Comparison

Pub? vs PubCrawler

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

Head to head
About

Pub?

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Tick off every pub in London. Pub? maps 2,600+ London pubs. Mark the ones you've been to, watch your map fill up, and compete with your mates to see who's really been everywhere. COMPLETE YOUR POSTCODE Every pub you visit earns points. Visit every pub in a postcode district (SW4, E8, N1…) for a bonus of up to 100 points, and finish a whole area like SW or E for 1,000. Level up as your score grows. FIND YOUR NEXT PINT Explore an interactive map of London's pubs. Search by pub name or postcode district, and filter by beer garden, live sport, food and more. Each pub has photos, opening hours, directions and reviews from other drinkers. COMPETE WITH FRIENDS Add your mates and climb the friends leaderboard. Create a private league with an invite code for your group, club or office. Heading out? Summon your friends to the pub with one tap. MISSING A PUB? Report a missing pub or suggest a correction, and earn points when it's approved. Can you complete the London map? Download Pub? and start ticking.

About

PubCrawler

Features
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Plan the perfect pub crawl, run it live with your mates, and keep every night. BUILD IT IN MINUTES • Search an area, draw a ring on the map, or pick a start and a finish - PubCrawler finds the pubs • Real opening hours, kitchen times and food info for every stop • A smart schedule: how long at each pub, when to leave, when you'll finish • One tap re-orders the route to the shortest walk • Tube stations can be stops too - the journey is part of the plan RUN IT LIVE • Check in pub by pub; the app keeps the whole group on schedule • It spots when you set off and when you arrive - the walk between pubs is part of the crawl • Invite a mate mid-crawl and their phone rings; they can jump straight in and follow along live • House rules at every stop - tag a mate and their phone tells them they're up • Plans change: the host can reshape the route mid-crawl, and a skipped pub stays on the plan, crossed out • A lock-screen banner tracks the whole night, walks and rules included MAKE IT A GAME • Pub golf with live scorecards for the whole group • Snakes and ladders: roll the dice, ride the board, beat the per-pub clock • Side missions: a deck of dares the host deals out, one card at a time REMEMBER IT • Snap photos as you go; everyone's shots land in one shared album • The recap: your route, your stats, everyone's photos, one share card for the group chat • Your history: every crawl you've finished, every pub you've stamped, and the fun facts to settle any argument • Crawls, history and photos follow your account to any phone WITH MATES • Add mates by username, share your crawls, borrow theirs • Photos from a crawl are visible only to the people who were on it - never public DISCOVER • A hand-picked shelf of London crawls to steal for your own night Built for real pubs: no signal in the basement, no problem - everything saves on your phone and catches up later. Last-tube reminders are London-flavoured today; building and running crawls works in any city. No ads. No tracking. No selling your data.

Screenshots

Pub?4 screens
PubCrawler4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pub? and PubCrawler are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pub? ships an update every 9 days, PubCrawler fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pub? versus PubCrawler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPub?PubCrawler
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB70 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperFintan LyonsMax Liddiard

In-app purchases

None

Pub?

No in-app purchases

None

PubCrawler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pub? free?
Pub? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PubCrawler free?
PubCrawler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pub? or PubCrawler have ads?
Neither Pub? nor PubCrawler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pub? or PubCrawler?
Pub? ships an update every 9 days, and PubCrawler fortnightly. Most recently, Pub? was updated on October 2, 2026 and PubCrawler on October 10, 2026.

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