Comparison

Curiada vs The Liquid Library

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

Head to head
About

Curiada

Discover unique and lesser-known spirits curated from small producers. Explore the stories, character, and history behind exceptional bottles.

Highlights
  • Curated spirit collections
  • Discover unique bottles
  • Explore producer stories
  • Detailed spirit information
  • Premium alcohol delivery
Features
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We make finding new and new-to-you bottles simple and exciting by curating collections of excellent, unique, and lesser-known spirits. We partner with these small producers, distillers, and entrepreneurs so they can focus on what they do best: crafting delicious, exceptional products. We focus on amplifying their stories and sharing about their unique spirits while providing a platform for you to explore and discover the character, depth, nuance and history behind these great-tasting bottles.

About

The Liquid Library

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The Liquid Library is a home-bar inventory that knows what you can actually make. YOUR SHELVES, AS A BOOKCASE Add bottles from a built-in catalog of more than 1,400 real spirits, modifiers, syrups and pantry staples — or add anything custom. Sixteen shelf categories, each a leather-bound spine: whiskey, scotch, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, brandy, liqueurs, cordials, amari, vermouth, bitters, syrups, mixers, garnishes. POUR, AND THE LEVEL GOES DOWN Record a pour by preset, slider or exact amount, and the bottle level drops. Track when you bought a bottle and when you opened it. Keep ratings, notes and prices per bottle, and watch the running-low strip on the home shelf. Duplicates stack. Three unopened bottles of the same thing collapse into one row with a combined total. Open bottles never stack — they're at different levels, and that difference is the whole point. 120+ CLASSICS, CHECKED AGAINST YOUR SHELVES Old Fashioneds, Martinis & Manhattans, Sours, Highballs, Tiki, Spritzes, Flips, Punches, Shots, Zero Proof and more — each with method, glass, ice, garnish and a line of history. CAN I MAKE THIS? Every recipe is checked against your inventory in real time. Each ingredient resolves to a specific bottle you own, and the recipe reads Ready to make, Ready — with a substitute, or Missing N things. A generic call like "Bourbon" will take anything off the right shelf and tell you which. A specific call like "Campari" has to be matched by name, and won't silently substitute. Having the fruit counts as having the juice: a recipe calling for lime juice is satisfied by limes on the garnish shelf, and reads Squeeze fresh. MAKE TONIGHT Every drink you can pour right now, in one list. Plan a round while you're out and know it'll work when you get home. WRITE YOUR OWN, OR FORK A CLASSIC Build recipes from scratch, pulling ingredients straight off your own shelves so a line can be pinned to one exact bottle. Fork any recipe to save your variation without touching the original; forks record what changed and link back to the parent. THE DATE BOOK Making a drink deducts every ingredient from the bottles you chose and writes a dated entry with servings, tasting note and rating. A merged timeline of drinks made and one-off pours, plus what you've made most and which bottle you go through fastest. COCKTAIL OF THE DAY A home-screen widget showing one drink you can actually make tonight — or the one you're a single bottle away from. Small, medium and lock-screen sizes. ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Your library is backed by iCloud, so bottles, levels, recipes, forks and the date book follow you between devices. Pour on one, and the level is right on the other. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There's no account to make and no server of ours. Your library lives in your own private iCloud database. Nothing is collected, nothing is shared, and there are no ads, no analytics and no tracking of any kind. The Liquid Library is for adults keeping track of their own collection. Please drink responsibly.

Screenshots

Curiada4 screens
The Liquid Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Liquid Library at none against Curiada's shown. Curiada's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Curiada versus The Liquid Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuriadaThe Liquid Library
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (128 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings128 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB3 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCuriadaMatthew Howard

In-app purchases

None

Curiada

No in-app purchases

None

The Liquid Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Curiada free?
Curiada is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Liquid Library free?
The Liquid Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Curiada or The Liquid Library have ads?
Curiada shows ads; The Liquid Library does not.

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