YOUR CRAWL.
YOUR RULES.
Every bar is a hole. Every sip is a stroke. Lowest score wins.
The AI Planner maps a walkable route from live map data in seconds. Play 9 or 18 holes, follow it live on the map, gather your crew, and save a painted scorecard.
Got a 6-letter code from a friend? Play in your browser - no download required.
Have a crawl to share? Build it in the Library and post it for the world.
Every bar is a hole.
Every sip is a stroke.
Lowest score wins. Track the whole night like a round of golf.
Built for the crew
EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR A NIGHT OUT
AI Bar Crawl Planner
Type a city, pick a vibe - dive, craft, brewery, classy night. Real walkable routes from live map data in seconds, laid out on a live map you follow stop to stop. Pick a 9- or 18-hole round and edit any hole before you tee off.
Hall of Fame
Trophy room - every player banks achievements between crawls. Par Perfect, Long Round, Ace Hunter, Mileage Master. Painted gold/silver/bronze cards you can share.
Crawl Library & Templates
Pull from a library of 100+ hand-built walkable crawls across 40+ cities, sourced from OpenStreetMap, or start in seconds from 14 ready-made templates - Friday Night Out, Birthday, Tailgate, Bachelor/ette, Date Night, Pub Golf Classic, Dive-Bar Tour, St. Paddy's, Halloween, NYE and more. Save your own favorites, pull them up next time, and share any route with a 6-letter code. Auto-moderated for explicit names so the lobby stays painted, not gross.
Course Marshal
Live spectator view for friends watching from home. Names, scores, hole-by-hole progress. Built-in 'where are they now?' map for designated drivers.
Painted Lobby
The gathering room before the first hole - players join, host picks the route, group toasts the round into motion. Every detail painted.
Painted Postcard Share
Every finished round drops a hand-drawn 1080×1920 PNG straight into Stories - players, scores, course art, all painted.
Schedule & Smart Reminders
Lock in a crawl ahead of time - pick a date and the iPhone app sends a morning 'crawl today' heads-up and a 'tee time soon' nudge ~30 minutes out. Opt in to the rest: rate-your-round and share-your-scorecard after the night winds down, a 'your crew is here' ping when friends join, plus tournament bracket alerts. On the last hole, a 'call a ride home' safety reminder loops in your DD or nudges everyone to grab a cab. Mute any category; nothing fires unless you switch it on.
The 9×9 Challenge
A baseball-style twist on the crawl - nine innings, nine sips of headroom. Bank runs, draw a walk, strike out. Timed rounds add a per-inning stopwatch so an exact tie breaks on the fastest hand.
Crew Chat & Live Status
Talk trash and toast the round in the in-lobby crew chat with one-tap reactions, while the scorecard shows every player's bar-by-bar status live - who's where, who's up, who's leading.
Designated Driver Mode
Anyone can flag themselves the DD before tee-off - their score locks at zero, they get a painted halo and DD chip, and the night celebrates the Designated Driver as a hero stat. Drink responsibly. 21+.
Export Your Scorecard
Save or share your painted scorecard any time - mid-round or after the last hole. One tap renders every player's strokes, pars and birdies onto the hand-painted card and hands you a crisp PNG to keep, text to the crew, or post.
Tournament Mode
CROWN A CHAMPION
Stack a whole night into a bracket. Up to 16 crews, each playing the same crawl on their own phone - you log the final strokes, lowest total advances, and the painted bracket fills in round by round until one crew takes it all.
Share a 6-letter code and the bracket syncs live across every device - crews and spectators watch it update in real time. No accounts, no setup, just the night.
How It Works
THREE TAPS TO TEE OFF
Pick your route
Start from one of 14 crawl templates, build a custom route, browse the public Library, or let the AI Planner generate one.
Invite the crew
Share a 6-letter code or link. Friends join from any phone - iOS or browser.
Score every sip
Tap the dial as you drink. Lowest total wins. Group toasts, chat, and live leaderboards keep it tight.
Try it now
INTERACTIVE SCORECARD SIMULATOR
Select a hole, adjust sips, and try the group toast button!
Pint Pub - Par 4
LIVE LEADERBOARD
From Inside the App
EVERY HOLE. EVERY SIP. EVERY CLINK.
Painted scorecard with every player tracked
Illustrated route between every bar
Live leaderboard the whole group sees
Questions
BEFORE YOU TEE OFF
Do I need to download the app to play?
Not if a friend shared a code - tap Join Crawl above and play right in your browser. The full iOS app gives you native haptics, on-device reminders, the AI Planner, and the ability to build & share your own crawls.
Is it really like golf?
Every bar is a hole. Every sip is a stroke. Each bar has a par (how many sips it should take). Score under par for bragging rights, over par for penalty rounds. Lowest total wins.
How many people can play?
A single crawl runs from solo up to ~12 players - the host shares a 6-letter code and friends join from any phone, with spectators watching free. Want a bigger night? Tournaments bracket up to 16 separate crews into a single-elim showdown and crown one champion.
Will I get notifications?
On the iPhone app you can opt in to gentle on-device reminders - a rate-your-round / share-your-scorecard nudge after the night winds down, a 'your crew is here' ping when friends join your lobby, and tournament bracket alerts. They're off by default, you can mute any category, and they never fire while you're already in the app. In the browser you can opt in to live alerts (bar moves, score updates) while a round is open - but reminders that fire after you close the tab are app-only.
Can I plan a crawl for a future night?
Yes. Pick a date and time when you build the crawl and it's saved as upcoming, ready to share. On the iPhone app you can opt in to a morning 'crawl today' heads-up and a 'tee time soon' nudge about 30 minutes before it kicks off, so the crew shows up on time.
Are the bars real?
Yes - the curated Crawl Library is 100+ hand-built crawls across 40+ cities, sourced from OpenStreetMap with real bar names and real street addresses, each laid out on a live walkable map. The AI Planner builds routes from live map data, and the public Crawl Library grows from routes other players share in your city. If your city isn't curated yet, the AI Planner has you covered.
What if someone loses track of a hole?
The host can edit any player's score from the SCORECARD tab. Use mulligans (1-3 per round, host-set) to wipe a hole entirely. Real-time sync keeps the whole crew on the same page.
Is it safe and responsible?
Bar Crawl Golf is a tracker, not an encourager - the lowest score wins, so the math rewards restraint. Hard age gate at first launch - 21+ in the US, 18+ in most of Canada/UK/Europe. Per-hole caps are enforced. Hydration reminders fire mid-round, a Get-A-Ride button surfaces at round-end, and the Designated Driver achievement is celebrated as the hero stat. Drink water. Know your limit. Get a ride home. SAMHSA Helpline 1-800-662-HELP, free + 24/7.
Coming Next
THE NEXT ROUND.
Ride-Home Toolkit
Designated Driver mode is already in the app. Next up: tap-to-call ride buttons and a where-is-everyone map to get the whole crew home safe.
Pace Caddie
Painted caddie nudges you between holes. Steady hand. Glass of water. Restraint rewarded, never escalation.
Got Ideas?
TELL BEN.
Found a bug? Got an idea? Want a custom crawl in your city? Drop a line.
I read every email · bensachwitz@gmail.com
Hall of Fame
BANK A TROPHY EVERY ROUND
Painted gold, silver, and bronze cards you carry between crawls. Share a stat that earns its keep - and watch them stack up in your painted season yearbook.
Also from Ben
MY DAILY TOOL.
The all-in-one daily companion - meals, news, notes, planner, habits, and a built-in arcade. One free download, no accounts, every feature works offline.
Your Crawl · Your Rules
GET THE GAME.
BRING THE NIGHT.
The painted bar-crawl scorecard for iPhone. Free to download.
Already invited? Tap Join Crawl to play in your browser - no app needed.