The Best Social Apps for Nights Out in 2026
The group chat does a lot of heavy lifting on a night out. These apps take some of the load: who's out, where to go, what happened and who owes what.
Our picks by job
| Job | App |
|---|---|
| See which friends are out | ontap |
| Live location for getting home | Find My / Google Maps |
| Rank the bars you love | Beli |
| Find a real-ale pub (UK) | CAMRA Good Beer Guide |
| Rate the beer | Untappd |
| Settle up the rounds | Our round splitter |
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 was built for this: log a beer in one tap, see who's already out on the map, race your friends in squads and get a monthly recap of the nights. It's the thing your group chat was missing.
2. Find My (Apple)
Apple's built-in location sharing: share where you are with chosen friends or family, indefinitely or for an hour.
- Platforms
- iPhone (built in)
- Price
- Free
- Best for
- Simple, private location sharing with a few close people.
- Watch out
- No social feed, no venues, nothing beyond a dot on a map.
3. Beli
Rank restaurants, bars, cafés and bakeries by comparing each new place with ones you've already been to. Builds a personal score and recommendations, with friends' lists in a feed.
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android · Website
- Price
- Free
- Best for
- Food-first people who want a ranked list of favourite spots.
- Watch out
- Built around restaurants; no beer logging, counts or live 'who's out'.
4. 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.
5. 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.
One more thing
The best nights-out app is the one your friends actually have. Pick one, get the group on it, and keep the group chat for the memes.
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 app shows which friends are out?
ontap shows friends who've logged a beer recently on a shared map and in a live list.
Is there an app for planning a pub crawl?
See our guide to pub crawl apps.