Brewery Hours is a productivity directory for craft beer enthusiasts to verify brewery operating hours on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to avoid the social and logistical cost of arriving at closed breweries, a common failure point in standard search engines.
For Craft beer enthusiasts who plan brewery tours and want to verify operating hours before visiting.
What does it look like?
Key features
Database of craft brewery operating hours with status indicators.
Point-based reward system for check-ins and reporting inaccuracies.
Claimed listing icon for breweries managing their own profile data.
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility supported by advertising and B2B marketing services for breweries.
Velocity
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Brewery Hours has been inactive for over 1000 days, far exceeding the threshold for a zombie classification. The last recorded update introduced a gamification system, but no subsequent development or maintenance has been observed since September 2023. The project appears to be abandoned by its publisher.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Brewery Hours
How's the Productivity market?
The app holds a 4.6-star rating from 25 reviews, but the lack of updates for over 1000 days signals a stagnant market position relative to real-time map competitors.
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Key takeaways for Brewery Hours
Where is it heading?
Users report: The directory market is consolidating around platforms with real-time data ingestion. Brewery Hours remains exposed due to its reliance on manual user contributions and lack of recent technical investment, so the app will likely lose relevance as brewery discovery shifts to platforms with automated data feeds.
- The 34-month update silence indicates the app is in maintenance mode, which prevents it from keeping pace with evolving brewery hours.
The SWOT
- Gamification system incentivizes community-driven data accuracy
- B2B partnerships with breweries for real-time hours management
Next best moves
Audit data accuracy because the 34-month update gap suggests stale listings → restore user trust
The counter-intuitive read
The app's gamification system is not a retention feature…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The competitive assessment has been tightened to explicitly name major mapping incumbents as threats and refine the B2B opportunity focus.
Bottom line
Brewery Hours provides a niche utility for beer enthusiasts, but the 34-month update silence makes it unreliable compared to major map platforms, so the PM must prioritize data verification or sunset the project.
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