Comparison

Backbar vs Sipmetry

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

Head to head
About

Backbar

This application streamlines bar and restaurant management by simplifying inventory counting, vendor purchasing, and menu costing. It helps reduce costs and improve efficiency for beverage programs. Features include real-time syncing across devices, barcode scanning, and integration with over 1,300 beverage suppliers.

Highlights
  • Real-time inventory syncing
  • Barcode scanning for products
  • Streamlined vendor purchasing
  • Menu costing and pricing optimization
  • Digital invoice management
  • Staff education on beverages
Features
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Backbar helps restaurants and bars increase profitability, decrease COGS, and run a more efficient beverage program. Backbar, the only free bar inventory app, saves hours on counting inventory and simplifies bar management. Backbar not only solves inventory management, but also streamlines vendor purchasing and tracking, menu costing, and financial tracking. Here are some of the many features of Backbar: - Quickly count inventory across many locations, devices and users, syncing in real-time - Count inventory in multiple locations and on multiple devices simultaneously - Scan barcodes to instantly find and count products - Streamline purchasing by sending orders to all your distributors with a single tap - Track past orders and invoices for all your distributors - Connect to your point-of-sale (POS) system for real-time inventory depletions - Save digital invoices easily by taking a photo - Connect to over 1,300 beverage suppliers for automated product updates and cost changes - Educate staff with tasting notes and drink information - Cost out cocktail recipes and optimize menu pricing - Quickly add a new item from our global database of over 300,000 wines, beers, spirits and other beverages Download the app today and make beverage management easier with Backbar

About

Sipmetry

This app acts as your personal bartender, identifying your liquor bottles via camera and suggesting cocktails you can make. It learns your preferences to recommend new drinks and advises on which bottles to purchase next to expand your recipe options.

Highlights
  • AI bottle scanning
  • Personalized cocktail recommendations
  • Smart restock suggestions
  • Taste DNA profile
  • 130+ cocktail recipes
  • Shareable cocktail cards
Features
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Sipmetry is your private bartender. Scan your bottles with your camera, and Sipmetry identifies what you have, recommends cocktails you can make right now, and tells you what to buy next to unlock the most new recipes. Your Private Bartender Tell Sipmetry what spirit you're in the mood for, what flavors you want, and what to avoid. Your bartender narrows it down to a handful of curated picks — not a list of 200. It learns from every thumbs-up and thumbs-down, building a Taste DNA profile that gets sharper over time. Scan & Build Your Bar Point your camera at bottles or pick photos from your library. AI-powered recognition identifies the spirit and adds them to your personal inventory. Smart Restock Sipmetry analyzes your inventory and shows you which bottles unlock the most new cocktails, so you always know what to add next. Cocktail Recipes Browse classic and modern cocktail recipes with ingredient lists, measurements, and step-by-step instructions. Adjust the recipe volume for any number of servings. Mark your favorites for quick access. Flavor Explorer Once you've rated enough cocktails, Flavor Explorer surfaces drinks that match your evolving palate — picks you might never have searched for on your own. Features: - AI bottle scanning with camera or photo library - Personalized bartender with spirit, flavor, and avoidance filters - Smart Restock recommendations ranked by cocktail unlock impact - Taste DNA profile that evolves with your feedback - 130+ cocktail recipes with scalable servings - Shareable cocktail cards via QR code or text message - Dark theme designed for bar lighting Sipmetry is a cocktail decision engine. Your bar, your choices. Must be of legal drinking age to use.

Screenshots

Backbar4 screens
Sipmetry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sipmetry at 5.0 against Backbar's 3.6. Sipmetry also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Backbar's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sipmetry holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backbar has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Backbar versus Sipmetry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackbarSipmetry
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (33 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB34 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBackbarCheng Chun Martin

Customer experience

Backbar

All ratings33 ratings
Positive60.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative35.0%

Sipmetry

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Backbar

No in-app purchases

None

Sipmetry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backbar free?
Backbar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sipmetry free?
Sipmetry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backbar or Sipmetry?
Sipmetry is rated higher. Backbar averages 3.6 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Sipmetry averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Backbar or Sipmetry have ads?
Backbar shows ads; Sipmetry does not.

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