Cocktails App vs 9Bar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cocktails App
Discover and craft over 1,000 cocktails with a comprehensive recipe database. Track your home bar inventory to get personalized drink recommendations based on available ingredients. Explore professional bartending tools and techniques to elevate your mixology skills.
- 1,000+ cocktail recipes
- Ingredient tracking for personalized recommendations
- Advanced search and filtering
- Professional bartending techniques
- Glassware and bar tools guide
- Offline recipe access (premium)
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Craft better drinks with a beautifully redesigned cocktail companion — 500 hand-picked recipes, a complete ingredient guide, and a smart My Bar. 500 HAND-PICKED RECIPES Every IBA official cocktail plus the most-loved classics and modern favorites. Clear step-by-step method, garnish and glassware for each, with ml and oz units. KNOW YOUR INGREDIENTS — NEW A plain-English explanation of what every ingredient is — no more Googling the bottle — with tasting notes and how each is used behind the bar. MY BAR — WHAT CAN I MAKE? Add what you have at home and instantly see the cocktails you can mix right now. SEARCH & DISCOVER Filter by spirit, style and difficulty, or search by name or ingredient. A FRESH NEW LOOK A clean, modern redesign that is easier to read and a joy to browse. Perfect for home bartenders, party hosts, and anyone curious about cocktail culture. Download and start mixing tonight!
9Bar
This app helps coffee enthusiasts dial in their espresso shots faster and with less waste. It provides insights into bean behavior before brewing and suggests a single, specific adjustment after each shot to improve your recipe. Save successful recipes and track your progress to understand your unique brewing patterns.
- Bean behavior insights before brewing
- Single, specific adjustment suggestions per shot
- Save and organize successful espresso recipes
- Track personal brewing data and community patterns
- Extensive roaster and bean library
- Customizable setup and shot type settings
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9Bar tells you how your bean behaves before you pull — then gives you exactly one thing to change after each shot. Dial in faster, waste less, build a library of every recipe that worked. **Bean Intel — before shot #1** See how this specific bean tends to behave: grind direction, yield preference, freshness window. When real community data exists (10+ pulls from other users), you see real patterns — percentages, ratios, shot times. When it doesn't, 9Bar gives you roast-level estimates grounded in extraction physics and tells you the difference. **One adjustment after every shot** Log your shot in under 30 seconds — dose, yield, time, taste, flow. 9Bar gives you one specific adjustment with direction, magnitude, and the extraction reason behind it. Not a checklist. Not five suggestions. One move. **Save your recipe when it's right** When your shot tastes balanced — or even just better — save it as your dialed-in recipe. Your library keeps every recipe you've nailed, organized by bean and roast level. **Your data, your patterns** See your total shots, beans dialed, and average shots to dial in. Over time, 9Bar surfaces what works for you specifically — which adjustments fix which problems, and how you compare to the community. **76 roasters. 265 beans. Add your own.** From Onyx to Happy Mug, Counter Culture to Kirkland Signature. Search by name, roast level, or style. Don't see your bean? Add it in seconds — your shots build the signal for everyone who pulls it after you. **Your setup, your way** Set your machine, grinder, basket, and scale. Choose ristretto, normale, or lungo — guidance adapts to your shot type. Switch units between grams and ounces. Your first 5 beans are free. After that, unlock unlimited beans with 9Bar Pro ($2.99/month or $19.99/year). Terms of Service: https://madebykindred.co/9Bar/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cocktails App at none against 9Bar's 2. Cocktails App also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (543 vs 1). 9Bar's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. 9Bar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cocktails App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Cocktails App against 5.0 for 9Bar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cocktails App has 543 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cocktails App ships an update every 5 days, 9Bar every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cocktails App | 9Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (543 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 543 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | alfredo scarano | Made by Kindred LLC |
Bugs and requests
Cocktails App
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unclosable pop-up on app launch preventing access
- Feedback option gives an error
- Only the last added cocktail to 'my bar' shows
- Search field font color is too light and unreadable on iPhone 13 Pro
Requested features
9 requests- Add fundamental ingredients like lime
- Correct ingredient lists for specific cocktails
- Allow filtering by ingredients
- Provide app in multiple languages
- Option for premium version without ads
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- Offline saving of cocktails
- More personalized features
- Clarify functionality of the 'heart' icon
- Change search field font color to black
9Bar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cocktails App
No in-app purchases
9Bar
- 9Bar Pro$2.991 Month
- 9Bar Pro$19.991 Year









