Free on iOS & Android

One person plans
the pub crawl.
Everyone else scans in.

Build a walking route between the best pubs near you, then share one QR code. Your whole group lands on the same crawl — same stops, same order, live on their own phone. No list pasted into a group chat, no one lost by the third pub.

Organising for a society or a sports club? Start with the student pub crawl guide.

A list of pub crawl routes, each showing its stop count, walking distance and rating.
Pick a published route or build your own
An invite screen showing a large QR code above a short invitation code.
One QR code gets the whole group on it
A crawl in progress: the current pub, the walk to the next one, and the players who have checked in.
Live check-ins, so you know who is where
A Pub Golf scorecard with a par for each pub and the group ranked by score.
Pub Golf scoring when you want a game on
A user profile showing crawl history, achievement badges and total venues visited.
The photo reel and the stats afterwards

How a crawl actually runs

Four steps. The organiser does the first one; everyone else joins at step two.

  1. Plan the route

    Set a location and how many stops you want and PubCrawl builds the walking route between the best-rated pubs nearby — or hand-pick every stop yourself and drag them into the order you want.

  2. Share one join code

    Start the crawl and you get a join code and a QR code. Everyone scans in and gets the same stops in the same order on their own phone, so latecomers can walk straight to wherever the group has got to.

  3. Check in at every pub

    The group moves together, checks in at each stop, and takes photos as it goes. Pub Golf scoring and the wheel mini-games run alongside if you want a game on.

  4. Keep the night

    One shared photo reel for the whole crawl instead of twelve camera rolls, final scores, and the route saved so you can run it again next term.

Built for the organiser

The plan should not live in a group chat

Whoever organises the night ends up doing all of it: choosing the pubs, answering the same three questions forty times, and standing outside stop four ringing the people who went for chips. PubCrawl is built to take that off them.

Everything the night needs

Route planning, live group tracking and the games, in one app.

Smart route generation

Pick a location and a number of stops, and get a sensible walking route between the best pubs nearby.

Build your own route

Hand-pick the pubs, set the order, and share it privately or publish it for everyone in your city.

Explore local pubs

An interactive map with ratings, opening hours and walking distances, plus a page for every venue.

Pub Golf

Every pub is a hole with a par. Scorecards and a live leaderboard for the whole group.

One shared photo reel

Photos from every stop land in one place, so the whole crawl is in a single reel the next morning.

Group crawls

Invite by QR or code, track progress together, and see who has checked in where in real time.

The community so far

Venues visited
Routes created
Crawls completed

Premium

One person upgrades, the whole group gets it

Everything you need to run a crawl is free. Premium adds the games and the bigger routes — and it applies to whoever is hosting, so if the organiser has it, everyone on that crawl plays.

  • Bigger groups

    A crawl on a free account holds up to 8 players. Premium takes the cap off, which is what a society social needs.

  • Pub Golf mode

    Full scorecards and a live leaderboard across the route.

  • Longer routes

    Up to 12 stops instead of 5.

  • Unlimited routes

    Free accounts keep 3 of their own routes. Premium keeps every one you build.

  • Forfeit and Waterfall

    Two more wheel games on top of the free Categories, No Names and Buy a Drink.

  • No ads

    Nothing between you and the next pub.

A Pub Golf scorecard with a par set for each pub and a live leaderboard for the group.

Questions

The ones we get asked most.

Is PubCrawl free?

The free tier runs a real crawl: build or generate routes of up to five stops, keep up to three of your own routes, run a classic crawl for up to eight people, check in at every pub, and take photos at each stop that stay afterwards. Premium is what a bigger night needs — groups over eight, up to twelve stops, unlimited routes, Pub Golf scoring, the Forfeit and Waterfall wheel games and no ads. Only the host needs it, and everyone on their crawl gets those things without paying anything.

How do my friends join a crawl I have planned?

Creating the crawl gives you an invitation code and a QR code. Everyone else scans the QR or types the code in, and lands on the same crawl with the same stops in the same order on their own phone. There is no route to send round separately, and anyone arriving late can see which pub the group has got to. Everyone joining needs a free account — you cannot join a crawl as a guest.

Can I plan a pub crawl for a big group?

Yes, and it is what the app is built around — though a crawl created on a free account is capped at eight players, so for a society social of fifteen to twenty the organiser needs Premium and nobody else pays. There is a full guide to running one — picking pubs that serve a group fast, splitting rounds into pods, pacing and a freshers week timeline — on the student pub crawls page.

Which cities does PubCrawl cover?

Pubs and bars are listed across the UK, Ireland and beyond, each with its own page carrying hours, photos, menus and reviews. If your city is thin, any route you publish becomes the first one other groups there find.

What is Pub Golf mode?

Each pub on the route is a hole with a par, and the app keeps the scorecard and the leaderboard for the whole group. It is a Premium game mode, and only the host needs Premium for everyone on that crawl to play. It works just as well scored on stops reached, check-in order or a photo challenge at each pub, which keeps everyone in the game including people who are not drinking.

I run a pub — how do I get it listed?

Claim it. Your pub gets a free page with your hours, photos, menu and replies to reviews, and it shows up when people are building a crawl nearby. There is no charge for the page — see for pubs and bars.

Plan your next one in about two minutes

Free on iOS and Android. Build the route, share the code, and let everyone scan in. Free crawls hold up to 8 players and 5 stops; Premium takes both caps off, and only the host needs it.