The MICHELIN Guide vs High Proof
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The MICHELIN Guide
Discover and book top-rated restaurants and hotels worldwide. Plan your next trip with curated selections, create personalized lists, and access exclusive perks. Expert travel assistance is also available.
- Global restaurant and hotel listings
- Instant booking for hotels
- Create and share favorite place lists
- Exclusive hotel upgrades and amenities (Plus membership)
- Expert travel specialist assistance
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Stay in amazing places. Eat unforgettable meals. Take the MICHELIN Guide app wherever you go. The MICHELIN Guide app puts the world’s best restaurants and hotels right in your pocket — and lets you book them. It marks the first time in history that the entire global guide — every restaurant in every location — is all together, all in one place. The app also includes the new and improved MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Now you can instantly book the world’s most unique and exciting hotels, each one chosen for their extraordinary style, service, and personality. The MICHELIN Guide app makes it easier than ever to plan your next adventure or enhance your current one. Use it to quickly find and reserve restaurants and hotels near you or in a future destination; create and share lists of all your favorite places; or trial our “Plus” membership and receive free VIP upgrades and amenities at participating hotels. Need concierge-level care? Our expert travel specialists are waiting just a click away, available to assist with any aspect of your trip. They’re real people, ready to help you go places. So get going. Find great restaurants & hotels in each MICHELIN Guide city. Book amazing hotels wherever you find yourself. Download the app today.
High Proof
Discover cocktails you can make with ingredients you have. Browse over 680 recipes, create your own, and share them easily. Works offline with a single one-time purchase.
- Inventory-based recipe discovery
- Over 680 curated recipes
- Create and save custom recipes
- Offline functionality
- Shareable recipe cards
- Recipe submission for featured updates
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High Proof is the ultimate home bar companion for the serious cocktail enthusiast. Whether you're stocking your bar for the first time or you've got a well-curated collection, High Proof tells you exactly what you can make — and what you're missing. YOUR BAR, YOUR RECIPES Tell High Proof what's in your bar and instantly see every cocktail you can make right now. Browse over 690 (and growing!) hand-curated recipes spanning classics, tiki drinks, craft cocktails, seasonal favorites, and everything in between. The ingredient inventory is organized into intuitive categories — spirits, liqueurs, mixers, syrups, fresh herbs, and more — so checking off your bar takes seconds, not minutes. NEVER MISS A DRINK High Proof shows you cocktails sorted by how close you are to making them. One bottle away from a Penicillin? It'll tell you. Two ingredients short of a Last Word? It knows. BUILD YOUR OWN You didn't learn to bartend just to follow other people's recipes. Create and save your own recipes alongside the built-in library — your custom cocktails appear right in the main list so nothing gets lost. SHARE THE LOVE Your best recipes deserve an audience. Generate beautiful recipe cards and share them with friends directly from the app. They tap the link, the recipe imports instantly — no copying, no pasting, no friction. Just great drinks, shared the way they should be. GROW THE LIBRARY High Proof is built on great cocktails from great bartenders — and now you're part of building it. Submit your original recipes straight to us from the My Recipes tab. The best submissions get featured in future updates, credited exactly the way you wrote them. When someone makes your drink, they'll know who invented it. WORKS OFFLINE No internet required. High Proof works anywhere — at the bar cart, at the ranch, or anywhere your phone goes. ONE PRICE. EVERYTHING UNLOCKED. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No premium tiers. No tricks. Unlike other cocktail apps that nickel and dime you for basic features, High Proof is a single one-time purchase that unlocks everything — every recipe, every feature, forever. Pay once and it's yours. OVER 690 RECIPES AND GROWING From the Negroni to the Naked and Famous, the Sazerac to the Singapore Sling — High Proof has the classics covered and then some.
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Verdict
The MICHELIN Guide and High Proof both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of High Proof's written reviews are positive against 41% of The MICHELIN Guide's. High Proof also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). The MICHELIN Guide's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 11). On rating, update cadence, 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
The MICHELIN Guide is free to download; High Proof costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The MICHELIN Guide against 5.0 for High Proof. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The MICHELIN Guide has 7.6K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of The MICHELIN Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of High Proof's.
The MICHELIN Guide ships an update every 9 days, High Proof every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The MICHELIN Guide | High Proof |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (7.6K ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #164 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tablet Inc | Darren Chapman |
Customer experience
The MICHELIN Guide
High Proof
Bugs and requests
The MICHELIN Guide
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Location services not working as expected
- Search functionality not returning relevant results
- Inability to save or access user-created lists
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to search by cuisine, price range, and other filters
- Map view with location-based recommendations
- User-generated reviews and photos
- Offline mode for accessing content without internet
- Landscape mode support for tablets
High Proof
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The MICHELIN Guide
No in-app purchases
High Proof
No in-app purchases









