Comparison

Backbar vs PerfumeNotes

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
Read full description

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

PerfumeNotes

Features
Read full description

PerfumeNotes is a private fragrance reference and scent journal for learning how perfumes are built and how they perform on skin. Browse a curated library of designer and niche fragrances including Chanel No 5, Dior J'adore, Creed Aventus, Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, Le Labo Santal 33, Terre d'Hermes, YSL Libre and more. Each profile explains the olfactory family, top / heart / base notes, key accords, projection, sillage, longevity, best season and occasion, history, and common wearing mistakes. WHAT IS INSIDE - A fragrance reference grouped by olfactory family - Real note pyramids and practical projection / longevity reads - A private scent journal for wear notes, dry-down, sillage and performance - A scent advisor for layering, season, occasion and similar-profile questions - Free preview: first 8 full profiles, 5 journal entries and 3 advisor questions per day PRO - Unlock all 31 fragrance profiles - Unlimited scent advisor questions - Unlimited private scent journal entries - Monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription PRIVACY - Your scent journal stays on your iPhone - No login, no email and no analytics SDKs - Advisor questions send only the selected fragrance name and your question Terms of Use: https://perfumenotes.uptrail.ai/terms Built in Australia.

Screenshots

Backbar4 screens
PerfumeNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backbar at none against PerfumeNotes's 2. Backbar also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). PerfumeNotes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. PerfumeNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Backbar asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Backbar versus PerfumeNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackbarPerfumeNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBackbarMitaanshu Agarwal

In-app purchases

None

Backbar

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PerfumeNotes

Subscriptions2
  • PerfumeNotes Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • PerfumeNotes Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Backbar free?
Backbar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PerfumeNotes free?
PerfumeNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Backbar or PerfumeNotes have ads?
Backbar shows ads; PerfumeNotes does not.

Other comparisons