Comparison

Bartender School vs Make Me A Cocktail

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

Head to head
About

Bartender School

Learn to mix popular cocktails with this app that memorizes ingredients and provides quizzes on bar tools, glassware, and more. Master bartending essentials and impress with your skills.

Highlights
  • Cocktail ingredient memorization
  • Quizzes on bar tools
  • Learn about glassware
  • Garnish and liqueur knowledge
  • Beer type information
  • Cocktail challenge preparation
Features
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Memorize the ingredients of the world’s most popular cocktails. Learn the art of bartending with step-by-step lessons, visual guides, quizzes, and interactive practice. Learn ingredients, measurements, and garnishes through a cocktail memorization game. Progress through increasingly challenging levels as you build your knowledge of popular drinks and timeless classics. LEARN THE ART OF BARTENDING Explore 25 lessons covering bar tools, glassware, spirits, liqueurs, garnishes, and mixing techniques. Build practical knowledge of bar setup, speed bartending, batch cocktails, safety, food pairings, and opening and closing procedures. PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICE Test your cocktail memory, practice pouring accuracy, match cocktails with food, and complete quizzes. Work through the lessons and earn your Bartender School completion certificate. Whether you’re preparing for your first bartending job or want to make better cocktails at home, start with the recipes everyone orders—and build your skills from there. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Make Me A Cocktail

Discover and create cocktails with over 3,500 recipes. Get hands-free, step-by-step voice guidance, scan your home bar with your camera, and ask AI assistants for ingredient or technique advice. Find drinks you can make with what you have on hand.

Highlights
  • 3,500+ cocktail recipes
  • Hands-free voice narration
  • AI cocktail assistants
  • Photo-scan your bar
  • Find recipes based on ingredients
  • Save favorite drinks
Features
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Make A Cocktail is the official app from Make Me A Cocktail — the world's greatest online cocktail resource, with over 3,500 recipes and a global community of home bar enthusiasts. Now with hands-free, step-by-step voice guidance, photo-scan your bar, and live AI advice from Cocktail Colin & Cocktail Connie. MAKE ANY COCKTAIL, HANDS-FREE Tap "Start making" on any recipe and get step-by-step voice narration that walks you through every pour, shake and stir. Sticky hands? No problem — your phone reads each step out loud while you mix. ASK COLIN OR CONNIE ANYTHING Stuck on a step? Out of an ingredient? Tap the microphone and just ask. Cocktail Colin gives you straight answers. Upgrade to Premium and Connie tailors every reply to your bar, your tastes, and the bottles you actually own. PHOTO-SCAN YOUR HOME BAR Point your camera at the bottles on your shelf and we'll add them in seconds — no typing required. Save unlimited bars (home, holiday, the office party) and switch between them in a tap. WHAT CAN I MAKE RIGHT NOW? Tell us what you have — spirits, mixers, juices, wine, even eggs — and we'll show you every cocktail you can make this minute. No "almost" results. Just drinks you can pour right now. GET INSPIRED Browse 3,500+ recipes by base spirit, style, or mood. Discover the cocktail of the day, seasonal collections, and curated lists from our editors and the community. REMEMBER WHAT YOU LOVE Save favourites, mark drinks you've tried, and add tasting notes so you remember exactly why that Old Fashioned hit. Build lists for parties, date nights, dry January, anything. PREMIUM Unlock unlimited questions to Cocktail Connie, personalised recommendations based on your bar, multi-bar support, and our full feature set with a Premium subscription. GOT IDEAS? We'd love to hear from you. Email contact@makemeacocktail.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bartender School3 screens
Make Me A Cocktail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Make Me A Cocktail at every 2 weeks against Bartender School's monthly. Bartender School's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked) and review sentiment (43% vs 34%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 School sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Make Me A Cocktail sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bartender School holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 2.3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Bartender School's written reviews are positive against 34% of Make Me A Cocktail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bartender School ships an update monthly, Make Me A Cocktail every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Bartender School versus Make Me A Cocktail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBartender SchoolMake Me A Cocktail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better4.6 (2.3K ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews — better34.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K2.3K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size426 MB55 MB
Age rating17++17
DeveloperHenrique BersaniNick Wilkins Ltd

Customer experience

Bartender School

All ratings1,285 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative50.0%

Make Me A Cocktail

All ratings2,308 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral14.2%
Negative51.5%

User reviews

Bartender School

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤖 Easy and effective cocktail memorization
  • 🎓 Helpful for getting a bartending job
  • 🎮 Fun and engaging learning experience

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription at $50/month
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and bugs
  • ❌ Unreliable certificate delivery

Make Me A Cocktail

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Brilliant app
  • 🚀 Great for beginners
  • 👍 Helpful for using up ingredients
  • 👍 Lots of drink options
  • 👍 Convenient and accessible

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't save bar ingredients
  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 🔍 Limited drink selection
  • 📢 Intrusive ads
  • 🔁 Resets settings every time

Bugs and requests

Bartender School

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashing after level 1
  • Subscription issues causing account lockout

Requested features

2 requests
  • Wine training module
  • Ability to report issues and errors

Make Me A Cocktail

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login issues and account problems
  • Ingredients list disappearing
  • Measurement conversion errors
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Inability to dismiss ads

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to create custom cocktails
  • Add ability to save and rate personal drinks
  • Add ability to sort and organize favorites
  • Add default unit of measurement preference
  • Improve search and filtering functionality

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bartender School

Subscriptions1
  • Student Subscription$19.991 Month
One-time2
  • Cocktail Memorizer Access$9.99
  • Lifetime Membership$199.00
5 purchases

Make Me A Cocktail

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.001 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$50.001 Year
One-time3
  • Remove Adverts$0.99
  • Premium lifetime hliday special$59.99
  • Premium Lifetime$99.00

Questions

Is Bartender School free?
Bartender School is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Make Me A Cocktail free?
Make Me A Cocktail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bartender School or Make Me A Cocktail?
Bartender School is rated higher. Bartender School averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Make Me A Cocktail averages 4.6 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Bartender School or Make Me A Cocktail have ads?
Neither Bartender School nor Make Me A Cocktail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bartender School or Make Me A Cocktail?
Bartender School ships an update monthly, and Make Me A Cocktail every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bartender School was updated on October 29, 2026 and Make Me A Cocktail on October 30, 2026.

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