Comparison

Bartesian vs Cenata

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

Head to head
About

Bartesian

Easily order cocktail capsules for your automated drink maker. Browse over 40 premium cocktail options, manage favorites, and earn loyalty points. Enjoy delicious, expertly mixed drinks with no mess.

Highlights
  • Order cocktail capsules
  • Shop 40+ cocktails
  • Manage favorite cocktails
  • Earn loyalty points
  • Shop bar accessories
  • Subscribe and save
Features
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Ordering your favorite capsules for your Bartesian® Craft Cocktail Maker has never been easier! Download today and shop our whole menu of 40+ cocktails. No recipes, no mixing, no cleanup. Just premium quality cocktails at the touch of a button. Features: Subscribe and save Members receive a 50% discount on select accessories Shop 40+ cocktails Manage your favorite cocktails View and redeem loyalty points Shop by base spirit Explore new arrivals Shop salt and sugar rimmers & bar accessories Peruse the virtual menu Collect loyalty points on every order

About

Cenata

Features
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Never answer "What's for dinner?" again. Decision fatigue is real, and dinner is where it hits hardest. After a long day, the last thing you want is to stare into the fridge and negotiate with everyone in the house. Cenata fixes that. Cenata is a meal-planning app built around one idea: your family already knows what they like to eat. You just need something to help you decide. Build your personal meal library, set your household's preferences once, and let Cenata handle the rest. Free to try — then $3.99 once, and it's yours forever. No subscription. No auto-renew. No account or sign-up. No tracking or analytics of any kind. Your meal library and history live on your phone and nowhere else. Most meal apps cost $6 a month; Cenata costs less than a coffee, one time. A smarter kind of random Cenata doesn't just pick a meal at random. Its decision engine weighs your full history, applies recency penalties so the same meal doesn't come up two weeks in a row, and boosts options that match how you're actually feeling tonight. Tell it you're low on energy and short on time and it steers toward quick and easy. Tell it you're craving something specific and it factors that in too. The more you use it, the sharper its suggestions get. Your meals, your library Get started with a built-in catalog of 170+ ready-to-go meals, or add your own from day one. Every meal in the pool is one you choose. Cenata never suggests anything you haven't put in. Set dietary flags for your household (vegetarian, dairy-free, and more) and every suggestion automatically respects them. No more "we just had that" Cenata tracks every dinner decision and uses a rolling history window to avoid repetition. Meals you've had recently are weighted down; meals that haven't appeared in a while get their moment. You'll never cycle through the same four dinners on repeat. Plan ahead when you want to Use the weekly meal plan grid to map out dinners in advance, great for households that shop once a week or coordinate around a busy schedule. Fill the whole week or just a few days, and adjust as plans change. Shopping list built in Turn any meal into a shopping list with a tap. Add items, check them off as you shop, and arrive at dinner with everything already in hand. Cook mode with smart scaling Pull up any recipe while you cook. Adjust the serving size and watch every ingredient scale automatically, fractions, mixed numbers, and all. No mental math required. Built for households Configure dietary preferences once and every future suggestion respects them. As your history grows together, Cenata asks fewer questions and makes better picks. Put the dinner question to rest. Download Cenata today.

Screenshots

Bartesian4 screens
Cenata4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bartesian at none against Cenata's 1. Cenata's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Cenata sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bartesian asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bartesian ships an update every 4 weeks, Cenata every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bartesian versus Cenata: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBartesianCenata
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB28 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBartesianCameron Beebe

Bugs and requests

Bartesian

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes when accessing cart
  • Black screen when selecting products
  • Cannot log in to the app
  • Multiple orders placed due to app freeze
  • Order placed by just adding to cart
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  • App does not connect to Bartesian account
  • Cannot edit subscription orders
  • Orders from website not showing in app
  • Cannot manage subscription
  • White screen when trying to create subscription
  • App does not work in Canada
  • Login credentials not working after password reset
  • App freezes and crashes frequently

Requested features

9 requests
  • Ability to manage existing subscriptions in the app
  • Print or text feature for drink menu
  • Save payment and shipping addresses
  • Proper French translation or English option for Quebec users
  • Ability to favorite capsules
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  • Correspond with Bartesian support
  • Fix app crashes and bugs
  • Add more rum cocktail varieties
  • Add coffee cocktail options

Cenata

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bartesian

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cenata

One-time1
  • Cenata Full Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is Bartesian free?
Bartesian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cenata free?
Cenata is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bartesian or Cenata have ads?
Neither Bartesian nor Cenata shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bartesian or Cenata?
Bartesian ships an update every 4 weeks, and Cenata every 5 days. Most recently, Bartesian was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cenata on October 31, 2026.

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