Pittsburgh Dining vs PubPass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pittsburgh Dining
Discover restaurants in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas with detailed listings including menus, photos, amenities, and reservation options. Find the perfect meal using advanced search filters by name, location, or cuisine type.
- Restaurant listings
- Menus and photos
- Reservation capabilities
- GPS directions
- Advanced search options
- Cuisine type filtering
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AmericasCuisine, The Culinary Encyclopedia of America, now offer an App packed full of restaurant listings for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Every restaurant listing includes menus, photos, restaurant amenities, reservation capabilities and GPS directions to help mobile diners find the best meal in the city. Using advanced search options, pick your restaurant by name, location, cuisine type or meals served with the search option. The Pittsburgh Dining App is supported by AmericasCuisine.com, a Nationwide Dining Guide that diners and travelers have learned to trust over the past 20 years. New Features of the Pittsburgh Dining App include: • One-Tap Reservations - to Easily Find Restaurants that Accept Electronic Reservations • Real Current Menus Approved by each Restaurant • Extensive Search Options • Read extensive restaurant descriptions • Photo Galleries • Social Media Sites for each Restaurant
PubPass
Discover and explore local and national craft beer bars and breweries. Access exclusive deals on beer, such as discounted prices and buy-one-get-one offers, at participating locations. Simply show the app to redeem your savings and digitally stamp your progress.
- Discover bars and breweries
- Exclusive beer deals
- Digital passport stamping
- Nationwide participating locations
- Save on craft beer
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PubPass is America's favorite craft beer passport. It’s the best way to explore great bars & breweries around town and across the country. As a member you’ll have access to beer deals such as $1 beers and 'buy one get one' (BOGO) beers not just in your home city, but at all participating PubPass locations. Simply show the app to your bartender or server to redeem. The best part? The deal will be available again in 30 days. Here's how it works: VISIT A BAR OR BREWERY: Great bars and breweries will appear on your map. SHOW THE APP: Show the app to your bartender or server and they’ll digitally stamp the page. SCORE DEALS ON BEER: Each spot will have a great selection of craft beers available with a special deal for PubPassers. *Deals may vary by city due to state regulations. Click app support for details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PubPass at 52% against Pittsburgh Dining's 0%. PubPass also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). Pittsburgh Dining's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PubPass holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PubPass has 1.7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pittsburgh Dining's written reviews are positive against 52% of PubPass's.
Pittsburgh Dining ships an update every 10 months, PubPass every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pittsburgh Dining | PubPass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 51.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cuisine Development | PubPass |
Customer experience
Pittsburgh Dining
PubPass
Bugs and requests
Pittsburgh Dining
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PubPass
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes on map screen
- App crashes on launch or login screen
- Unresponsive buttons and navigation
Requested features
2 requests- Expand to more locations, especially in Illinois and the Pacific Northwest
- Fix compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
In-app purchases
Pittsburgh Dining
No in-app purchases
PubPass
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pittsburgh Dining free?
Is PubPass free?
Which has better reviews, Pittsburgh Dining or PubPass?
Do Pittsburgh Dining or PubPass have ads?
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