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Baby Crawler is free for everyone. The other three open with a one-time unlock — $5 for Basic, $10 for Advanced, $15 for Legendary, or $20 for all three together — or on their own once you've earned enough Crawl Points (50 / 300 / 1,200). Purchases open at launch through Google Play and the App Store; during alpha, testers open tiers with an unlock code (Profile → Help & Support → Unlock code). You can still upload crawls of any tier.

Every bar is worth 3 points when your phone confirms you're there — the GPS check-in or the bar's QR code. Points bank when you finish the crawl. Skipped or unconfirmed stops pay nothing, and repeating a crawl you've already finished doesn't pay again. On a Sponsored crawl, the sponsoring bar's stop pays double (6 points). If a crawl's tier isn't open on your account you can still go along for the ride, but you won't bank points.

Events are group crawls with a set start time — sign up and go together. The four tiers on Home are for planning your own night out, whenever you like.

Yes. In any crawl library, tap Map under the sort and distance buttons. Each pin is a bar where a crawl starts — tap it to see those crawls and open one. The app remembers whether you like Cards or Map. A green glow is the crawl you're on right now, blue is the one you pinned as your next crawl, and gold marks a Sponsored crawl — the same colours on the cards. Sorting by Fully Walkable or Needs a Ride also filters the map to just those crawls.

Local rankings use your home location and the radius you pick on the Ranks screen (5–100 miles). Make sure your home location is set in Profile → Account Details.

Invites are requests. Your friend gets it the next time they open the app and joins only when they tap Accept. You'll be told either way.

A team banks points when at least two teammates do the same crawl together and every one of them checks all the way through.

Every photo and comment is reviewed before it's shown to everyone. Yours will say "pending review" until then. Anything with nudity or abuse is rejected.

Claiming your bar is free. Go to getpubcrawler.com/owners (or tap "Manage it in the owner portal" on your bar's card in the app) and sign in with the claim code we issue you. A free listing gets 2 photos, a short blurb and check-in QR codes. Bar Owner Packs are optional extras.

Yes. Open it and tap "Delete this crawl" (or event) at the bottom. Anyone on it or signed up for it is notified and shown similar crawls with some of the same bars.

Yes, if you turn it on. Go to Profile → Phone notifications → Turn on and allow notifications when your phone asks. You'll get a buzz, even with the app closed, when someone invites you to a crawl or asks to join yours, sends a friend request, or asks to join a team you run. You can switch each kind off on the same screen. On an iPhone, add Pub Crawler to your Home Screen first.

Tap on any photo or comment, or Report / Block on a person's profile. Reports go to a moderator and are reviewed within 24 hours; blocking hides that person's posts, requests and invites from you right away, and they aren't told.

Open the bar's card, find your comment and tap the ✕ next to it. Only you (and our moderators) can remove your posts.

Unlocks are one-time and stay on your account for good. If something went wrong with a purchase, contact us below with the email on your account and we'll sort it out.

Open the app, go to Profile → Help & Support → Common questions, open How do I delete my account? and tap Delete my account now. Your profile, points, crawls you uploaded, ratings, photos, comments, QR check-ins and phone-notification sign-up are removed right away and can't be brought back.

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