Brewery Explorer vs mncraft.beer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brewery Explorer
Discover and connect with craft breweries nationwide. Earn and redeem loyalty tokens at participating locations. Plan your brewery visits and track your exploration.
- Discover local and national breweries
- Earn CAPS loyalty tokens
- Redeem tokens for rewards
- Plan brewery visits
- Track brewery exploration
- Connect with breweries
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Brewery Explorer is dedicated to the craft brewing industry’s biggest fans. You love exploring new breweries, earning incentives and enjoying great beer. If you’re 21+ and have a love for craft breweries, this app is made for YOU! The Brewery Explorer app connects you to breweries in your community, your state and across the country. Use Brewery Explorer to plan and keep track of your exploration and to connect directly with your favorite breweries. With Brewery Explorer you will easily locate, learn about, and check-in with great craft breweries wherever you roam. And now, the app allows thousands of breweries to reward you for visiting them: Gather CAPS tokens from over 8,000 breweries in the United States and, at participating breweries, redeem your CAPS for special at your favorite breweries! Time to go out and earn some CAPS!
mncraft.beer
Discover and track Minnesota's craft breweries. Find directions, hours, and mark visited locations. Sync with Untappd to see your past beer experiences and plan future visits.
- Browse Minnesota breweries
- View brewery directions and hours
- Mark breweries as visited
- Sync with Untappd
- Track visited beers
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Trying to visit all 100+ breweries in MN? The Minnesota Craft Brewery Tracker app allows you to look up information about each brewery (including directions and hours of operation) and mark each brewery as visited. You can also sign in with Untappd to see which beers you've had at each brewery, so you can see which ones you have to try next! Please note: this app is intended for adults over the age of 21. mncraft.beer does not condone or support binge/excessive drinking. mncraft.beer is not responsible for any activities that are the direct or indirect consequences of drinking alcohol and/or using this service. Please drink and use mncraft.beer responsibly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mncraft.beer at 81% against Brewery Explorer's 25%. mncraft.beer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 13). Brewery Explorer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads and device support 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. mncraft.beer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Brewery Explorer asks for nothing beyond the download.
mncraft.beer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mncraft.beer has 1.2K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Brewery Explorer's written reviews are positive against 81% of mncraft.beer's.
| Parameter | Brewery Explorer | mncraft.beer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | B Explorers LLC | The Jed Mahonis Group |
Customer experience
Brewery Explorer
mncraft.beer
Bugs and requests
Brewery Explorer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
mncraft.beer
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and won't let users log in
- Reset password link is broken
- App freezes and crashes frequently
Requested features
2 requests- Android compatibility
- Password reset functionality
In-app purchases
Brewery Explorer
No in-app purchases
mncraft.beer
- Tip Jar: Spare Change$0.99
- Tip Jar: A Full Beer$3.99
- Tip Jar: A Round for the Team$9.99
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- Tip Jar: Seriously?$99.99
