Comparison

Bartender School vs RateThatDrink

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

RateThatDrink

Discover and share beverage recommendations from a community of users and businesses. Showcase your drink creations or find new favorites at local establishments. Earn rewards by reviewing drinks and engaging with the platform.

Highlights
  • Create personal or business accounts
  • Discover recommended drinks
  • Share bartending skills
  • Earn monthly rewards
  • Find local business deals
  • Review daily beverages
Features
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RateThatDrink is the first social interactive platform that rewards you for having a nice refreshing beverage. With this app, you can show off your bartending skills by creating a personal account or highlight your brand with a business account. Whenever you struggle on what type of beverage to choose from at a restaurant, coffee shop, bar, brewery or winery, you should login to see what the rest of the RateThatDrink bartenders recommend. On top of this app being a convenient way to assist you on tasteful drinks, gain likes on the app to win monthly rewards through giveaways, just by enjoying and reviewing your day-to-day beverages. So many unique and delicious drinks menus go unrecognized to local communities, this app serves to spread those drinks so everybody can enjoy these outstanding beverages. Exclusively, our app aims to partner with small and growing businesses, so users can get special deals and discounts when visiting those selected partners.

Screenshots

Bartender School3 screens
RateThatDrink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bartender School at 4.8 against RateThatDrink's 4.0. Bartender School also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 10). RateThatDrink's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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 School sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. RateThatDrink asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bartender School holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bartender School has 1.3K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Bartender School's written reviews are positive against 50% of RateThatDrink's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bartender School ships an update monthly, RateThatDrink every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Bartender School versus RateThatDrink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBartender SchoolRateThatDrink
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better4.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better10
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#81 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.614.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size424 MB79 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHenrique BersaniR&B Web Technology LLC

Customer experience

Bartender School

All ratings1,270 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative48.1%

RateThatDrink

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

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

RateThatDrink

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bartender School

Subscriptions1
  • Student Subscription$19.991 Month
One-time2
  • Cocktail Memorizer Access$9.99
  • Lifetime Membership$199.00
None

RateThatDrink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bartender School free?
Bartender School is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RateThatDrink free?
RateThatDrink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bartender School or RateThatDrink?
Bartender School is rated higher. Bartender School averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while RateThatDrink averages 4.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Bartender School or RateThatDrink have ads?
RateThatDrink shows ads; Bartender School does not.
Which is updated more often, Bartender School or RateThatDrink?
Bartender School ships an update monthly, and RateThatDrink every 4 weeks. Most recently, Bartender School was updated on September 22, 2026 and RateThatDrink on June 1, 2026.

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