Comparison

Last Notes vs First Round Cocktails

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

Head to head
About

Last Notes

Features
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Last Notes: Your Personal Coffee Journal Track, analyze, and perfect your coffee journey with Last Notes, the elegant and intuitive coffee companion for enthusiasts and casual drinkers alike. FEATURES: Digital Coffee Collection • Create a beautiful visual library of your coffee bags • Add photos, tasting notes, and ratings • Track origins, roasters, and flavor profiles • Organize your collection with custom tags Brew Tracking • Log detailed brewing parameters for each cup • Track grind size, water ratio, and brew time • Record temperature and brewing device • Rate your brews to identify your best recipes Data Visualization • View statistics about your coffee preferences • Track your spending on coffee over time • See which origins and roasters you prefer • Identify patterns in your brewing success Gear Management • Keep an inventory of your coffee equipment • Track which devices work best for different methods • Organize your brewing setup efficiently Privacy-Focused • All data stored locally on your device • No account required • No data collection or tracking • Your coffee journey stays private PERFECT FOR: • Home baristas looking to improve their technique • Coffee enthusiasts building their digital collection • Anyone who loves exploring new coffee experiences • People who want to remember their favorite coffees Download Last Notes today and transform your coffee journey into an organized, enjoyable adventure. Whether you're brewing your first cup or your thousandth, Last Notes helps you make every cup count.

About

First Round Cocktails

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First Round is a companion to timeless cocktails, backed by data and history rather than hype. For this first iteration, every cocktail recognized by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) across its seven editions since 1961 is here. 185 drinks. Seven editions. One quiet, curated catalog. WHAT'S INSIDE - Every IBA cocktail, with its recipe, glassware, method, and ABV - The story behind each drink: where it was born, who codified it, why it disappeared or returned across the editions - A picker that suggests your next pour based on what you've tried and loved - A diary for every cocktail you taste: rate it, note it, tag the place, snap a photo - Statistics that map the whole IBA list by category, family, spirit, country, and historical era - A live ranking system that learns from your own taste over time PRIVACY FIRST First Round collects nothing. No account. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. Your tasting history, your photos, your notes: everything stays on your device, and optionally syncs to your own private iCloud account, where only you can see it. THE IBA CATALOG The International Bartenders Association has codified the world's essential cocktails since 1961. Its list of official cocktails is the closest thing the industry has to a canon. First Round is your guide to that canon: not as a recipe book, but as a living record of which drinks have survived seven editions, which were dropped, which came back, and which were promoted from Contemporary Classic to Unforgettable. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS First Round is a one-time download. No premium tier. No paywalls. What you see is what you get. Cocktail recipes reference the public IBA catalog. Photographs are sourced from TheCocktailDB and Wikimedia Commons under their respective open licenses. Full credits available in the app.

Screenshots

Last Notes4 screens
First Round Cocktails4 screens

Verdict

The call

Last Notes and First Round Cocktails are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Last Notes versus First Round Cocktails: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLast NotesFirst Round Cocktails
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB12 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMichael TretiakGuillaume Lagace

In-app purchases

None

Last Notes

No in-app purchases

None

First Round Cocktails

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Last Notes free?
Last Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Round Cocktails free?
First Round Cocktails is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Last Notes or First Round Cocktails have ads?
Neither Last Notes nor First Round Cocktails shows ads.

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