Brewery Explorer vs DrinkLocally
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!
DrinkLocally
Discover and support local craft breweries with this app. It shows nearby breweries based on your location, allows map scanning for breweries in your area, and lets you favorite your preferred spots for quick access.
- Find nearby breweries
- Scan map for breweries
- Favorite breweries
- Support local craft beer
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DrinkLocally is an app to help support you in your quest for finding and supporting local craft breweries. It can display nearby breweries from your current location, let you scan the map for breweries in your area, and let you favorite your favorite breweries for easy reference later on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DrinkLocally at 5.0 against Brewery Explorer's 4.0. DrinkLocally also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). Brewery Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). 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.
DrinkLocally holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brewery Explorer has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brewery Explorer ships an update every 10 months, DrinkLocally every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brewery Explorer | DrinkLocally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| 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, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | B Explorers LLC | Brent Busby |
Customer experience
Brewery Explorer
DrinkLocally
In-app purchases
Brewery Explorer
No in-app purchases
DrinkLocally
No in-app purchases
Questions
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