bartender.live vs Bartender
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bartender.live
Discover cocktail recipes based on ingredients you have. Browse over a thousand drinks, star favorites, and share creations. Learn drink histories and find new concoctions.
- Ingredient-based drink discovery
- Browse 1000+ cocktail recipes
- Favorite drinks for quick access
- Share recipes with friends
- Learn drink history
- Discover new cocktails
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bartender.live tells you what you can make with what you already have. Check off the bottles in your bar and the app narrows a library of more than a thousand cocktails down to the ones you can pour tonight - complete, with nothing missing. Free. WHAT'S FREE - The whole drink library, with photos, honest measures, glassware, and the story behind each drink. New recipes almost every day. - My Bar: track as many bottles as you like, synced across your devices with iCloud. - I Can Make: the filter that started it all. One tap and you see only the cocktails your shelf can already pour. - Favorites and sharing: keep the good ones and send the recipe to whoever is thirsty. - Ingredient pages: what each bottle is, how it tastes, and every drink that calls for it. TOP SHELF One purchase, kept forever, no subscription: - The Almost filter: every cocktail you are exactly one bottle away from making, with the bottle named. - Home Screen widgets. - The daily cocktail suggestion. - Suggestions limited to what you can actually make. - Custom icons for your favorites. FOUNDERS Bought the app back when it cost money? You are a Founder: every Top Shelf feature is yours automatically, forever. The first round was on you, and the house does not forget that. Cheers!
Bartender
Discover and create a wide variety of cocktails with this app. Features include a random recipe generator, search by category or keyword, and the ability to save favorites. Perfect for home mixologists and party hosts.
- Random cocktail generator
- Search recipes by category
- Save favorite drinks
- Keyword search for 500+ recipes
- Offline recipe access
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Become a Professional Bartender and Mix Delicious Cocktails Anytime, Anywhere! Want to learn how to mix cocktails or simply choose your favorite drinks with ease? Our cocktail app makes it happen! Whether you’re having fun alone or partying with friends, elevate your cocktail experience with just a few taps! Features 1. Random Cocktail Game: Tap the shaker button to generate random drink recipes, check the ingredients, or show the result to your bartender. It’s even more fun to play with friends at parties! 2. Recipe Search by Categories: Find the perfect drink recipe based on liquor types, flavors, occasions, and more. 3. Favorites List: Save your favorite drink recipes and revisit them anytime. 4. Keyword Search: Enter keywords to discover over 500 classic and creative cocktail recipes. Download now and unlock your personal cocktail journey! Privacy Policy: https://nanomagapp.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://nanomagapp.com/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: bartender.live at none against Bartender's shown. bartender.live also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 20 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Bartender's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. bartender.live sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bartender sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for bartender.live against 4.8 for Bartender. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: bartender.live has 388 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two.
bartender.live ships an update every 9 days, Bartender every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bartender.live | Bartender |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (388 ratings) | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 388 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jacket Industries, LLC | Nanomag International corp. |
Customer experience
bartender.live
Bartender
Bugs and requests
bartender.live
Reported bugs
5 issues- Search returns no results for valid queries (e.g., 'Gin Campari')
- 'New' tab in drinks list remains grayed out
- New drink notifications not accessible if alert is missed
- Missing ingredients in some recipe descriptions despite correct images
- Inconsistent notification delivery for daily drink feature
Requested features
15 requests- Search/filter by specific spirit or ingredient (e.g., mint, bourbon)
- Ability to add personal notes and modify recipes
- Quantity tracking for inventory items
- Filter drinks by number of missing ingredients (1-3 missing)
- Ingredient suggestions to unlock more drinks
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- Non-Twitter method to submit new recipes (email preferred)
- Filter 'In My Bar' section by spirit or ingredient
- Seasonal categorization (summer/winter/spring/autumn)
- Back-to-top button or persistent search bar
- Grocery list generation based on inventory
- Expand spirit varieties (spiced rum, different gin brands, etc.)
- Correct recipe errors (e.g., classic vs. modern martini definitions)
- Quality control feedback feature for recipe corrections
- Notification system for new daily drinks
- iOS 10.0 compatibility for older devices
Bartender
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
bartender.live
- Top Shelf$4.99
Bartender
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Annual$9.991 Year
Questions
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