Comparison

Perfect Drink vs Bartender School

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive recipe guidance
  • Real-time ingredient measurement
  • Automatic recipe adjustment
  • Ingredient-based cocktail suggestions
  • Shopping list generation
  • Customizable recipes
  • Extensive recipe database
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Cocktail ingredient memorization
  • Quizzes on bar tools
  • Learn about glassware
  • Garnish and liqueur knowledge
  • Beer type information
  • Cocktail challenge preparation
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Perfect Drink4 screens
Bartender School3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Perfect Drink versus Bartender School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerfect DrinkBartender School
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (267 ratings)4.8 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews59.5% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2671.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#69 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.2 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB424 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPerfect CompanyHenrique Bersani

Customer experience

Perfect Drink

All ratings267 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral6.0%
Negative34.5%

Bartender School

All ratings1,273 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative50.0%

User reviews

Perfect Drink

From 267 App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

None

Perfect Drink

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bartender School

Subscriptions1
  • Student Subscription$19.991 Month
One-time2
  • Cocktail Memorizer Access$9.99
  • Lifetime Membership$199.00

Questions

Is Perfect Drink free?
Perfect Drink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bartender School free?
Bartender School is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Perfect Drink or Bartender School?
Perfect Drink and Bartender School are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 267 and 1.3K ratings respectively.
Do Perfect Drink or Bartender School have ads?
Neither Perfect Drink nor Bartender School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Perfect Drink or Bartender School?
Perfect Drink ships an update every 2 months, and Bartender School monthly. Most recently, Perfect Drink was updated on October 5, 2026 and Bartender School on October 16, 2026.

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