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· 7 hours ago

The free consumer app is an easy buy for logging and discovering beers. Untappd for Business fits breweries and bars wanting built-in audience reach, but verify current pricing and expect messy crowd-sourced data.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~40 public sources; many snippets truncated and no published business pricing numbers found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Consumer app

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Untappd for BusinessNot published in sources; 2026 price hike reported

Best for

  • Breweries and taprooms
  • Bars with rotating tap lists
  • Craft beer drinkers (free app)
  • Bottle shops and retailers

Not for

  • Anyone wanting a simple, cheap taplist without a subscription
  • Nano breweries priced out by recent hikes
  • Buyers needing verified, accurate product data
  • Organizations with location-sensitive staff who check in

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

2026 price hike reported for business plans; budget for annual increases before committing.

medium

Guess: menus and check-in history live in Untappd; switching taplist tools means rebuilding.

medium

Crowd-edited beer info can be wrong; fixes depend on volunteers, not your support ticket.

medium

Check-ins broadcast location in real time; risky for staff at sensitive employers.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • World's largest beer community; strong discovery network for venues
  • Digital menus build in minutes
  • Integrates with Toast POS and PourMyBeer
  • More Brewing Co. reports $20k saved with Untappd for Business
  • Free consumer app for check-ins and beer discovery

Cons

  • Crowd-sourced beer data often wrong; breweries publicly complain
  • Mobile app quality widely criticized by longtime users
  • Ratings skew toward American styles and hype
  • Business app described as limited versus competitors
  • No public product security page; URL returns 404

Sources & method

- 10 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; no security page (404), and check-ins have exposed user locations.

official x2review x5security x2news x1
  • Location exposure via check-ins, Forbes reported military personnel exposed sensitive location data by checking in on Untappd.
  • No public security page, returns 404; no published security posture or disclosures found in sources reviewed.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Reported 2026 price hike frustrated brewery customers
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Menus build fast; app quality criticized
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Menus, inventory app, analytics, POS integrations
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 2/5. No public security page; location exposure reports
  • Free Consumer app Core check-ins and discovery
  • Paid subscription Untappd for Business 2026 price hike reported
  • 404 Product security page No public security details
  • Guess: 2010 Founded Owned by Next Glass since acquisition

Pricing

Consumer app

Free

  • Check-ins, ratings, discovery
  • Badges and social features

Untappd for Business

Not published in sources; 2026 price hike reported

  • Digital and print menus
  • Analytics and POS integrations
  • Inventory app available

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; no security page (404), and check-ins have exposed user locations.

  • Location exposure via check-insForbes reported military personnel exposed sensitive location data by checking in on Untappd.⁷
  • No public security pagereturns 404; no published security posture or disclosures found in sources reviewed.⁸

What users say

Users value the beer database and check-in habit but frequently gripe about app performance, rating bias, and rising business pricing.

“Untappd sucks (as an app)”
Reddit, r/beer
“Untappd ratings are horribly biased thowards american ...”
Reddit, r/beer
“Everyone, please stop using Untappd. It is so full of false/ ...”
Facebook, Evil Twin Brewing

Alternatives

Compare Untappd with each alternative.

  • RateBeer

    Long-running review community with deeper written reviews

  • Taplist.io

    Simpler hosted taplist menus for breweries

  • Pourwall

    Simple hosted beer menus with a free tier

    Untappd vs Pourwall

Companies that use it

  • More Brewing Co.
  • Hidden Stories Brewing Company
  • Lost Cause Brewing Co
  • North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild
Full analysis

Based on ~40 public sources; many snippets truncated and no published business pricing numbers found.

Free beer app: yes. Business menus: only if you need the beer network; 2026 price hikes and messy crowd data sting.

Methodology

Based on ~40 public sources; many snippets truncated and no published business pricing numbers found.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Untappd homepageuntappd.com
    official
  2. Untappd for Businessutfb.untappd.com
    official
  3. Untappd sucks (as an app)reddit.com
    review
  4. Untappd ratings are horribly biasedreddit.com
    review
  5. Untappd for Business App Store reviewsapps.apple.com
    review
  6. The Untappd Price Hikebrewlytics.ai
    news
  7. Military personnel exposed by social media appforbes.com
    security
  8. Untappd product security page (404)untappd.com
    security
  9. Evil Twin Brewing on Untappd datafacebook.com
    review
  10. Karpo vs Untappdapp.karpo.ai
    review

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