When comparing Beer Buddy - Scanner & Ratings vs SeriesGuide, the Slant community recommends SeriesGuide for most people. In the question“What are the best Material Design apps?” SeriesGuide is ranked 64th while Beer Buddy - Scanner & Ratings is ranked 81st. The most important reason people chose SeriesGuide is:
Check in to shows or movies (yes, even at the theater) you are watching and even share the information with social media such as Google+, Facebook and Twitter if you like.
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Pros

Pro Save ratings, with or without an account
Whether or not the user has a Rate Beer account, they have access to most of the features, including rating a beer or place.

Pro Lots of reviews by unbiased users
Beer Buddy uses Rate Beer's vast database of beers and user ratings, so the user knows they're getting reviews from real people.

Pro Bar code scanner works
There's no need to install a bar code scanner app to use this feature. Scan a beer's bar code, and the beer's information is available.
Pro Keeps track of beers that the user likes, dislikes or want to try
This app keeps track of the users reviews, quick "ticks", favorites, tasted, "On tap" (wants), recently viewed, recently scanned, and notes.
Pro Check In and share
Check in to shows or movies (yes, even at the theater) you are watching and even share the information with social media such as Google+, Facebook and Twitter if you like.
Pro Progress indicators
Information available for unseen episodes and viewing statistics.
Pro Find new shows and movies
SeriesGuide provides access to tract's currently trending shows and finding shows is facilitated through trackt's database which composites information from several main sources (i.e. IMDb, TVDb, TMDb). Also visible are trackt's recomendations and your personal trakt library.
Pro In-app links to common source video data sites
IMDb - Internet Movie Database
TVDb - The TV Database
TMDb - The Movie Database
Pro Third-party extensions available for episode actions
Pro Updated information is synced to trakt
Pro Open Source
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
Cons
Con Pay for advanced features
Pay either yearly subscription or one time for X Pass.
