Beli Alternatives for Bars and Pubs (2026)
Beli made ranking restaurants fun, and it covers bars too. But if your list is more pubs than plates, these apps are built around drinking spots and nights out.
1. ontap
Log a beer in one tap from a home or lock screen widget, with the bar you're at. See which friends are out on a shared map, race your friends in squads, earn 30+ badges and become Mayor of your local. Every month you get Last Call, a recap worth sharing.
- Platforms
- iPhone · App Store
- Price
- Free (an optional ontap Pro is coming)
- Best for
- Groups of friends who go out together and want logging to take one tap.
- Watch out
- No beer-by-beer ratings or tasting notes, and no Android app yet.
Where Beli ranks places by comparison, ontap ranks them by what you actually do: your most-logged spots, your go-to night and who's Mayor of each bar. Friends' favourite spots show up on the map, so recommendations come from people you know.
2. Untappd
The best-known beer check-in app: scan or search a specific beer, rate it, add notes and photos, and collect badges. Huge beer database and venue menus from bars that use Untappd for Business.
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android, web · Website
- Price
- Free, with an optional paid tier (Untappd Insiders) for extra stats and badges
- Best for
- Beer geeks who want to rate every individual beer they try.
- Watch out
- Logging means finding the exact beer each time, which is slow on a night out. Less about seeing which friends are out right now.
3. Swarm (Foursquare)
Check in to any place, from pubs to airports, keep a searchable history of everywhere you've been and see friends' check-ins. Took over Foursquare City Guide's features in 2024.
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android · Website
- Price
- Free
- Best for
- People who want a diary of every place they go, not just bars.
- Watch out
- No beer counting, recaps or drinking-specific features.
4. CAMRA Good Beer Guide app
The Campaign for Real Ale's guide to thousands of UK pubs serving good real ale, with pub details and maps, from the people behind the printed Good Beer Guide.
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android · Website
- Price
- Check the App Store for the current price
- Best for
- Real-ale fans looking for a proper pub anywhere in the UK.
- Watch out
- UK only and no social or logging features.
Keep Beli for food
Beli is excellent for restaurants. Plenty of people use Beli for dinner and ontap for what happens after.
ontap is the free iPhone app for logging beers in one tap and seeing which friends are out.
Get ontap free on the App StoreFAQ
Is there a Beli for bars?
ontap is built around bars and pubs: one-tap logging, your top spots, Mayors of each bar and friends on a map.