Comparison

Mixel vs My Coffee Radar

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

Head to head
About

Mixel

Discover cocktails you can make with ingredients you already own. This app offers a vast recipe library, an AI bartender for custom creations, and tools to manage your home bar inventory. Perfect for home bartenders and party hosts.

Highlights
  • 2,600+ cocktail recipes
  • Build home bar inventory
  • AI bartender for custom recipes
  • Step-by-step mixing instructions
  • Shopping list and ingredient optimizer
  • Create and share custom recipes
Features
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What cocktails can you make right now? Tell Mixel what's in your bar, and instantly see every drink you can mix, from the classic to modern craft cocktails. Whether you're a home bartender, mixology enthusiast, or just hosting friends, Mixel turns your ingredients into perfectly crafted drinks. WHAT YOU GET: • 2,600+ cocktail recipes - IBA classics, tiki drinks, holiday punches, low-ABV options, and modern craft creations • 600+ ingredients, each with hand-crafted pixel art illustrations • Build your home bar inventory and see every cocktail you can make with what you have • Create your own recipes, sync across iPhone and iPad, and share with friends • Bart - your personal AI bartender who creates custom recipes based on your ingredients and taste • Find drinks fast - filter by spirit (whiskey, gin, rum, vodka), flavor profile, ingredient, and more • Sort by "can make now," trending recipes, or your saved favorites • Step-by-step mixing instructions with tasting notes - perfect for beginners • Shopping list + Mixel Maximizer: see which ingredients unlock the most new recipes • Supports metric & imperial measurements Meet BART, Your AI Bartender: Stuck with random bottles? Bart creates custom cocktail recipes based on text and photos. • Chat with Bart to invent new drinks. Describe a flavor, mood, or occasion and get a custom recipe • Preview, tweak, and save. Bart's recipes become part of your personal collection • Snap a photo of your bar shelf or a drink that inspired you - Bart uses it to craft something new • Saved recipes work just like the built-in library - searchable, filterable, and shareable PERFECT FOR: • Home bartenders ready to level up • Party hosts who need the right drink for any occasion • Beginners wondering "What can I make with what I have?" • Cocktail nerds who want a serious, searchable recipe database CORE FEATURES ARE FREE: • 100+ classic IBA recipes (Margarita, Negroni, Whiskey Sour & more) • Full ingredient database (600+) • Try Bart, your AI bartender, 5x per month • Create, save, and edit your own recipes • Shopping list, bar manager, unit conversion GO PREMIUM - UNLOCK EVERYTHING: • All 2,600+ recipes (and every future recipe release) • Unlimited Bart conversations • Real-time recipe sharing with friends • Ratings, tasting notes & community comments • Backup + Sync recipe photos across all your devices • All color themes (multiple light and dark mode themes) TRY MIXEL TODAY Martini. Mojito. Margarita. Mai Tai. Old Fashioned. Negroni. Aperol Spritz. If it's in a glass, it's in Mixel. Download now for the perfect mix!

About

My Coffee Radar

Features
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MyCoffeeRadar — AI coffee finder Discover coffee shops you’ll love—near you or worldwide. Save a favourite coffee shop and our AI suggests lookalike coffee shops in any city. Browse nearby, filter by vibe, check what’s open now, and jump to Maps in one tap. Build a personal list of favourites and keep your coffee life organised. Features: - AI lookalikes: Add a favourite and find similar cafés anywhere. - Near Me: Great options around you, with “Open now” at a glance. - Vibe filters: Trendy · Cozy · Minimalist · Laptop-friendly. - Clear details: Ratings, hours, address, website. One-tap directions: Open in your preferred maps app. Favourites: Save spots you love and plan your next coffee run. Coming soon — coffee beans marketplace We’re building a lightweight marketplace where coffee shops and roasters can list coffee beans. You’ll browse in the app and purchase on the seller’s own site (no in-app payments). Privacy We collect only what’s needed to run the app: your Apple relay email (account ID) and the coffee shops you save as favourites. Location is optional and used to show nearby results; we don’t retain precise location on our servers. No data is sold or used for tracking. You can delete your account and data in the app at any time. Support: contact@mycoffeeradar.com Website: mycoffeeradar.com

Screenshots

Mixel4 screens
My Coffee Radar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Coffee Radar at none against Mixel's 10. Mixel's advantage is chart position (#130 vs unranked). 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. Mixel sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. My Coffee Radar asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Mixel versus My Coffee Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMixelMy Coffee Radar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#130 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB38 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCool Font LLCINSTAFLOW S.A.R.L.-S

Bugs and requests

Mixel

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing custom ingredients/recipes
  • Data loss after updates
  • Crashes on certain actions

Requested features

8 requests
  • Customizable cocktail menus
  • Ability to add/edit recipes
  • Ingredient substitution suggestions
  • User-generated recipe sharing
  • Landscape mode support
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  • Multilingual support
  • Ingredient photo/notes
  • Random recipe generator

My Coffee Radar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Mixel

Subscriptions2
  • Premium3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • User Creations PackFree
  • Gin Pack$0.99
  • Vodka Pack$0.99
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  • Tequila & Mezcal Pack$0.99
  • Whiskey Pack$1.99
  • Tiki Pack$1.99
  • Base Upgrade$3.99
  • Mixel Premium$49.99
None

My Coffee Radar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mixel free?
Mixel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Coffee Radar free?
My Coffee Radar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mixel or My Coffee Radar have ads?
Neither Mixel nor My Coffee Radar shows ads.

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