Comparison

Barlytics vs PrimeBites for Restaurants

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

Head to head
About

Barlytics

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Barlytics helps bars and restaurants manage beverage inventory faster. Upload an invoice, count your bottles, and see what's on hand — all in one place. HOW IT WORKS Upload invoices by snapping a photo. Barlytics extracts the line items — product, size, quantity, price — and adds them to your inventory. Count bottles with a purpose-built keypad. Tap whole bottles or estimate partials. Organize counts by zone — main bar, back bar, storage. See your stock at a glance. Know what's in stock, what's running low, and what's out. KEY FEATURES • Invoice scanning — snap a photo, line items extracted automatically • Bottle counting — keypad with partial-bottle estimation • Zone-based counting — organize by bar, storage room, or custom areas • Stock levels — in stock, running low, or out Questions or feedback? Reach us at support@barlytics.ai.

About

PrimeBites for Restaurants

This app helps single-location restaurant owners track their finances. Connect your POS, upload invoices via photo, and instantly see food, beer, wine, and liquor costs. It offers daily and weekly sales and spend tracking by category.

Highlights
  • POS integration
  • Invoice photo upload with AI categorization
  • Food, beer, wine, liquor cost tracking
  • Daily and weekly sales and spend reports
  • Categorized spending by day and week
Features
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PrimeBites — see where your restaurant's money is going. Now in pilot. PrimeBites is a MarginEdge Labs project and is currently in its pilot phase, so you're getting an early look while we keep building and refining it. Built for single-location restaurant owners. Connect your POS, snap a photo of an invoice, and see your food, beer, wine, and liquor costs in seconds. What you get: * Sales and spend tracked by day, week, and category * Snap-a-photo invoice upload — line items automatically categorized using AI for you * Connections to Toast, Square, Clover, SpotOn, and SkyTab * Answer "what did I spend on food last week?" in seconds From MarginEdge Labs, the team behind MarginEdge, trusted by 11,500+ restaurants. PrimeBites is the simpler, faster version — built for owner-operators running the whole show themselves. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Barlytics4 screens
PrimeBites for Restaurants4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Barlytics at none against PrimeBites for Restaurants's 1. PrimeBites for Restaurants's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PrimeBites for Restaurants sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per month. Barlytics asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barlytics ships an update every 3 weeks, PrimeBites for Restaurants every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Barlytics versus PrimeBites for Restaurants: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarlyticsPrimeBites for Restaurants
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarlytics, Inc.MarginEdge

In-app purchases

None

Barlytics

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PrimeBites for Restaurants

Subscriptions1
  • PrimeBites Premium (Monthly)$49.991 Month

Questions

Is Barlytics free?
Barlytics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrimeBites for Restaurants free?
PrimeBites for Restaurants is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Barlytics or PrimeBites for Restaurants have ads?
Neither Barlytics nor PrimeBites for Restaurants shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barlytics or PrimeBites for Restaurants?
Barlytics ships an update every 3 weeks, and PrimeBites for Restaurants every 3 days. Most recently, Barlytics was updated on November 5, 2026 and PrimeBites for Restaurants on November 5, 2026.

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