free?
Spawt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Barzo or Spawt?
Spawt is rated higher. Barzo averages 4.5 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Spawt averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Barzo or Spawt have ads?
Barzo shows ads; Spawt does not.
Which is updated more often, Barzo or Spawt?
Barzo ships an update every 9 days, and Spawt every 4 days. Most recently, Barzo was updated on November 12, 2026 and Spawt on November 13, 2026.

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