bartender.live vs Cutting Board
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!
Cutting Board
Organize your recipes, track ingredients, and create smart shopping lists. Discover meals based on what you already have, simplifying meal planning and reducing food waste.
- Save favorite recipes
- Manage ingredients on hand
- Plan grocery lists
- Discover recipes from existing ingredients
- Meal planning simplification
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Save your favorite recipes, manage ingredients you have on hand, plan your grocery list, and discover what you can cook with what’s already in your kitchen. Simple, organized, and ready to help you make meals without the guesswork.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: bartender.live at Free against Cutting Board's $5.99. bartender.live also leads on ratings volume (388 vs 1). Cutting Board's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On update cadence, 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
bartender.live is free to download; Cutting Board costs $5.99 up front. bartender.live sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cutting Board asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cutting Board holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: bartender.live has 388 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
bartender.live ships an update every 8 days, Cutting Board every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bartender.live | Cutting Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (388 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 388 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jacket Industries, LLC | Dustin Olsen |
Customer experience
bartender.live
Cutting Board
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
Cutting Board
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
bartender.live
- Top Shelf$4.99
Cutting Board
No in-app purchases
