Comparison

Shaker vs Dashed Cocktail Notebook

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

Head to head
About

Shaker

Easily track your home bar inventory, from specific brands to general categories. Instantly discover which cocktails you can make with the ingredients you have on hand, with intelligent substitute suggestions.

Highlights
  • Brand-specific inventory tracking
  • Instant cocktail availability based on inventory
  • Substitute suggestions for recipes
  • Clean and intuitive interface
  • Offline operation
  • Metric and imperial measurements
Features
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WHAT COCKTAILS CAN I MAKE RIGHT NOW?   Track your bar inventory (brand-specific), save your favorite recipes, and instantly see which drinks you’re ready to mix right now.   SMART INVENTORY TRACKING   Unlike generic recipe apps, Shaker knows your actual bar. You choose how to build and track your inventory, from broad categories like "Whiskey" to specific bottles like "Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon." Shaker intelligently matches recipes and will tell you if a specific spirit/brand is necessary or suggest tasteful substitutes. With Shaker, you can: - Track spirits by specific brand and type - See which cocktails become available with each new bottle you acquire - Get recommendations for viable substitutes on saved recipes   DESIGNED FOR DAILY USE   Shaker is built for speed and simplicity. No bloat, just the features you want to use: - Clean, intuitive interface organized around your saved recipes - Completely offline operation, no internet required - Metric and imperial measurements   YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL   Everything stays on your device. No account required, no cloud dependency, no data mining. Just a simple tool that helps you make better drinks on demand, using what you have at hand.   Download Shaker and transform your bar from a collection of bottles into a library of possibilities.

About

Dashed Cocktail Notebook

This app helps you save and organize cocktail recipes from various online sources. It intelligently extracts ingredients and instructions, allowing you to build a personal library and track your home bar inventory.

Highlights
  • Smart recipe import from web links
  • Organize recipes into custom collections
  • Track home bar inventory
  • Tag recipes by available ingredients
  • Private and secure recipe library
  • Edit imported recipes and add notes
Features
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A cocktail recipe keeper for people who keep losing cocktail recipes. Dashed turns the links and screenshots scattered across your phone into a clean, searchable library of cocktails you actually want to make. ----------------------------------------- HOW IT WORKS ----------------------------------------- 1. You find a cocktail somewhere — a blog post, a bartender's Instagram reel, tik tok, reddit, a recipe site. 2. You share the link to Dashed using the iOS share sheet. 3. Dashed reads the page, pulls out the recipe, and saves it to your private library. Ingredients with proper measurements. Instructions in order. Attribution to whoever wrote it down. 4. You can edit anything, add personal notes, group recipes into collections, mark what you've tried. ----------------------------------------- WHAT MAKES IT GOOD ----------------------------------------- - Smart import. Cocktail recipes in the wild are messy — embedded in long blog intros, buried in Instagram captions, sometimes just a photo of a menu. Dashed handles the mess. - My Bar. Tell Dashed what's on your shelf. Every recipe in your library gets a tag: you can make this one, you're missing two ingredients, or you're one substitution away. - Collections. Group recipes your way. Summer Drinks. Tiki Night. Things You Bookmarked Last December. Whatever taxonomy lives in your head, Dashed will hold. - Private by default. Your library lives on your phone. Dashed isn't a social network, doesn't republish your recipes, and never reads from your library to serve other users. - Honest about its limits. Sometimes an extraction comes out messy. You can edit it. Sometimes a brand isn't in our catalog. You can add it. ----------------------------------------- FREE & SUBSCRIPTION ----------------------------------------- Dashed is free to install and use. The free tier includes 30 recipes in your library and 30 bottles in your bar so you can really put the app through its paces. A Dashed subscription unlocks unlimited imports, server backup, plus features added throughout the subscription. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage in your iPhone's Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. ----------------------------------------- WHO IT'S FOR ----------------------------------------- Home bartenders. Cocktail nerds. People who keep meaning to actually make that drink they saw on Instagram three months ago. Industry pros who want a personal reference library that isn't a Notes-app graveyard. ----------------------------------------- Built with care by Memento Amari LLC. Made for iOS 17+. Privacy Policy: https://dashedapp.com/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://dashedapp.com/terms.html Support: hello@dashedapp.com

Screenshots

Shaker3 screens
Dashed Cocktail Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shaker at 5.0 against Dashed Cocktail Notebook's 4.0. Shaker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Dashed Cocktail Notebook's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dashed Cocktail Notebook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Shaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shaker ships an update every 8 months, Dashed Cocktail Notebook every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Shaker versus Dashed Cocktail Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShakerDashed Cocktail Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB23 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBen SheppardMemento Amari LLC

Customer experience

Shaker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dashed Cocktail Notebook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shaker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dashed Cocktail Notebook

Subscriptions2
  • Backbar$4.991 Year
  • Top Shelf$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Shaker free?
Shaker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dashed Cocktail Notebook free?
Dashed Cocktail Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shaker or Dashed Cocktail Notebook?
Shaker is rated higher. Shaker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Dashed Cocktail Notebook averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Shaker or Dashed Cocktail Notebook have ads?
Neither Shaker nor Dashed Cocktail Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shaker or Dashed Cocktail Notebook?
Shaker ships an update every 8 months, and Dashed Cocktail Notebook every 4 days. Most recently, Shaker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dashed Cocktail Notebook on October 14, 2026.

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