BAR-ometer

BARometer answers the two questions every night out starts with: where's the deal, and how packed is it?

EVERY DEAL, ONE PLACE Happy hours, drink specials, food deals, and events from your local bars, gathered from the bars' own public announcements and reviewed by a human before they appear. Filter by day, deal type, or price; search for "wings" or "2-for-1"; see exactly when tonight's specials start and end.

POURCAST — OUR CROWD FORECAST Our own prediction engine blends posted deals, weather, day of week, game days, and 30+ other signals into an hourly crowd estimate for every bar — how busy it is now and how busy it usually gets through the night. When people at the bar file anonymous crowd reports, everyone sees the room as it actually is, within the hour.

HOTSPOTS MAP The whole night on one map: every bar pinned with its live crowd level, from quiet to packed, so you can route the night before you leave the house.

BUILT FOR THE NIGHT

• Open-now timelines for every venue, including late-night closing hours
• "Near me" sorting that never sends your location anywhere — distance is computed entirely on your phone
• Deal provenance shown honestly: where a deal came from and when it was last checked

NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS, NO TRACKING There is nothing to sign up for. No analytics SDKs, no advertising, no identity. The only thing the app ever transmits is an anonymous, random token with crowd reports so the server can rate-limit them — it is tied to no one and tracks nothing.

Deals, hours, cover charges, and crowd levels are estimates synthesized and predicted from public sources. They can be out of date or wrong — always confirm with the venue. BARometer is independent and not affiliated with any listed bar.

Starting with the bars of Tuscaloosa, Alabama — home of the University of Alabama — with more campuses on the way.