Comparison

Punters vs OnSiren

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

Head to head
About

Punters

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Punters is the fastest way to find your next pub in London. Open the app and every pub around you is already on the map โ€” with walking distance, opening hours, and what it's actually like inside. FIND THE RIGHT PUB Filter by what matters: beer garden, live sport, real ale, dog friendly, Sunday roast, late licence, pool table. Tap any pub for photos, hours, ratings and directions. THE BOARD See what events are on near you, what your friends are up to and read through our curated collections like "best beer gardens" and "pubs open past 11pm". YOUR PUB PASSPORT Stamp every pub you visit and build your own map of London, one pint at a time. Save favourites so you never lose that place you found once and couldn't find again. BOOK A TABLE Reserve a table at participating pubs in a few taps. Pick your date, time, party size and where you'd like to sit. BUILT BY LOCALS, NOT A CHAIN Pub data is curated by hand, not scraped and forgotten. Spotted something wrong? Tell us in the app and we'll fix it. No ads. No tracking. No nonsense. Punters is free. You can browse the whole map without an account. Sign up only if you want to save favourites, add your friends, stamp your Passport or book a table. You must be 18 or over to create an account. Privacy policy: https://puntersapp.uk/privacy

About

OnSiren

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OnSiren is a real-time shared awareness and threat intelligence platform for the UK's SIA-licensed security officers. YOUR LOCAL THREAT INTELLIGENCE Alpha One, the AI in the system, briefs you on what's happening around you: what's changed, what to look out for. And it warns you the moment things change. REPORT IN SECONDS See something worth knowing? One press reports it to the officers around you, with the location. Everybody who needs to know, knows at once. A RADIO IN YOUR POCKET Push-to-talk with the officers nearby. Press and hold to speak. Hear what's said around you, live. BUILT FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONALS A network for security officers. You need a valid SIA licence to join. Privacy: onsiren.com/privacy ยท Terms: onsiren.com/terms What's New: Get briefed on what's happening around you. Report incidents in seconds. Push-to-talk with the officers nearby.

Screenshots

Punters4 screens
OnSiren4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Punters ships an update every 6 days, OnSiren weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Punters versus OnSiren: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuntersOnSiren
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days โ€” betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB124 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLDF Productions LtdOnSiren Limited

In-app purchases

None

Punters

No in-app purchases

None

OnSiren

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Punters free?
Punters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OnSiren free?
OnSiren is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Punters or OnSiren have ads?
Neither Punters nor OnSiren shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Punters or OnSiren?
Punters ships an update every 6 days, and OnSiren weekly. Most recently, Punters was updated on October 19, 2026 and OnSiren on October 13, 2026.

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