bartender.live vs Bartender Bot
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 Bot
Discover and create custom cocktail recipes based on your available ingredients. This AI-powered app offers an extensive library to enhance your mixology skills, whether you're a beginner or a professional.
- AI-powered recipe generation
- Custom cocktail creations
- Infinite recipe database
- Ingredient-based suggestions
- Mixology skill enhancement
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Get the recipe for any cocktail, scaled to any number of servings or any total volume. Bartender Bot gives you exact ingredient amounts and simple, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions in seconds. Just type what you want to make—“Margarita,” “2 mojitos,” “20 Negronis,” or even a party-sized batch—and the AI creates a clear recipe automatically adjusted to your requested quantity. Switch instantly between ounces and milliliters, follow concise numbered preparation steps, and copy, save, or share any recipe. Browse the Top 40, discover popular cocktails made with vodka, tequila, whiskey, rum, or gin, or describe a custom creation and let Bartender Bot build it for you. Whether you are working behind a busy bar, hosting a party, or preparing one drink at home, Bartender Bot removes the calculations so you can spend more time mixing and serving. Premium unlocks unlimited recipe requests. Subscription terms and pricing are shown before purchase. Bartender Bot is intended for adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: bartender.live at 77% against Bartender Bot's 29%. bartender.live also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. bartender.live sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bartender Bot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
bartender.live holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: bartender.live has 388 ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of bartender.live's written reviews are positive against 29% of Bartender Bot's.
bartender.live ships an update every 9 days, Bartender Bot every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bartender.live | Bartender Bot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (388 ratings) — better | 4.6 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 388 — better | 55 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jacket Industries, LLC | Henrique Bersani |
Customer experience
bartender.live
Bartender Bot
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 Bot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
bartender.live
- Top Shelf$4.99
Bartender Bot
- BartenderBot$3.991 Month
Questions
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