Bar In Control vs Recipe Kitchen!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bar In Control
This app helps bar owners track and control their alcohol inventory to reduce losses. It aims to prevent excessive spillage and theft, turning liquor into a quantifiable asset. The goal is to significantly cut down on the financial impact of lost alcohol.
- Alcohol inventory tracking
- Loss reduction
- Profit maximization
- Beverage intelligence
- Liquor cost control
Read full descriptionHide full description
Most bar owners are meticulous when it comes to the cash side of their business, but as for regulating booze, their skills can sometimes be impaired. Even establishments with Class A liquor licenses lose 30% of their alcohol on average. We think of your liquor as money, and liquor lost is money down the drain. It is not uncommon for a bar to lose $1000 per week. When the math is done, that’s $52,000 per year.
Recipe Kitchen!
Discover millions of recipes and manage your fridge contents. Get personalized recommendations for meals using ingredients nearing expiration, helping you reduce waste and find delicious dishes.
- Millions of recipes
- Fridge inventory management
- Expiration date tracking
- Recipe recommendations
- Advanced search filters
Read full descriptionHide full description
Recipe Kitchen is your pocket cookbook and kitchen manager. We help you save the foods in your fridge, and recommend recipes when they are about to expire. Find for over 1.7 million recipes, with 50+ options and filters.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bar In Control at fortnightly against Recipe Kitchen!'s every 52 months. Recipe Kitchen!'s advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bar In Control against 5.0 for Recipe Kitchen!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recipe Kitchen! has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bar In Control ships an update fortnightly, Recipe Kitchen! every 52 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bar In Control | Recipe Kitchen! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 52 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BAR IN CONTROL LLC | Thomas Alpert |
Customer experience
Bar In Control
Recipe Kitchen!
In-app purchases
Bar In Control
No in-app purchases
Recipe Kitchen!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bar In Control free?
Is Recipe Kitchen! free?
Which has better reviews, Bar In Control or Recipe Kitchen!?
Do Bar In Control or Recipe Kitchen! have ads?
Which is updated more often, Bar In Control or Recipe Kitchen!?
Other comparisons
