The Best Untappd Alternative in 2026
Most people searching for an Untappd alternative aren't unhappy with Untappd — they want one specific thing it doesn't give them: a private log they own, or a single app that tracks the meal as well as the pour. The catch with switching has always been the same: you'd lose years of check-ins. Crumble removes that catch — it imports your Untappd export, so you arrive with your whole history already on the shelf.
What people actually want from an alternative
- Their data, kept private. A log visible to friends, not the whole internet — and exportable, not locked in.
- One app for food and drink. The restaurant and the brewery on the same map, not two separate habits.
- No ads, no data sale. A tracker that isn't monetising your taste profile.
- A way to bring their history with them. Switching is a non-starter if it means starting from zero.
Why Crumble fits
Crumble keeps the part of Untappd you love — the quick rate-and-log habit — and changes the two things switchers ask for. It's friends-only by default (no public feed, no strangers rating your taste), and it tracks the food you eat on the same map as the beer you drink. Every beer gets a half-star rating and an optional six-axis flavour score (sweetness, bitterness, body, hops, malt, finish) with a radar, and you can filter your shelf by style, brewery, city, or venue, and sort by rating. The whole beer tracker is free.
Bring your Untappd history with you
This is the part that makes switching painless. In Untappd, export your data (Settings → your data); you'll get a CSV or JSON of every check-in. In Crumble, open Profile → Import and upload it. The importer pulls in, per beer:
- name, brewery, style and ABV
- your half-star rating and your written review
- the date and the check-in venue + city (so you can filter by where you drank)
- the photos you took — fetched, downscaled and re-hosted so they're yours, not a hotlink
It shows a progress bar as it works, dedupes so you never get doubles, and re-importing later simply backfills anything new. A few hundred check-ins land in seconds. The same importer also reads Vivino exports for wine and Google Maps / Swarm exports for places.
The one real difference: who's watching
Be clear-eyed about the trade. Untappd is public-community-first: a global check-in stream and community scores built from millions of palates. That scale is its superpower, and no private app can replicate it — if that community is why you open Untappd, keep it. Crumble is friends-only: your log is visible to the people you've accepted and no one else, hosted in the EU with no ads and no data sales. They're built for different rooms — the festival versus the dinner table — and plenty of people run both, with Crumble as the private journal seeded from their Untappd export.
It tracks more than beer
Because Crumble started as a food app, your breweries and taprooms sit on the same map as your restaurants, and there are free tasting journals for wine, coffee, tea, matcha and whisky alongside beer. So "an Untappd alternative" quietly becomes "one app for everything I eat and drink." More on the beer side specifically in how to track the beer you drink and Untappd for food.
What it costs
The beer tracker, the flavour radar, the filters, and the Untappd import are all free. Crumble Plus (€1.99/week, €4.99/month, €29.99/year) only adds AI label scanning and an unlimited wishlist. It runs as a Progressive Web App at crumble.me — iPhone, Android, or desktop, added to your home screen in two taps, no app store needed.
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Still comparing?
For the wider field, see the best restaurant tracking apps, the Vivino alternative for wine, or the full guides hub.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Untappd alternative?
Crumble is the closest free alternative for anyone who wants to keep tracking beer but owns their data and keeps it private. You rate each beer on a half-star scale, score pours on a six-axis flavour radar, and log where you drank them — friends-only by default, no public feed, no ads. The clincher for switchers: it imports your existing Untappd export, so you start with your whole history already in place rather than an empty shelf.
Can I import my Untappd data into Crumble?
Yes. Export your check-ins from Untappd (Settings → your data → export, which gives a CSV or JSON), then in Crumble go to Profile → Import and upload the file. It pulls in every beer with its brewery, style, ABV, your rating, your written review, the date, the check-in venue, and even the photos you took — downscaled and re-hosted so they're yours. Re-importing later is safe: it backfills anything new without creating duplicates.
Is the Untappd alternative free?
Crumble's beer tracker is completely free — logging, half-star ratings, the six-axis flavour radar, venue + style + city filters, and the Untappd import all cost nothing. Crumble Plus (€1.99/week, €4.99/month, €29.99/year) only adds AI label scanning and an unlimited wishlist. No ads and no data sales on either tier; it's hosted in the EU and GDPR-compliant.
How is Crumble different from Untappd?
Two real differences. First, privacy: Untappd is public-community-first (a global check-in stream and community scores), while Crumble is friends-only by default — your log is visible only to people you've accepted. Second, scope: Crumble tracks the food you eat on the same map as the beer you drink, so it's one app for the meal and the pour rather than beer alone.
Do I have to stop using Untappd?
No — plenty of people run both. Keep Untappd for its public community and global beer database, and use Crumble as the private journal underneath, seeded from your Untappd export. The import is a copy, not a migration that locks anything; nothing on the Untappd side changes.