Comparison

MyJigger vs Specsmith

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

Head to head
About

MyJigger

Features
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MyJigger is your personal pocket jigger for cocktails preparation with 130+ different drinks to choose. MyJigger is easy and ready to use: 1. Search or select a cocktail from list 2. Place the phone next to the glass 3. Follow the screen to pour cocktail parts inside the glass 4. Add request additions and serve Every month a new cocktail was selected to be the "Cocktail of Month". After first startup, MyJigger can be used offline without internet connection. MyJigger is translated in english, italian and spanish language. This app contains not-invasive advertisements to maintain and support it's development.

About

Specsmith

This app provides bar teams with instant access to cocktail specifications, prep recipes, and batching calculations. It's designed for quick, at-a-glance readability in a busy service environment, ensuring consistency and accuracy.

Highlights
  • Instant cocktail specs
  • Linked prep recipes
  • Batching calculations
  • Service-ready recipe display
  • Multi-workspace support
  • In-app recipe editing
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Specsmith is the bar team's spec book, on the floor. Every cocktail program lives in a binder, a shared doc, or someone's memory — and none of those survive a Friday night. Specsmith puts the whole thing in your pocket: the spec, the prep recipe behind it, and the batch numbers, one tap from each other. BUILT FOR SERVICE Pull up a recipe mid-ticket. Measures sit in their own column so you can read a spec at arm's length across a crowded bar, not squint at a paragraph. No loading spinner between you and the drink. PREP THAT CONNECTS An ingredient that is made in house links to the prep recipe that makes it. Tap the honey ginger syrup on a Penicillin and you get the syrup, not a search box. The prep list is there on its own too, alphabetised, for the person doing Tuesday's mise. BATCHING WITHOUT ARITHMETIC Pick a menu, pick a multiplier, get the numbers. The maths happens on the server and matches what the desktop workspace shows for the same menu, so the bar and the office are never quoting different volumes at each other. THE WHOLE WORKSPACE Your menus and your recipes, including recipes that are not on a menu right now. Belong to more than one bar? Switch between workspaces from the menu list; the app remembers which one you had open. EDIT WHERE YOU STAND Fix a spec at the station where you noticed it was wrong. Change measures, methods, glassware and garnish, and photograph the drink with the camera. If a colleague edited the same recipe first, Specsmith says so instead of quietly overwriting their work. MADE FOR A BAR, NOT A PHONE DEMO Big type, one thumb, and a spec you can read without leaning in. No adverts, and no tracking across other apps. Specsmith for iOS is the companion to the Specsmith workspace on the web, where menus get built, costed and printed. Sign in with the account you already have, or create one with email and password, Apple, or Google. Most tools for building menus, managing recipes, and creating prep guides are on the web at getspecsmith.com.

Screenshots

MyJigger4 screens
Specsmith4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Specsmith at none against MyJigger's shown. Specsmith also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). MyJigger's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyJigger ships an update every 6 weeks, Specsmith weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
MyJigger versus Specsmith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyJiggerSpecsmith
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMatteo CappelloJeremy Oertel

In-app purchases

None

MyJigger

No in-app purchases

None

Specsmith

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyJigger free?
MyJigger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Specsmith free?
Specsmith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MyJigger or Specsmith have ads?
MyJigger shows ads; Specsmith does not.
Which is updated more often, MyJigger or Specsmith?
MyJigger ships an update every 6 weeks, and Specsmith weekly. Most recently, MyJigger was updated on October 19, 2026 and Specsmith on October 24, 2026.

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