Comparison

bartaco vs Mixed Spirits

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

bartaco

Easily join waitlists, order takeout, or check for delivery options at this restaurant. Enjoy fresh, upscale street food with a coastal vibe in a relaxed setting.

Highlights
  • Join waitlist from phone
  • Order ahead for takeout
  • Check for delivery options
  • Location finder
  • Connect on social media
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introducing an even easier way to bartaco. busy night? get in line wherever you are. craving take out? order bartaco to-go. thinking delivery? check for the option in your neighborhood. inspired by a healthy, outdoor lifestyle, bartaco combines fresh, upscale street food with a coastal vibe in a relaxed environment. the bartaco app features all the mobile ordering essentials with the added bonus of joining the waitlist if you plan to dine with us during peak hours. features: - skip calling ahead and join the waitlist from your phone. - order ahead and we'll have your bartaco fix ready when you arrive at our take out counter. - find a bartaco near you with our location finder. - connect with bartaco, experience #bartacolife on social media, provide feedback, and more.

About

Mixed Spirits

Manage your personal and professional cocktail recipes with a digital system. Easily create, scale, and share your drink creations, with options for professional menu building and team collaboration.

Highlights
  • Create structured recipe cards
  • Import recipes from web or text
  • Scale recipes for batch preparation
  • Share recipe libraries
  • Build and export custom menus
  • Team workspaces for bars
Features
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Most cocktail apps are about discovering someone else's recipes. Mixed Spirits is about owning yours. Mixed Spirits is a recipe card manager built for home bartenders, professionals, and bar teams. It replaces index cards, screenshots, and scattered notes with a clean, scalable, shareable system for the drinks you actually make. CREATE Build proper recipe cards with ingredients, method, glassware, garnish, and rim. Import from a website link, paste in text, or scan a handwritten card — Mixed Spirits parses it into a structured recipe for you. SCALE Go from a single serve to a batch of 50 with one tap. Mixed Spirits does the math on every ingredient so your proportions stay perfect, whether you're making one Negroni or prepping for a party. SHARE Keep your recipes private, or share a synced library with your bar team. Organize everything into your own collections. BUILD MENUS (Pro) Design a printed menu complete with sections and pricing. Export to PDF and print, or share a QR code so guests can browse from their phones. Bar adds unlimited menus with your own branding. WORKSPACES (Bar) Give your whole team a shared recipe library so everyone pours from the same spec. SUBSCRIPTION TIERS Mixed Spirits is free to start. Pro and Bar subscriptions unlock advanced features: - Pro — unlimited recipe cards, plus a menu of your own - Bar — everything in Pro, plus unlimited menus with branded PDF export, menu cost sheets, team workspaces, and staff roles with recipe locking Whether you're dialing in your home bar or running a professional program, Mixed Spirits keeps your recipes organized, consistent, and ready to pour. Your bar book. Your recipes. Your way. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Mixed Spirits Pro — $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year Mixed Spirits Bar — $14.99 per month or $149.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mixedspirits.app/privacy

Screenshots

bartaco4 screens
Mixed Spirits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mixed Spirits at 5.0 against bartaco's 1.6. Mixed Spirits also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). bartaco's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (66 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mixed Spirits sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. bartaco asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mixed Spirits holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: bartaco has 66 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bartaco ships an update every 6 weeks, Mixed Spirits weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
bartaco versus Mixed Spirits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbartacoMixed Spirits
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (66 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB13 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBarteca RestaurantsGhostwood Software LLC

In-app purchases

None

bartaco

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Mixed Spirits

Subscriptions4
  • Mixed Spirits Pro$4.991 Month
  • Mixed Spirits Bar (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Mixed Spirits Pro$49.991 Year
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  • Mixed Spirits Bar (Annual)$149.991 Year

Questions

Is bartaco free?
bartaco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mixed Spirits free?
Mixed Spirits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, bartaco or Mixed Spirits?
Mixed Spirits is rated higher. bartaco averages 1.6 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Mixed Spirits averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do bartaco or Mixed Spirits have ads?
Neither bartaco nor Mixed Spirits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bartaco or Mixed Spirits?
bartaco ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mixed Spirits weekly. Most recently, bartaco was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mixed Spirits on October 25, 2026.

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