Comparison

BarShelf vs Pourfolio

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

Head to head
About

BarShelf

Catalog your home bar's bottles, track pours, and discover cocktail recipes based on what you own. Get AI-powered suggestions and insights into your drinking habits. Share your collection and tasting notes visually.

Highlights
  • Catalog bottles with details (ABV, volume, fill level)
  • Track tasting notes and ratings
  • AI cocktail suggestions based on owned bottles
  • Log drinking moments and analyze taste patterns
  • Create shareable collection and review cards
  • Visualize your digital home bar shelf
Features
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Start without an account. Scan a whiskey bottle and let AI fill in the details. Log a pour and watch your collection become a calendar of bottles, amounts, moods, and tasting notes. Then see which of 57 classic cocktails you can make from what you already own. POUR CALENDAR & JOURNAL - See every drinking day at a glance - Tap any date to revisit the bottle, amount, mood, and note - Turn your pour history into a personal whiskey journal Your home bar deserves more than a dusty shelf. BarShelf helps you catalog every bottle, remember every pour, and discover cocktails you can make from what you already own. Start without an account — no signup required. ADD BOTTLES IN SECONDS - Snap a photo of any bottle and AI recognizes the name, category, and ABV - No barcode needed — works on whiskey, gin, rum, tequila, and more - Or add manually with full control over every detail ORGANIZE YOUR HOME BAR - Add whiskey, sake, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, liqueurs, wine, and more - Build a visual digital shelf that mirrors your real collection - Track bottle details, ABV, volume, price, origin, rating, and fill level - Sort and filter your spirits by category, rating, status, or shelf ORGANIZE, KEEP, AND SHARE - Tag and label bottles so your shelf is sorted your way - Keep a wishlist of the bottles you want next - Buy again: restock a finished bottle in one tap from your Archive - Export your whole collection to CSV whenever you want - Share your shelf as a web link friends can open without the app - Get a weekly report on what you poured REMEMBER EVERY POUR - Write tasting notes for nose, palate, and finish - Rate bottles and keep a personal record of what you loved - Archive finished bottles so your collection becomes a drinking journal - Look back on past pours, favorite bottles, and memorable nights AI BARTENDER FROM YOUR OWN SHELF - Get cocktail ideas based on the bottles you already own - Ask for recipes by mood, flavor, occasion, or preferred style - Save favorite AI recipes to your personal recipe book - Get suggestions that understand your shelf and taste profile WHAT YOU CAN MAKE TONIGHT - See which of 57 classic cocktails you can make right now - Matched live against the exact bottles on your shelf - Discover what one more bottle would unlock INSIGHTS FOR YOUR TASTE - Log drinking moments and see patterns over time - Discover which categories, flavors, and styles you return to most - Unlock deeper monthly insights, trends, and palate analysis with BarShelf Pro SHARE YOUR COLLECTION - Create beautiful shelf cards from your favorite bottles - Turn tasting notes into shareable review cards - Show your home bar in a way that looks as good as it tastes BarShelf Pro unlocks unlimited bottles, AI Bartender, personalized palate profile, advanced insights, premium themes, and more. Whether you collect bourbon, explore Scotch, mix cocktails, host friends, or simply want to remember what is on your shelf, BarShelf gives your home bar a place to live. Download BarShelf and pour with purpose. Please enjoy responsibly. SUBSCRIPTION BarShelf Pro is a weekly, monthly, or annual auto-renewing subscription. The annual plan includes a 3-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://barshelfapp.com/en/policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pourfolio

This app automatically logs your drinks by scanning bottle labels, allowing you to rate them, add tasting notes, and track your collection. It offers offline functionality, robust data control, and optional social sharing.

Highlights
  • Automatic label scanning
  • Offline drink logging
  • Tasting notes and flavor tagging
  • Cellar management
  • Optional social sharing
  • Face ID lock
Features
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Pourfolio is a private drink journal that does the typing for you. Point your camera at a label and Pourfolio reads the name, producer, vintage, and ABV straight off it — no manual entry. Rate it, add tasting notes, tag the flavors, and it's saved to your journal for good. WHAT'S INSIDE • Label scanner — snap a photo and Pourfolio fills in the details automatically • Look Up — point at any bottle at the store to see its flavor profile, estimated calories, and whether you've already had it, without adding it to your journal • Cellar — track what you own and what's ready to drink • Badges — Top Shelf, Deal Hunter, Old Faithful, and more, earned from your actual drinking history • Optional Feed — share a pour with friends if you want to, entirely opt-in per bottle • Face ID lock, JSON/CSV backup and export, and full data control in Settings YOUR JOURNAL STAYS YOURS Everything is stored on your device. Scanning, rating, and tracking all work fully offline, with no account required. The Feed is the one optional exception — sharing a bottle publishes just that bottle's card, nothing else from your journal, and you can delete every trace of your shared history from Settings at any time. FREE, NO PRESSURE Pourfolio is free with no subscriptions and no locked features. There's an optional short ad you can watch to support development — completely optional, nothing in the app is gated behind it.

Screenshots

BarShelf4 screens
Pourfolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pourfolio at 5.0 against BarShelf's 3.5. Pourfolio also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). BarShelf's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. BarShelf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Pourfolio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pourfolio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BarShelf versus Pourfolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarShelfPourfolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB18 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDefine YouNICOLAS JORGE PETRIDES

Customer experience

BarShelf

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pourfolio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BarShelf

Subscriptions3
  • BarShelf Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • BarShelf Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • BarShelf Pro Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Pourfolio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BarShelf free?
BarShelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pourfolio free?
Pourfolio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BarShelf or Pourfolio?
Pourfolio is rated higher. BarShelf averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Pourfolio averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do BarShelf or Pourfolio have ads?
Pourfolio shows ads; BarShelf does not.

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