TableBud vs BeerFinderBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TableBud
Discover, remember, and share dining experiences with friends. This app personalizes food discovery by focusing on your social network for trusted recommendations, moving beyond anonymous reviews.
- Track restaurant visits on a map
- Rate meals with color-coded reviews
- Get friend recommendations
- Discover new dining spots
- Share dining experiences
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Dining is more than food — it’s about the people you share it with and the memories you create. But keeping track of favorite restaurants, remembering where you’ve eaten, and finding new places based on trusted recommendations isn’t always easy. That’s where TableBud comes in. Your Social Dining Companion TableBud helps you discover, remember, and share dining experiences with your friends. Instead of relying on overwhelming review sites and anonymous opinions, TableBud makes food discovery personal by putting your network at the center of the experience. With TableBud you can: Track your restaurant visits on an interactive map Rate meals quickly with simple color-coded reviews See trusted recommendations from friends wherever you go Download TableBud Today Discover, dine, and remember with your buds. Make every meal memorable, every recommendation personal, and every city feel like home
BeerFinderBuddy
Discover nearby craft breweries, taprooms, bars, and bottle shops with an interactive map. Log beers you've tried, add tasting notes, and even scan cases with AI to identify beers. Earn rewards for contributions to unlock an ad-free experience.
- Discover nearby breweries, bars, and shops
- Interactive map with adjustable search radius
- Detailed venue information (address, hours, website)
- Personal beer log with ratings and tasting notes
- AI-powered beer scanning from photos
- Community beer catalog with user contributions
- Earn rewards for app contributions
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Find craft breweries, taprooms, bars, and bottle shops wherever you go. Beer Finder Buddy puts every great drinking destination near you on a single map. Plan a brewery tour, find a new bottle shop in an unfamiliar city, or just discover what's around the corner you didn't know existed. WHAT YOU GET Discover nearby venues Tap the map to see craft breweries (orange markers) and bars, taprooms, and bottle shops (blue markers) within your search radius. Adjust from 2 miles up to 50 miles. Switch to the list view for a distance-sorted feed you can search by name, city, or state. One-tap actions Tap any venue for its address, hours, phone, website, and beer styles. Hit Directions to open it in Maps, Call to reach them instantly, or Web to visit their site. Track every beer you try Keep a personal log of beers you've sampled, ones you want to try, and where you found them. Rate them 1-5 and add tasting notes. Search a community catalog of thousands of beers powered by Open Food Facts and contributions from other beer fans. Scan a case with AI Open the camera, snap a photo of a fridge, cooler, shelf, or case. Our AI vision model identifies every beer in the image. Pick which to save and log them in seconds. Add anything missing Don't see a beer in the catalog? Add it. Your entry is shared with the community for everyone else to find. Earn rewards for contributing Every sighting earns 5 points. Adding a new beer earns 25. Scanning a case earns 50. A daily check-in earns 1. Redeem points for an ad-free experience: 500 for a week, 2,000 for a month, 10,000 for a year. Privacy-respecting We collect no name, email, or phone number. An anonymous account is created when you first launch. Location is used only to query nearby venues and to attach a location to sightings you create. Photos uploaded for AI scan go to your private cloud folder. PERFECT FOR - Craft beer enthusiasts hunting new releases - Travelers planning brewery tours in unfamiliar cities - Designated drivers needing to find bottle shops on the way home - Beer event-goers tracking what they've tried - Anyone curious what's behind the door of a taproom they've walked past ABOUT THE DATA Brewery information comes from Open Brewery DB, bar and bottle shop data from OpenStreetMap, and beer details from Open Food Facts. Hours and contact info change frequently — confirm with the venue before traveling. ABOUT ADS We show small banner ads on the Map and List screens. No interstitials. No takeover ads. Earn points by using the app and redeem them to remove ads entirely. AGE 17+ The app references alcohol and is intended for users 17 or older. Please drink responsibly — if you've been drinking, do not drive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TableBud at none against BeerFinderBuddy's shown. TableBud also leads on ratings volume (37 vs 2) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). BeerFinderBuddy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. 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 TableBud against 5.0 for BeerFinderBuddy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TableBud has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TableBud ships an update weekly, BeerFinderBuddy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TableBud | BeerFinderBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | TasteBuds Holdings | Alexander Floyd |
Customer experience
TableBud
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In-app purchases
TableBud
No in-app purchases
BeerFinderBuddy
No in-app purchases
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