Comparison

Tap'd vs Rootbox

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

Head to head
About

Tap'd

Discover real-time happy hour deals submitted and verified by a community of users. Find drink and food specials near you with live map integration and advanced filtering options. Save your favorite spots and get notified about upcoming deals.

Highlights
  • Community-submitted deals
  • Deal verification via voting
  • Live map of nearby deals
  • Filter by time, day, and drink type
  • Save favorite deals to folders
  • Offline caching
  • Push notifications
Features
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Find the best happy hours, drink specials, and food deals near you. Tap'd is a community-driven happy hour app where locals submit the deals they find and vote on whether deals are still running. No more guessing whether the special is live - see what the community has confirmed is on tap right now. Key Features: • Submit deals you spot in seconds - snap a photo, paste a URL, or type it in • Vote thumbs-up or thumbs-down on every deal to keep listings honest and current • Live map of nearby restaurants with active deals • "On Tap Now" filter - only show deals running this very moment • Filter by drink type, price, keyword, day, or time • Item-level details with prices and weekly schedules • Save your favorites into folders for "Date Night", "After Work", etc. • Dark mode, offline caching, push notifications Why Tap'd? Most happy-hour info on the web is stale within a month. Tap'd fixes that by putting the community in charge: locals add new deals as soon as they spot them, and every deal carries up/down votes from people who actually showed up. Stale specials get downvoted out of the feed; fresh ones get surfaced fast. The map view is the quickest way to find a deal nearby, and "On Tap Now" shows users particular categories of deals. Tap'd Pro: An optional subscription unlocks: • Deal Value Scores: Good/Great/Amazing ratings on every deal, plus best-value sorting • Service Charges: see hidden fees before you go • Premium Keywords & Keyword Tools: expanded keyword library, plus per-keyword price caps, minimum-savings thresholds, and sorting • Savings Details: exact per-item savings and discount percentages • Deal Starting Alerts: push notifications when deals begin at your saved restaurants • Deal Ending Alerts: a 30-minute heads-up before your checked-in deal expires • Price Filters: narrow deals by budget ($0–5, $5–10, $10–15, $15+) • Unlimited Folders: free accounts get 2 folders; premium is unlimited • Personal Notes: private notes on any restaurant or deal Subscription options: • Weekly: $1.99/week • Monthly: $4.99/month • Annual: $29.99/year Core features are free forever: browse the live map, search nearby restaurants, filter by time/day/drink type/basic keywords, save up to 2 folders of favorites, vote on deals to keep listings accurate, and submit new deals you find. • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. • Privacy Policy: https://www.tapdapp.app/privacy • Terms of Use: https://tapdapp.app/terms

About

Rootbox

Discover and share homemade food and garden goods within your local Denver community. Connect with neighbors to gift, sell, or swap fresh produce and artisanal items. Facilitates simple, trusted local exchanges.

Highlights
  • Browse local listings
  • Post items to gift, sell, or swap
  • Message neighbors for pickup
  • Build trust through exchanges
  • Discover garden goods
  • Find homemade items
Features
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Rootbox is a hyper-local marketplace for homegrown food, plants, and garden goods in Denver, CO. Discover what people near you are growing, making, sharing, selling, and swapping. Browse fresh produce, homemade goods, garden extras, and other neighborhood finds. With Rootbox, you can: • Browse local listings • Post items to gift, sell, or swap • Message neighbors to coordinate pickup • Build trust through local exchanges Whether you have extra tomatoes from the garden, homemade sourdough to sell for a few bucks, or want to see what is available nearby, Rootbox makes local exchange simple.

Screenshots

Tap'd4 screens
Rootbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rootbox at none against Tap'd's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tap'd sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Rootbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tap'd ships an update fortnightly, Rootbox every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tap'd versus Rootbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTap'dRootbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTap'd App LLCPhilip DeBerg

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tap'd

Subscriptions3
  • Tap'd Pro — Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Tap'd Pro — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Tap'd Pro — Annual$29.991 Year
None

Rootbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tap'd free?
Tap'd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rootbox free?
Rootbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tap'd or Rootbox have ads?
Neither Tap'd nor Rootbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tap'd or Rootbox?
Tap'd ships an update fortnightly, and Rootbox every 10 days. Most recently, Tap'd was updated on October 12, 2026 and Rootbox on October 3, 2026.

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