Comparison

Bartender School vs Cocktail Bar Pro

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

Cocktail Bar Pro

Discover cocktails you can make with the ingredients you have. Scan your bottles to build a virtual bar and get instant recipe suggestions. Shake your phone to find a random drink or create custom menus for guests.

Highlights
  • Scan liquor bottles to add to virtual bar
  • Instant cocktail recipe suggestions
  • Shake phone for random drink discovery
  • Ingredient substitution tips
  • Create and share custom bar menus
  • Offline cocktail recipe database
Features
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Cocktail Bar Pro turns your home bar into a personal cocktail lounge. Scan the bottles on your shelf and instantly see every classic cocktail you can make right now — no manual searching, no missing ingredients. Just shake your phone and we'll pick one for you. WHAT'S INSIDE SCAN YOUR BOTTLES Point your camera at any spirit label and MyCocktailBar identifies it and adds it to your bar. Build your shelf visually — every bottle appears as a glowing illustration, just like a real back bar. 312 CLASSIC COCKTAILS Every great cocktail in one place — Old Fashioneds, Negronis, Daiquiris, Espresso Martinis, Margaritas and hundreds more. All bundled in the app, no internet required, no third-party database. SHAKE TO DISCOVER Can't decide what to make? Just shake your phone. MyCocktailBar picks a random cocktail you can make with exactly what you have on your shelf. FROM YOUR BAR Every recipe is filtered to what you can actually make. Missing an ingredient? We'll suggest substitutes so you're never stuck. BAR MENUS Hosting? Build a curated cocktail menu for the evening and share it as a PDF. Choose from pre-curated collections — Classic Cocktails, Tropical Escape, Whiskey Bar, Date Night, Summer Party — or build your own custom menu of up to 10 drinks. BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN A warm, dark bar aesthetic throughout. Custom glass illustrations for every cocktail type. Recipe detail pages with full ingredients, step-by-step instructions, and substitution tips.

Screenshots

Bartender School3 screens
Cocktail Bar Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cocktail Bar Pro at 100% against Bartender School's 43%. Cocktail Bar Pro also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Bartender School's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). 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

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 Cocktail Bar Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cocktail Bar Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bartender School has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Bartender School's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cocktail Bar Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bartender School ships an update monthly, Cocktail Bar Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bartender School versus Cocktail Bar Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBartender SchoolCocktail Bar Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#156 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size426 MB2 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHenrique BersaniMangalmurti Vibes, LLC

Customer experience

Bartender School

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

Cocktail Bar Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Cocktail Bar Pro

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
1 purchases

Cocktail Bar Pro

One-time1
  • MyCocktailBar Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Bartender School free?
Bartender School is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cocktail Bar Pro free?
Cocktail Bar Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bartender School or Cocktail Bar Pro?
Cocktail Bar Pro is rated higher. Bartender School averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Cocktail Bar Pro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bartender School or Cocktail Bar Pro have ads?
Neither Bartender School nor Cocktail Bar Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bartender School or Cocktail Bar Pro?
Bartender School ships an update monthly, and Cocktail Bar Pro every 3 months. Most recently, Bartender School was updated on October 29, 2026 and Cocktail Bar Pro on October 25, 2026.

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