Comparison

bartender.live vs thepour

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Ingredient-based drink discovery
  • Browse 1000+ cocktail recipes
  • Favorite drinks for quick access
  • Share recipes with friends
  • Learn drink history
  • Discover new cocktails
Features
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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!

About

thepour

Discover cocktails you can make with ingredients you already own. An AI bartender suggests recipes, tracks your bar's inventory, and offers personalized recommendations based on your preferences and available spirits. Explore new drinks and learn about featured spirits.

Highlights
  • AI bartender with personality
  • Inventory tracking of bottles and spirits
  • Cocktail recommendations based on available ingredients
  • Over 2,000 recipes
  • Discover new drinks and spirits
  • Personalized suggestions
Features
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thepour is the cocktail app with a bartender who knows your bar. Most drink apps are just searchable databases. thepour is different. Meet Vesper — an AI bartender with opinions, taste, and a direct line to your actual liquor cabinet. Tell her what you're in the mood for and she'll pour you something real, from what you already own. Scan your bar, once. Snap a photo of your bottles or scan your whole shelf. thepour remembers what you have — so every recommendation is something you can actually make tonight. 2,000+ recipes, matched to you. From classics to modern craft cocktails, thepour instantly shows what's ready to make and what you're one ingredient away from. No more scrolling past drinks you can't build. Vesper isn't a search box. Ask for "something impressive for guests" or "make it smokier" and get a real answer with personality — plus the recipe, the technique, and why it works. Built for how you actually drink: • My Bar — track your bottles, spirits, and pantry • Ready to Make — see every cocktail you can build right now • Explore — discover new drinks and grow your bar intentionally • Spirit of the Month — deep dives on featured bottles • Out & About — Vesper's picks when you're at a bar Your bar. Any bar. Vesper knows. Please drink responsibly. Must of legal drinking age.

Screenshots

bartender.live4 screens
thepour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: thepour at none against bartender.live's 1. thepour also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). bartender.live's advantage is ratings volume (388 vs 2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, monetization model 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. bartender.live sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. thepour asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

thepour 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bartender.live ships an update every 8 days, thepour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
bartender.live versus thepour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterbartender.livethepour
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (388 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings388 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB34 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJacket Industries, LLCIntent Studios LLC

Customer experience

bartender.live

All ratings388 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral14.0%
Negative9.3%

thepour

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

thepour

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

bartender.live

One-time1
  • Top Shelf$4.99
None

thepour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is bartender.live free?
bartender.live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is thepour free?
thepour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, bartender.live or thepour?
thepour is rated higher. bartender.live averages 4.8 out of 5 from 388 ratings, while thepour averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do bartender.live or thepour have ads?
Neither bartender.live nor thepour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bartender.live or thepour?
bartender.live ships an update every 8 days, and thepour every 3 weeks. Most recently, bartender.live was updated on November 2, 2026 and thepour on October 31, 2026.

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