Perfect Drink vs Bartender School
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Perfect Drink
This interactive cocktail mixing app guides you through creating drinks with real-time ingredient measurement. It adjusts recipes if you over-pour and helps you discover new cocktails based on ingredients you have.
- Interactive recipe guidance
- Real-time ingredient measurement
- Automatic recipe adjustment
- Ingredient-based cocktail suggestions
- Shopping list generation
- Customizable recipes
- Extensive recipe database
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Perfect Drink® is the first interactive cocktail mixing app. Use with the Perfect Drink scale and see the virtual glass fill up as you pour. The app measures each ingredient in real-time and tells you exactly when to stop pouring. It even adjusts the recipe if you over-pour! It tells you the drinks you can make with the ingredients in your cabinet, and generates a shopping list of items you are missing for the drinks you want to make. It’s Easy • Download the free Perfect Drink App, and connect your iPad and iPhone to the Perfect Drink Scale. • The app guides you step-by-step to build your drink. • The virtual glass fills in real-time as you pour, and tells you when to stop. It’s Foolproof • Poured too much? Don’t worry. Perfect Drink tells you how to fix your drink. • Not all liquids weigh the same. Perfect Drink accounts for this and measures the precise amount of each ingredient. It’s Convenient • The Cabinet feature allows you to select the ingredients you have on hand and sorts the cocktails in order, from highest percentage match to lowest. • Quickly add the ingredients from any recipe to your shopping list. It’s Fun • Try something new from our extensive recipe database. Each recipe has been created or taste tested by our professional mixologists. • Check back often – new recipes are constantly being added. You don’t have to update the app to get new recipes. • Change the serving size of your drink with a touch. • Having a party? Pre-select the cocktails, store them in “My Menu,” and easily access them later. It’s Customizable • Use the drag-and-drop recipe editor to enter your own recipes or customize existing ones. • Take photos or use existing photos of your recipe from within the app. • Use the Perfect Drink Scale to measure your recipe as you pour or enter amounts directly. • Touch and drag ingredients and actions to rearrange your recipe. • Choose from many containers for your cocktail, from shot glasses to punch bowls. • Add your own descriptions and notes.
Bartender School
Learn to mix popular cocktails with this app that memorizes ingredients and provides quizzes on bar tools, glassware, and more. Master bartending essentials and impress with your skills.
- Cocktail ingredient memorization
- Quizzes on bar tools
- Learn about glassware
- Garnish and liqueur knowledge
- Beer type information
- Cocktail challenge preparation
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Memorize the ingredients of the world’s most popular cocktails. Learn the art of bartending with step-by-step lessons, visual guides, quizzes, and interactive practice. Learn ingredients, measurements, and garnishes through a cocktail memorization game. Progress through increasingly challenging levels as you build your knowledge of popular drinks and timeless classics. LEARN THE ART OF BARTENDING Explore 25 lessons covering bar tools, glassware, spirits, liqueurs, garnishes, and mixing techniques. Build practical knowledge of bar setup, speed bartending, batch cocktails, safety, food pairings, and opening and closing procedures. PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICE Test your cocktail memory, practice pouring accuracy, match cocktails with food, and complete quizzes. Work through the lessons and earn your Bartender School completion certificate. Whether you’re preparing for your first bartending job or want to make better cocktails at home, start with the recipes everyone orders—and build your skills from there. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perfect Drink at none against Bartender School's 3. Perfect Drink also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (10.2 vs 16.6). Bartender School's advantage is chart position (#69 vs unranked) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Bartender School sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Perfect Drink asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Perfect Drink against 4.8 for Bartender School. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 267 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Perfect Drink's written reviews are positive against 43% of Bartender School's.
Perfect Drink ships an update every 2 months, Bartender School monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Perfect Drink | Bartender School |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (267 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 267 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #69 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 424 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Perfect Company | Henrique Bersani |
Customer experience
Perfect Drink
Bartender School
User reviews
Perfect Drink
From 267 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
- 💡 Unique scale integration
- 🎉 Great for parties and gatherings
- 🔍 Helpful cabinet feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer devices
- 🔍 Limited ingredient selection
- 🔧 Clunky recipe creation process
- 🕰️ Lack of updates and maintenance
- 🤔 Confusing age restriction
Bartender School
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤖 Easy and effective cocktail memorization
- 🎓 Helpful for getting a bartending job
- 🎮 Fun and engaging learning experience
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive subscription at $50/month
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and bugs
- ❌ Unreliable certificate delivery
Bugs and requests
Perfect Drink
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when adding new drinks
- Bluetooth scale connectivity issues
- Incorrect drink suggestions based on cabinet
- Inability to go back from drink screens
Requested features
6 requests- Add more drink recipes and ingredients
- Improve recipe creation and customization
- Implement cross-device sync for cabinet and favorites
- Add support for non-alcoholic drinks
- Introduce a rating system for drinks
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- Allow users to share their own recipes
Bartender School
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashing after level 1
- Subscription issues causing account lockout
Requested features
2 requests- Wine training module
- Ability to report issues and errors
In-app purchases
Perfect Drink
No in-app purchases
Bartender School
- Student Subscription$19.991 Month
- Cocktail Memorizer Access$9.99
- Lifetime Membership$199.00
Questions
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