Pub? vs CheapestPint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pub?
Discover and track pubs in London and Cambridge. Mark visited locations, earn points for completing postcodes, and compete with friends on leaderboards. Find your next pint with detailed pub information and interactive maps.
- Map 2,500+ pubs
- Mark visited pubs
- Earn points for visits and drinks
- Complete postcodes and areas for bonuses
- Shareable pub card with stats
- Friend leaderboards and comparisons
- Interactive pub map with filters
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Tick off every pub in London and Cambridge. Pub? maps 2,500+ pubs across London and Cambridge. 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 POSTCODES Every pub you visit earns points, and so does every drink you log. Visit every pub in a postcode (SW4, E8, CB1…) for a bonus of up to 100 points, and finish a whole area like SW or N for 1,000. Level up as your score grows. SHARE YOUR PUB? CARD Your postcode map and stats in one picture, made for your story. Tick off five pubs to unlock it, then share it, save it or copy it in a tap. COMPARE WITH FRIENDS Add your mates and climb the friends leaderboard. Tap a friend to see their profile, open their map, or compare it with yours to see who’s ahead in every postcode. Invite friends with a link or QR code and you’re connected straight away. START A LEAGUE Create a private league for your group, club or office. Invite friends from inside the app or share the league code. Heading out? Summon your friends to the pub with one tap. FIND YOUR NEXT PINT Explore an interactive map of pubs. Search by pub name or postcode, and filter by beer garden, live sport, food, opening times and more. Each pub has photos, opening hours, directions and reviews from other drinkers. HELP BUILD THE MAP Add a missing pub or suggest a correction, and earn points when it’s approved.
CheapestPint
Discover affordable drinks across the UK with a crowdsourced map of pub prices. Users submit real-time pricing data, helping you find the cheapest pints in your area. Features include an interactive map and pub crawl generation.
- Crowdsourced pint prices
- Interactive pub map
- Pub crawl generator
- Real-time price updates
- Over 1,000 UK pubs tracked
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Most pubs don't publish prices online. Cheapest Pint is a crowdsourced map of pint prices at over 1,000 UK pubs - built by pub-goers, for pub-goers. See real prices near you: Interactive map showing pubs colour-coded by price Real prices submitted by actual customers Over 1,000 pubs tracked across London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Glasgow, and beyond Introducing pub crawls: Generate a pub crawls for your chosen area. How it works: Just map, tap a pub, see current prices and reports. Found a cheaper pint? Submit your own price and help other drinkers find it too. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Pub? at free against CheapestPint's free with in-app purchases. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Pub? ships an update every 8 days, CheapestPint fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pub? | CheapestPint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fintan Lyons | WILLIAM JAMES HARRIS |
Customer experience
Pub?
CheapestPint
In-app purchases
Pub?
No in-app purchases
CheapestPint
No in-app purchases
