Almost perfect but lacks a couple improvements
This app lets you write your own reviews, read other people’s, and compile your own lists and share them with others. Lets you and your friends follow each other and see their reviews.
It lets you sort your searches by price, ratings, global regions, etc.
The problems I see are many of the spirits that come up in a search are from years ago and no longer available. In some instances that me be desirable but for most users they are really only wanting to look up stuff that is in current production. If they’re looking up Elijah Craig they probably want the current one not the 12 year.
There needs to be a filter that isolates current production or at least only shows entries a few years old.
Secondly, there are many new distilleries and their products are either not in there or they were entered by an app user. Distilleries should have the ability to enter their own products and photos, along with their own backstory and description of the product. They could also be prompted to include the source or state it was distilled in and the mashbill. Then later on Distiller could supplement the entry with a professionals rating and score.
It lets you sort your searches by price, ratings, global regions, etc.
The problems I see are many of the spirits that come up in a search are from years ago and no longer available. In some instances that me be desirable but for most users they are really only wanting to look up stuff that is in current production. If they’re looking up Elijah Craig they probably want the current one not the 12 year.
There needs to be a filter that isolates current production or at least only shows entries a few years old.
Secondly, there are many new distilleries and their products are either not in there or they were entered by an app user. Distilleries should have the ability to enter their own products and photos, along with their own backstory and description of the product. They could also be prompted to include the source or state it was distilled in and the mashbill. Then later on Distiller could supplement the entry with a professionals rating and score.
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Good app for tracking spirits
This is a great app which, at the most basic level lets me rate different whiskeys as I try them, which is what I want
It also has a whole host of other functions, and lets you be as ‘connected’ as you want to a wider whiskey and spirits community, and although I haven’t used those additional functions they appear to work well.
I had an issue with the app saying ‘ Error code: 17 Try Again’ whenever I tried to access my information, and when I clicked on the ‘developer support’ button in the App Store, it opens the app and I got the same error code. Managed to log back in via the website and everything seems to be working ok again
It also has a whole host of other functions, and lets you be as ‘connected’ as you want to a wider whiskey and spirits community, and although I haven’t used those additional functions they appear to work well.
I had an issue with the app saying ‘ Error code: 17 Try Again’ whenever I tried to access my information, and when I clicked on the ‘developer support’ button in the App Store, it opens the app and I got the same error code. Managed to log back in via the website and everything seems to be working ok again
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Pharaoh delight
Very informative, easy to navigate...keep up the good work 👏
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Best diary of reviews and “expert” reviews but needs to add a few things:
1. The “community” reviews should include a flavor notes graph like that of the “expert”, like rotten tomatoes the community reviews should be graded with the same metrics as the experts (comment section still separate).
2. Clean up the community uploaded reviews. What I mean is take down duplicate bottle listings and ensure that uploaded listings are correct (one I saw had a terrible cover photo and I couldn’t upload my own without making a new listing).
3. How do you invite your friends? If there isn’t a feature your missing out on a lot of potential users.
*Edit: I just looked at a few experts and I’m a little confused with the qualifications to be an expert. I think this highlights even more that the rating system needs a little overhaul.
This is just meant as constructive criticism, you don’t know me I could be a moron.
1. The “community” reviews should include a flavor notes graph like that of the “expert”, like rotten tomatoes the community reviews should be graded with the same metrics as the experts (comment section still separate).
2. Clean up the community uploaded reviews. What I mean is take down duplicate bottle listings and ensure that uploaded listings are correct (one I saw had a terrible cover photo and I couldn’t upload my own without making a new listing).
3. How do you invite your friends? If there isn’t a feature your missing out on a lot of potential users.
*Edit: I just looked at a few experts and I’m a little confused with the qualifications to be an expert. I think this highlights even more that the rating system needs a little overhaul.
This is just meant as constructive criticism, you don’t know me I could be a moron.
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Good app but constant crashes
App is a great tool for any collector, however the app constantly crashes whenever you have been using it for more than a few minutes.
So promising but performance is a major issue...
I really want this to be a favorite app - the look and feel of this app is very user friendly and I have found every whiskey I have searched for so far. And I purchased the pro because I really want this to be the one and only app to I use to manage my wish lists and track my inventory. But it is no where near a trusted app yet.
First, I don’t mind paying for pro - the heck with the deadbeat millennial reviewers who think everything in life should be free. But I should get some real value from the pro. There just isn’t enough perks yet to pro membership other than adding quantities and it was buggy even signing up for it. It took 2 days for the pro sign up page to work for me. Really? You do want my money right?
Second, performance is terrible. Apparently there is no local storage, cache or any kind of background sync. That means even for checking my lists or updating quantities I have to wait seconds with a blank page and spinner for the page to load or refresh. Please improve performance of this app ASAP!
This app has promise and I will continue to use it for now but I certainly won’t renew my pro membership unless performance improves and they add a few more perks for pro membership.
First, I don’t mind paying for pro - the heck with the deadbeat millennial reviewers who think everything in life should be free. But I should get some real value from the pro. There just isn’t enough perks yet to pro membership other than adding quantities and it was buggy even signing up for it. It took 2 days for the pro sign up page to work for me. Really? You do want my money right?
Second, performance is terrible. Apparently there is no local storage, cache or any kind of background sync. That means even for checking my lists or updating quantities I have to wait seconds with a blank page and spinner for the page to load or refresh. Please improve performance of this app ASAP!
This app has promise and I will continue to use it for now but I certainly won’t renew my pro membership unless performance improves and they add a few more perks for pro membership.
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Used to be my favorite app
This was by far my favorite app, but recent changes have made it less user friendly. It used to open with big, attractive font for each whisky in your list. It was easy to scroll through to choose what you want, then just touch to get more info on that whisky. Now the list is less appealing, it takes a long time to load, it’s very slow to scroll through (and I have an iPhone 12 Pro), and you can’t set a default way to list (eg by rank). Worst of all you can’t touch the whisky to get more info. If you touch from the list it now goes to a small screen showing just that whisky, but then you have to fiddle around with rating icons at the bottom of the screen to bring up the expanded whisky info page. It also has an add banner at the top of that page as well. It used to be a sheer joy to use, but now it’s only average. Revert back Sox months and you have a winner.
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Better app before Pro added
The old version of the app from early-mid 2020 was far superior and more user-friendly. They decided to do the pro thing to get rich and now they've purposefully broken the free version to require more clicks to get to where you want to go. Opening to the personal notes page of a spirit instead off the actual information page is done to try to force you to get pro so you can put your own notes. My notes are in my tastes. I don't need a separate notes section and I certainly don't want that to open when I can't even enter any notes without upgrading. This app is going down the drain with the pro version being pushed at every opportunity within the app. This used to be 5/5 for my friends and I but we're bailing for the Flaviar app now. See ya.
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A must have for any scotch drinker
A fantastic companion for any scotch drinker at any level or experience.
The taste chart is an awesome feature to help guide what you like with what you are looking to taste.
Unfortunately some of the bar codes don’t work but this isn’t the apps fault.
Great stuff and I’ll keep using it!!
Making the maze of scotch drinking super simple.
Cheers 🥃
The taste chart is an awesome feature to help guide what you like with what you are looking to taste.
Unfortunately some of the bar codes don’t work but this isn’t the apps fault.
Great stuff and I’ll keep using it!!
Making the maze of scotch drinking super simple.
Cheers 🥃
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Comprehensive and Accurate
Distiller contains and extremely wide range of spirits including scotch, gin, tequila and rum. Both the expert and user review are helpful, and for the most part I agree. Very useful app - I highly recommend it!
