Cocktail vs bartender.live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cocktail
Discover and create cocktails with this app. Search recipes by ingredient, type, or liquor. Includes a guide to cocktail glasses and the ability to add and share your own recipes.
- Search cocktails by ingredient, type, or liquor
- Add and share custom cocktail recipes
- Guide to cocktail glasses
- Apple Watch integration
- Save favorite cocktails
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Your trustworthy barman does not remember how to make your favorite cocktail? Do you want to try a new cocktail and savor new tastes? Do not you remember the name of a cocktail that you liked so much? You're a barman and you always have to tap the recipes for creating cocktails? You so want a cocktail with rum? Or with the fruit? Now you can, with the application Cocktail! You'll always have your favorite cocktails in your pocket! You can search by ingredient, by type, liquor... all in one app! And now there is also the version for Apple Watch, you have control of your favorite recipes on your wrist. It is possible to add your own recipe for a cocktail, the case where it was not present. You can also share on Facebook, Twitter, send by e-mail, sms or simply copy them! See also a guide on all the used glasses for cocktails, with several tips inside! Very useful! Remember to drink with caution. All recipes of cocktails, were found online. The names and brands mentioned are the property of their respective manufacturers and companies.
bartender.live
Discover cocktail recipes based on ingredients you have. Browse over a thousand drinks, star favorites, and share creations. Learn drink histories and find new concoctions.
- Ingredient-based drink discovery
- Browse 1000+ cocktail recipes
- Favorite drinks for quick access
- Share recipes with friends
- Learn drink history
- Discover new cocktails
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bartender.live tells you what you can make with what you already have. Check off the bottles in your bar and the app narrows a library of more than a thousand cocktails down to the ones you can pour tonight - complete, with nothing missing. Free. WHAT'S FREE - The whole drink library, with photos, honest measures, glassware, and the story behind each drink. New recipes almost every day. - My Bar: track as many bottles as you like, synced across your devices with iCloud. - I Can Make: the filter that started it all. One tap and you see only the cocktails your shelf can already pour. - Favorites and sharing: keep the good ones and send the recipe to whoever is thirsty. - Ingredient pages: what each bottle is, how it tastes, and every drink that calls for it. TOP SHELF One purchase, kept forever, no subscription: - The Almost filter: every cocktail you are exactly one bottle away from making, with the bottle named. - Home Screen widgets. - The daily cocktail suggestion. - Suggestions limited to what you can actually make. - Custom icons for your favorites. FOUNDERS Bought the app back when it cost money? You are a Founder: every Top Shelf feature is yours automatically, forever. The first round was on you, and the house does not forget that. Cheers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: bartender.live at Free against Cocktail's $1.99. bartender.live also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months). Cocktail's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads 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
bartender.live is free to download; Cocktail costs $1.99 up front. bartender.live sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cocktail asks for nothing beyond the download.
bartender.live holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: bartender.live has 388 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Cocktail's written reviews are positive against 77% of bartender.live's.
Cocktail ships an update every 6 months, bartender.live every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cocktail | bartender.live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (16 ratings) | 4.8 (388 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 76.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 388 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Marco Tini | Jacket Industries, LLC |
Customer experience
Cocktail
bartender.live
Bugs and requests
Cocktail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
bartender.live
Reported bugs
5 issues- Search returns no results for valid queries (e.g., 'Gin Campari')
- 'New' tab in drinks list remains grayed out
- New drink notifications not accessible if alert is missed
- Missing ingredients in some recipe descriptions despite correct images
- Inconsistent notification delivery for daily drink feature
Requested features
15 requests- Search/filter by specific spirit or ingredient (e.g., mint, bourbon)
- Ability to add personal notes and modify recipes
- Quantity tracking for inventory items
- Filter drinks by number of missing ingredients (1-3 missing)
- Ingredient suggestions to unlock more drinks
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- Non-Twitter method to submit new recipes (email preferred)
- Filter 'In My Bar' section by spirit or ingredient
- Seasonal categorization (summer/winter/spring/autumn)
- Back-to-top button or persistent search bar
- Grocery list generation based on inventory
- Expand spirit varieties (spiced rum, different gin brands, etc.)
- Correct recipe errors (e.g., classic vs. modern martini definitions)
- Quality control feedback feature for recipe corrections
- Notification system for new daily drinks
- iOS 10.0 compatibility for older devices
In-app purchases
Cocktail
No in-app purchases
bartender.live
- Top Shelf$4.99









