Comparison

Bartender School vs Sipelle

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

Head to head
About

Bartender School

Master cocktail recipes and bartending techniques with interactive lessons, visual guides, and practice quizzes. Prepare for a bartending career or elevate your home bar skills with this comprehensive guide to popular drinks and classic cocktails.

Highlights
  • Cocktail memorization game
  • Step-by-step lessons
  • Visual guides
  • Interactive practice quizzes
  • Bar tools and glassware education
  • Speed bartending techniques
  • Bartender School completion certificate
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

Sipelle

Features
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Ever stared at a cocktail list and had no idea what half of it looks like? Sipelle turns that menu into pictures. Point your camera at any bar or restaurant drink menu, take one photo, and Sipelle reads every drink and paints a picture of each one — cocktails, wine, beer, and everything in between. In a few moments the whole list goes from words on paper to images you can actually see. No more guessing what a "Paper Plane" or a "Corpse Reviver" looks like. No more ordering blind. Just snap, wait a beat, and browse. How it works 1. Open Sipelle when you sit down at the bar. 2. Photograph the printed drink menu. 3. Watch every drink appear as its own illustrated card. 4. Give a thumbs-up to the drinks you love. No email, no password, no login. Sipelle sets up your account for you the first time you open it. It learns what you like - Give any drink a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down. - On your next menu, Sipelle points out drinks similar to the ones you liked. - Find every drink you have liked in your Liked list. Made for the moment you sit down - Works on a real printed menu, or a menu shown on another screen. - See each drink as its own generated image, so you can order what looks good to you. - Every card pairs its picture with a short description and a taste note — sweetness, body, and finish at a glance. - A calm, single-column design in soft watercolor colors, easy to read in a dim room. About the pictures Sipelle's drink images are AI-generated illustrations — an artist's impression of each drink, not a photo of the exact glass your bar will pour. Presentation varies from place to place, so treat them as inspiration for what to try next. Your data Sipelle asks for your first name, date of birth and gender when you first open it. Your details, drink preferences, likes and dislikes, and the menus you scan are saved to your Sipelle account. You can delete them at any time in the app. For adults 21 and over Sipelle is for adults 21 and over. Enjoy responsibly, and never drink and drive. Have a question or an idea? We would love to hear from you at info@sipelle.app. Sipelle Premium is an optional $4.99/year auto-renewing subscription that lifts the daily scan limit and shows estimated nutrition. Terms of Use: https://www.sipelle.app/terms — Privacy: https://www.sipelle.app/privacy

Screenshots

Bartender School3 screens
Sipelle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sipelle at every 10 days against Bartender School's monthly. Bartender School's advantage is chart position (#104 vs unranked). 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 Sipelle sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bartender School ships an update monthly, Sipelle every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Bartender School versus Sipelle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBartender SchoolSipelle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#104 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size564 MB61 MB
Age rating+1717+
DeveloperHenrique BersaniNicholas Titus

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

Sipelle

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$19.99
  • Lifetime Membership$199.00
1 purchases

Sipelle

Subscriptions1
  • Sipelle Premium$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Bartender School free?
Bartender School is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sipelle free?
Sipelle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bartender School or Sipelle have ads?
Neither Bartender School nor Sipelle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bartender School or Sipelle?
Bartender School ships an update monthly, and Sipelle every 10 days. Most recently, Bartender School was updated on November 11, 2026 and Sipelle on October 31, 2026.

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