Brewery Explorer vs CorkAndBrews
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!
CorkAndBrews
Discover US wineries, breweries, and distilleries with this app. Plan your trips, find weekly specials, and get notified about promotions. Rate your experiences and share recommendations.
- Directory of US wineries, breweries, and distilleries
- Trip planning functionality
- Notifications for local specials and promotions
- Business promotion features (menus, hours, photos)
- User ratings and recommendations
- Location-based special alerts
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Cork and Brews is a directory of US Wineries, Breweries and Distilleries. It was designed to create an affordable way for businesses to promote their shop on one platform. It can serve as a trip planner that will help customers find multiple shops in a specific area. Businesses can promote weekly specials, post menus, post pictures, shop hours, tasting rooms, tours plus many more features. As a user traveling, you will receive notifications on specific specials and promotions when you come within a specific radius. You will be able to rate your experiences at local shops and let others know what your recommendations are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CorkAndBrews at 5.0 against Brewery Explorer's 4.0. CorkAndBrews also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
CorkAndBrews holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brewery Explorer | CorkAndBrews |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | B Explorers LLC | CorkAndBrew |
Customer experience
Brewery Explorer
CorkAndBrews
In-app purchases
Brewery Explorer
No in-app purchases
CorkAndBrews
No in-app purchases
