Distiller vs OnlyDrams
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Distiller
Explore a vast library of spirits with detailed flavor profiles and community reviews. Track your tasting experiences, discover new favorites, and get insights into market values for bottles. Your go-to resource for all things spirits.
- Thousands of flavor graphs
- Millions of community reviews
- Nearly 60,000 unique spirits
- TruePrice market value data
- Search by flavor
- Track tasting journey
- Follow other spirits fans
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Distiller is the spirits app built by spirits fans. Rate and review what you drink, keep your collection in lists, and check more than 1.5 million community reviews before you buy a bottle. • Expert and community reviews for more than 65,000 whiskeys, tequilas, rums, gins, and more • Flavor profiles and tasting notes • Scan a barcode to pull up a bottle in seconds • Pick For Me: can’t decide what to pour? Spin and let Distiller pick a bottle from your lists. Add filters to narrow it down first. • A feed of the latest community reviews, with a Following view for the people you follow • Top Reviewers leaderboard for the last 30 days, 90 days, and all time • Articles from the Distiller editorial team • Regular giveaways you can enter from the Home screen • Custom lists for your collection, your wishlist, or anything else Distiller Pro adds TruePrice, a historical view of a bottle’s average value based on prices reported by Distiller users, plus a collection value total on every list. Pro also unlocks Flavor Search, quantities and private notes in lists, CSV export of your reviews and lists, an ad-free experience, the weekly Bourbon Bulletin, and priority support. See our Privacy Policy at: https://distiller.com/privacy-policy
OnlyDrams
Manage your spirits collection with this app. Browse bottles, track pricing, get recommendations from your collection, and scan barcodes for instant information before you buy. It aims to be your all-in-one solution for managing your liquor inventory.
- Manage spirits collection
- Browse thousands of bottles
- Real-time pricing information
- Personalized pour picker
- Barcode scanner for liquor stores
- Community-driven insights
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OnlyDrams is a community built app helping you manage your collection of spirits no matter the size or your experience - Browse thousands of bottles, add to your collection, and let others know what you are thinking about what you're sipping on. - Get real time pricing information aggregated from hundreds of sources confirmed by the distilleries themselves. - Not sure what to pour? We got you covered with our pour picker that searches your collection to pick what is right for you in the moment. - Scan any barcode in a liquor store to see what you should be paying and find out more before you buy. With hundreds of features in the making, gone are the days of opening multiple apps to get the job done. OnlyDrams aims to be the last spirits app you'll ever need. EULA: https://onlydrams.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OnlyDrams at fortnightly against Distiller's every 6 weeks. OnlyDrams also leads on chart position (#35 vs #139) and iOS requirement (14.3 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Distiller sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and OnlyDrams sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Distiller against 4.9 for OnlyDrams. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5K and 11K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Distiller's written reviews are positive against 65% of OnlyDrams's.
Distiller ships an update every 6 weeks, OnlyDrams fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Distiller | OnlyDrams |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5K ratings) | 4.9 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.6% of reviews — better | 64.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5K | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #139 | #35 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 193 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Distiller Inc | OnlyDrams, LLC |
Customer experience
Distiller
OnlyDrams
User reviews
Distiller
From 5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Comprehensive database of spirits
- 💡 Helpful flavor profile graphs
- 👍 Useful for tracking personal collection
- 👍 Great community and user reviews
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and performance issues
- 🔒 Concerns about privacy and permissions
- 💰 Subscription model seen as too expensive
- 🔍 Missing some spirits, especially niche/regional products
OnlyDrams
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient app for tracking collection
- 👍 Helpful for new and experienced collectors
- 🚀 Frequent updates and improvements
- 👍 Great community and developer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches after recent updates
- 🔍 Missing bottles in database
- 🤔 Confusing navigation and UI changes
- 🔒 Login and account issues
Bugs and requests
Distiller
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues, especially with Sign in with Apple
- Inconsistent behavior after recent updates
- Search function not working reliably
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to add missing spirits to the database
- More granular search and filtering options
- Improved social features and community interaction
- Offline functionality and local data storage
OnlyDrams
Reported bugs
4 issues- Duplicate bottle entries in collection
- Inaccurate bottle counts and rarity information
- Inability to delete bottles from collection
- Login and password reset functionality not working
Requested features
4 requests- Add personal notes for bottles
- Ability to manually add bottles not in database
- Filter collection by open/unopened bottles
- Show secondary market value for bottles
In-app purchases
Distiller
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual$29.991 Year
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- Pro Annual14 Days trial$48.001 Year
- Pro Annual$48.001 Year
OnlyDrams
- Bronze Support Tier$0.991 Month
- Silver Support Tier$2.991 Month
- Gold Support Tier$4.991 Month
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- OnlyDrams Elite$4.991 Month
- Platinum Support Tier$9.991 Month
- Bronze Support Tier$9.991 Year
- Silver Support Tier$29.991 Year
- OnlyDrams Elite7 Days trial$49.901 Year
- Gold Support Tier$49.991 Year
- Platinum Support Tier$99.991 Year
