Comparison

Mixel vs PerfumeNotes

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

PerfumeNotes

Features
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PerfumeNotes is a private fragrance reference and scent journal for learning how perfumes are built and how they perform on skin. Browse a curated library of designer and niche fragrances including Chanel No 5, Dior J'adore, Creed Aventus, Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, Le Labo Santal 33, Terre d'Hermes, YSL Libre and more. Each profile explains the olfactory family, top / heart / base notes, key accords, projection, sillage, longevity, best season and occasion, history, and common wearing mistakes. WHAT IS INSIDE - A fragrance reference grouped by olfactory family - Real note pyramids and practical projection / longevity reads - A private scent journal for wear notes, dry-down, sillage and performance - A scent advisor for layering, season, occasion and similar-profile questions - Free preview: first 8 full profiles, 5 journal entries and 3 advisor questions per day PRO - Unlock all 31 fragrance profiles - Unlimited scent advisor questions - Unlimited private scent journal entries - Monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription PRIVACY - Your scent journal stays on your iPhone - No login, no email and no analytics SDKs - Advisor questions send only the selected fragrance name and your question Terms of Use: https://perfumenotes.uptrail.ai/terms Built in Australia.

Screenshots

Mixel4 screens
PerfumeNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Mixel at #95 against PerfumeNotes's unranked. Mixel also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 and PerfumeNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Mixel versus PerfumeNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMixelPerfumeNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#95 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCool Font LLCMitaanshu Agarwal

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

PerfumeNotes

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
2 purchases

PerfumeNotes

Subscriptions2
  • PerfumeNotes Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • PerfumeNotes Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Mixel free?
Mixel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PerfumeNotes free?
PerfumeNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mixel or PerfumeNotes have ads?
Neither Mixel nor PerfumeNotes shows ads.

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