Android App of the Day: RateBeer
Do you consider yourself a beer connoisseur? Do you love beer with a passion and want to shout it from a mountain top? If you are holding a beer right now and shaking your head yes, then you need to check out the RateBeer app for Android. With this app you can instantly start rating and checking out the best local beers your area has to offer. Or if beer equals an excuse to get social, this app is also perfect for connecting with other beer enthusiasts near you. Keep reading to learn more about RateBeer, and we promise to keep the foam on this App of the Day to a minimum.
Pros:
- Search beers and get extensive details, with style and ABV information and recent user ratings
- Get beer details by its scanning barcode
- Find where a beer is available and what beers are available at a certain place
- Top 50 beers overall and by country
- Explore beer styles and the best beers in a style
- Rate beers on aroma, appearance, taste, palate and overall
- Full offline rating; upload when a connection is available again
- Search users and view user details, with dates, number of ratings and recent ratings
- Search places or find local beer places (using your current location); and check in to places
- Open in Google Maps or call directly
- Find beer events per country (and state)
- View an event’s location, times and who’s attending
- Quick add to calendar
- RateBeer Premium users can view other users’ cellars
- Get RateBeer mail notifications, send mail and view a full message history offline
Cons:
- Places feature needs to be updated
- Have to go to a website to create a RateBeer account, can not create account through app
- App goes offline frequently
How it works:
- Download the app
- Create a RateBeer account via http://www.ratebeer.com/newuser.asp
- Login to app with account
- Create a RateBeer profile
- Look up beer information by tapping on Beer Styles for specific style
- Look up places that sell beer near your location by tapping on places
- Tap on a specific place to view the business listing in full, includes address, business phone number, and Google Map direction
- Top 50 feature pulls up the top 50 beer establishments based on user ratings
- Tap on events to view beer related events in your area
- View top beers by country based on user reviews
- Tap on magnifying glass to manually search beers, places, and users
- Tap on the bar code scanner icon to scan a beer and pull up user ratings and style information
- To message and communicate with other RateBeer users, tap on Beer Message to send mail to other users
Conclusion:
As RateBeer started off as an independent world site for craft beer enthusiasts, the app simply brings the best of the desktop site right to your pocket. Perfect companion for the beer lover on-the-go. The app offers up basic features that help enthusiasts learn, discover, and connect with other RateBeer users who share the same passion for craft beer. So, if drinking beer, visiting new breweries, and connecting with other enthusiasts to share your opinion sounds like an ideal Friday night, then download RateBeer now. Cheers and drink responsibly!
RateBeer is available for free in the Google Play Store. Requires Android 1.6 and higher. Play Link
This is part of our Android App of the Day series. We take our favorite app for Android for each day and post it here for you to check out. Feel free to check out all of our App of the Day posts here.
