The 6 Best Beer Tracking Apps in 2026
"Tracking beer" means different things: rating every beer you try, counting what you drink, or remembering where you went and who with. These are the six best apps for each, as of 2026.
The quick answer
| App | Best for | Price | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| ontap | Fast logging and friends | Free (an optional ontap Pro is coming) | iPhone |
| Untappd | Rating every beer | Free, with an optional paid tier (Untappd Insiders) for extra stats and badges | iPhone, Android, web |
| MyDrinkaware | Counting units, cutting down | Free | iPhone, Android |
| BeerMenus | Finding a beer nearby (US) | Free | iPhone, Android, web |
| Pint Please | Rating beers, smaller community | Free (in-app purchases) | iPhone (check Google Play for Android) |
| Swarm (Foursquare) | Remembering every place | Free | iPhone, Android |
How we chose
We looked at how fast it is to log a beer on a night out, what the app does with that log (stats, recaps, ratings, friends), whether it's free, and whether it's still actively maintained in 2026. RateBeer would once have made this list, but it shut down in February 2025.
The best beer tracking apps
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.
ontap's trick is the widget: tap once on your home or lock screen and the beer is logged with the bar you're at, without opening the app. Everything else is built on that log: a map of which friends are out, squads that race each other week by week, badges, Mayors for the person who logs most at a spot, and a monthly Last Call recap.
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.
If you care about the difference between two hazy IPAs, Untappd is still the standard. You search for the exact beer, rate it out of five, and build up a record of every style you've tried. It's slower to log than a tap, which is why many people use Untappd for interesting beers and something quicker for everything else.
3. MyDrinkaware
The UK alcohol charity Drinkaware's free tracker: log drinks to see units and calories, set goals, mark drink-free days and see how your week compares.
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android · Website
- Price
- Free
- Best for
- Anyone mainly trying to keep an eye on units or cut down.
- Watch out
- Not social, and nothing about where you were or who you were with.
4. BeerMenus
Find which bars, restaurants and shops near you pour or sell a particular beer, follow beers and venues for alerts, and keep a simple log of what you drank. Strongest in the US.
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android, web · Website
- Price
- Free
- Best for
- Hunting down a specific beer nearby (mainly US).
- Watch out
- Light on social features; coverage outside the US is thinner.
5. Pint Please
A Finnish-born beer rating app: rate beers, note where you had them and discover new ones, with brewery and pub pages.
- Platforms
- iPhone (check Google Play for Android) · Website
- Price
- Free (in-app purchases)
- Best for
- A smaller, Europe-flavoured alternative to Untappd for rating beers.
- Watch out
- Much smaller community than Untappd.
6. 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.
Which one should you use?
- You go out with the same group most weekends: ontap.
- You want a record of every beer and how good it was: Untappd.
- You want to drink less: MyDrinkaware.
- You want all of the above: plenty of people use ontap for the night and Untappd for the special ones.
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
What's the best free beer tracker app?
ontap, Untappd, MyDrinkaware, BeerMenus and Swarm are all free to use. Which is best depends on whether you want speed and friends (ontap), ratings (Untappd) or unit counting (MyDrinkaware).
Is there a beer tracker that works from the home screen?
Yes. ontap's home and lock screen widget logs a beer, with the venue, in one tap.
What happened to RateBeer?
RateBeer shut down on 3 February 2025 after announcing its closure in December 2024. See our RateBeer alternatives.