A VIP club app for breweries and taprooms

By the Nomback team, who build ordering apps for independent restaurants · Updated October 30, 2026

How it works

1. We set up the app with your name, logo, club perks and food menu.
2. Members join in the app. They show the perk on their phone and your staff apply the discount at the register.
3. Push a notification for a new release or a tap takeover, and let members spin once a day for a food or merch prize.

What it costs

No commission on any order and no fee added to your customers. Card payments go through Stripe at 2.9% + 30¢. Apple charges $99 a year and Google $25 once for the developer accounts, which are in your name. Month to month, and live in about two weeks. Full pricing.

What a taproom club needs from an app

• A member card on the phone. Status and expiration date on one screen, so staff can see at a glance who is current.
• Perks that reset on a schedule. A weekly discount, a monthly free item or a birthday reward that locks after it's used and comes back on its own.
• No POS project. Staff ring up the discount the way they do today. That works with Toast, Square, Clover or any other register.
• A reason to open the app. One spin a day and a push when something new goes on tap.

Standard app or custom build?

The standard $99 app covers a stamp card, monthly memberships billed through Stripe, a daily spin and push notifications. Most single-location taprooms can launch a club on that.

Custom builds are quoted per project. Send the list of what yours has to do and you get a working preview and a written price.

Careful with beer as the prize

Many states limit giving away alcohol or tying a free drink to a purchase, and the rules differ from state to state. Check with your state's alcohol board before you make beer a spin prize or a free member perk. Food, merch and discounts on food are the safe default, and they are what we set up unless you tell us your state allows more.

Your name in the App Store, your members

The app is published under your brewery's own Apple and Google developer accounts. Apple's guideline 4.2.6 says apps built from a template service "will be rejected unless they are submitted directly by the provider of the app's content" (Apple), so this is how it has to be done, and it means the listing and the member list are yours.

Questions owners ask

Does it connect to Toast or my POS?

It doesn't need to. The member shows the perk on their phone and your staff apply the discount at the register.

Can members pay for the club in the app?

Yes. Monthly memberships are billed through Stripe on the card the member adds. Stripe charges 2.9% + 30 cents per charge. Annual plans are a custom request.

We already have a club and a member list. Can you move it?

Usually. That is a custom build: tell us what you have and we'll say what can come across.

Can a prize be a free pint?

That depends on your state's alcohol rules. Check first. We default to food, merch and discounts.

Can I announce a new release to members?

Yes. You can send a push notification to everyone who has your app at no extra cost.

What does it cost?

$99 a month and $399 setup for the standard app, no commission. Custom builds get a written quote first.

Related: An ordering app for bars and grills, Sell monthly memberships in your restaurant's app, White-label restaurant apps: what they are and what they cost.

Sources

1. Apple App Store Review Guidelines (4.2.6)
2. Stripe pricing
3. Nomback pricing
4. Nomback custom builds

Prices and fees were checked on October 30, 2026. They change, so check the source before you decide.