Digital tally lists for clubs: Beer after Mission, Club Coaster & Club Fridge compared
Looking for a digital tally list? Three solutions compared
More and more clubs are ditching the tally list on the fridge and booking drinks digitally. Three solutions come up especially often: Beer after Mission, Club Coaster and Club Fridge. All three digitize drink billing and connect to Vereinsflieger - but in detail they take very different approaches. This comparison gives you an honest look at prices, features and hardware.
Beer after Mission
Beer after Mission (BaM) is the digital tally list and drink list for flying clubs - completely free and with no hardware. Members book on their phone or at a shared tablet in the clubhouse (protected by a PIN code). There is an optional Vereinsflieger integration or a CSV import, a QR code login for the phone and full GDPR compliance with hosting in Frankfurt. Best of all: BaM installs straight from the website as a Progressive Web App (PWA) onto your home screen - it then launches full screen and behaves almost like a real app, with no detour through an app store.
Price: free forever, "pay what you want".
Club Coaster
Club Coaster is the "digital beer mat" for your clubhouse. Members log their consumption on their smartphone, with no extra hardware at all. It offers a Vereinsflieger integration, purchases on behalf of others, QR code access and native apps for iOS and Android.
Price: two months free to try, then 10 € per month per club.
Club Fridge
Club Fridge relies on its own hardware: a self-built Raspberry Pi terminal with an RFID and barcode scanner at the fridge, optionally even with a fridge lock. Members book directly at the terminal or on their phone, billing runs automatically and can be handed over to Vereinsflieger.
Price: from 50 € per year for the software plus roughly 200 € one-off hardware cost (self-built), 30 days free to try.
The comparison at a glance
Feature | Beer after Mission | Club Coaster | Club Fridge |
|---|---|---|---|
Price | Free forever (pay what you want) | 10 €/month (2 months free) | from 50 €/year + approx. 200 € hardware |
Hardware required | No | No | Yes - Raspberry Pi terminal with RFID & barcode |
Operation | Phone + tablet/kiosk mode | Members' own phones | RFID/barcode terminal at the fridge |
Vereinsflieger integration | Yes (API) + CSV import | Yes | Yes |
App & platform | PWA - installable, behaves almost like a real app | Native apps (iOS/Android) + PWA | Web admin + phone |
QR-Code login | Yes | Yes | - |
Which solution suits whom?
Beer after Mission is the right pick if you want to start immediately and without any investment: free, no hardware, plus a tablet mode for the clubhouse, QR code login and flexible integrations (Vereinsflieger or CSV).
Club Coaster fits if native apps from the app stores matter to you, you want to work purely phone-based and the monthly price is no issue.
Club Fridge pays off for clubs that want a physical self-service terminal at the fridge, enjoy building hardware and prefer booking with RFID chips instead of an app.
Conclusion
All three apps solve the same core problem - an end to the paper tally list - and connect to Vereinsflieger. The differences lie in the approach: Club Fridge needs self-built hardware, Club Coaster is purely app-based at 10 € per month, and Beer after Mission is 100% free, needs no hardware and additionally offers a tablet mode and QR code login. If you want to start without investment and without hardware, Beer after Mission gets you going fastest.
Get started for free: Try Beer after Mission - completely free, no credit card, with all features for your club.
Sources: https://beeraftermission.com/ | https://club-coaster.app/ | https://clubfridge.com/