# Backbar

> The Easy Bar Inventory App

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1461796151](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1461796151)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1461796151`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Vermont Information Processing, Inc
- **Category:** Food & Drink
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (32 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.29
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-12
- **First published:** 2019-05-18
- **Size:** 32 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/backbar/id1461796151)
- **Website:** [https://www.getbackbar.com](https://www.getbackbar.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.getbackbar.com/legal/privacy-policy](https://www.getbackbar.com/legal/privacy-policy)

## Description

The easiest path to inventory control for bars and restaurants.

Backbar helps restaurants and bars increase profitability, decrease COGS, and run a more efficient beverage program. Backbar, the only free bar inventory app, saves hours on counting inventory and simplifies bar management. Backbar not only solves inventory management, but also streamlines vendor purchasing and tracking, menu costing, and financial tracking. Here are some of the many features of Backbar:

- Quickly count inventory across many locations, devices and users, syncing in real-time
- Count inventory in multiple locations and on multiple devices simultaneously
- Scan barcodes to instantly find and count products
- Streamline purchasing by sending orders to all your distributors with a single tap
- Track past orders and invoices for all your distributors
- Connect to your point-of-sale (POS) system for real-time inventory depletions
- Save digital invoices easily by taking a photo
- Connect to over 1,300 beverage suppliers for automated product updates and cost changes
- Educate staff with tasting notes and drink information
- Cost out cocktail recipes and optimize menu pricing
- Quickly add a new item from our global database of over 300,000 wines, beers, spirits and other beverages

Download the app today and make beverage management easier with Backbar

## Rankings

- #224,891 — Overall

## Review summary

Backbar is widely praised for saving time on inventory and ordering, strong reporting, POS integration, and a user-friendly interface, with a free tier that helps budget-conscious bars. Common downsides include bugs and instability after updates, especially around inventory input and decimals, setup hurdles with inventory locations, and server-dependent data storage. Some users also report onboarding issues with the free tier. Overall, it’s a powerful digitization tool that works well when it’s stable.

### Pros

- Significant time savings on inventory and ordering.
- Robust reports and analytics for sales, stock, pricing, and profitability.
- POS integration allowing centralized tracking of sales and profits.
- Very user-friendly with easy setup and intuitive UI.
- Free tier available, making it a cost-effective option for bars.

### Cons

- Frequent bugs and instability after updates, especially around inventory input (numbers and decimals) and general responsiveness.
- Challenges editing inventory locations or setting up organization input, blocking progress.
- Reliance on a server with data not stored locally, risking access during outages.
- Onboarding and account issues with the free tier, including account closures and marketing emails.

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