Comparison

Drink Diary vs AetherBar

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

Head to head
About

Drink Diary

Capture and log your drinks with photos, notes, and details like location and price. Analyze your drinking habits and taste profile with visual reports and insights. Share your favorite drinks with customizable cards.

Highlights
  • Log drinks with photos and notes
  • Track location, price, and time
  • Analyze taste profile with radar chart
  • Generate weekly and monthly reports
  • Share drink cards in various styles
  • Private by design, local data processing
Features
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Turn every pour into something worth keeping. Snap the glass, add a note, and PourNote remembers it for you — the photo, the place, the moment, and slowly, the story of how you really drink. Just name your first drink to begin. See a glass you don't want to forget? Snap it, and you're done. HOW IT WORKS 1. Snap a photo of your drink 2. Add the type, place, price, and a note — in seconds 3. It lands on a clean, calendar-first timeline 4. Share any cup, day, or week as a beautiful card YOUR TASTE PROFILE • Log 3 drinks and unlock a taste personality all your own — like "Bitter Romantic" • An illustrated character portrait with a five-axis taste map: Sweet, Bitter, Strong, Fresh, Mellow • See your signature notes and go-to pours at a glance — free for everyone YOUR COLLECTION — 3 SLOTS FREE • Shelve the bottles you've had, the ones you want, and the ones you keep coming back to • Five-star ratings, sorted by status and type — a private list only you can see • Start a new pour straight from a bottle, or file a pour you've already logged • Keep up to 3 bottles free; Pro removes the Collection limit WHAT YOU GET • A single "Cup of the Day" front and center on your home screen • Share cards in styles like Polaroid, Receipt, Ticket Stub, Vogue Press, and OLED Noir • Square, 3:4, and 9:16 ratios for any feed • A weekly read on your rhythm, your spend, and what you've been reaching for • Free weekly, monthly, and full-year reports GO PRO • Unlimited records, an unlimited Collection, and CSV export • Pro Trend Insights that surface the shifts you'd never catch yourself • Whether you're pouring more or less, where the money goes, the glass you keep returning to • Available as a one-time purchase — buy it once, keep it, no subscription The free tier holds 30 records; you can edit or delete them any time. PERFECT FOR Wine lovers, cocktail explorers, whisky collectors, and anyone who likes to remember a good glass. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your journal stays on your device. Every insight is calculated locally. We don't sell your data. We don't show ads. Pour. Note. Remember. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pournote.cc/en/privacy

About

AetherBar

Features
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AetherBar is the ultimate cocktail encyclopedia for cocktail enthusiasts and home bartenders. Discover 38 world-class cocktails — from timeless classics like the Dry Martini and Negroni to modern icons like the Espresso Martini and Penicillin. KEY FEATURES: • 6 LANGUAGES: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish • 38 ICONIC COCKTAILS organized by base spirit, region, and category • COMPLETE RECIPES with ingredients, garnish, glassware, and difficulty rating • HISTORY & STORIES behind every cocktail • INTERACTIVE MIXING GUIDE for step-by-step instructions • FAVORITES system to save your preferred drinks • LEARN section with bartending techniques and terminology • 100% OFFLINE — no internet required Perfect for cocktail enthusiasts, professional bartenders, and anyone curious about the history and craft of cocktails. DRINK RESPONSIBLY. Must be of legal drinking age.

Screenshots

Drink Diary4 screens
AetherBar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AetherBar at none against Drink Diary's 3. Drink Diary's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Drink Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. AetherBar asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drink Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, AetherBar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Drink Diary versus AetherBar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrink DiaryAetherBar
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB9 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperQin CaoSui Fai Law

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Drink Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Pournote Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • PourNote Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • PourNote Pro Lifetime$29.99
None

AetherBar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drink Diary free?
Drink Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AetherBar free?
AetherBar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drink Diary or AetherBar have ads?
AetherBar shows ads; Drink Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Drink Diary or AetherBar?
Drink Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, and AetherBar every 2 months. Most recently, Drink Diary was updated on October 28, 2026 and AetherBar on October 25, 2026.

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