Cocktail Flow - Drink Recipes

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Last verified 30 Aug 2026

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Last verified 7 Aug 2026

4.7 21150 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Waiting for next version

   Overall I was happy to find this app. From the description it sounded like what I needed and it has a lot. I will be using it, but it has a feel that the app is geared for the beginners. Here are few options that it was missing for me: When a user fills out “My Bar”, the app gives the option to select the ingredients ( that is an excellent feature). The issue is that selection is extremely limited. There are hundreds of gins, vodkas, scotchs, etc... available and they can taste as totally different beverages. For example, In my pantry, I have 6 different gins that have very different botanicals 1. There is no place to add new pantry items 2. there is no place to add the flavor profile of the beverage 3. The cocktails do not have profile descriptions. 4. Some recipes were changed from original. This forces the user to check the recipe with other sources. 5. Since there are no unique cocktails, why would anybody pay $3.99 per month. This makes no sense. 6. It would be nice to have an option to create a shopping list where users can put items that they need to buy on the next shopping trip. 7. Since some of the items are hard to find, it would be nice to show local places that might carry them. 8. Ingredient substitution. For example, some gins have similar profile while others will change final taste.

   lba9988 · 30 Aug 2026

2. 2/5Pricing structure is ridiculous

   I’ve liked Cocktail Flow for a while: it’s got a good interface, has handy features (like keeping a “pantry” to help determine what drinks you can make), and has a decently large if relatively standard selection of cocktails. There are a few things that are off, like some of the recipes being copied to the app wrong, or the pantry feature having a relatively small selection of less basic liquors and mixers, or some cocktails being made oddly simple to fit in better with their sorting and ingredient database. Nevertheless, I thought it was the best iOS app for most purposes. But... the pricing. I didn’t mind it too much when I first started using it, and it had a few $.99 -$2 cocktail packs that were mostly seasonal or other special occasion related. However, ever since the big revamp I think the pricing is kind of ridiculous: $20 a year or $4 dollars a month just to use this app that’s just doing what dozens of other apps and websites do, for free or just a single payment? When you look at the lists, more than half of the cocktails, including some very basic ones, are premium, which is incredibly frustrating. I know app developers have to make money somehow, but I would rather have just paid $5 once and had a few small IAP for seasonal collections at the worst, or something. But just adding some improperly transcribed cocktail recipes copied from someone else’s cookbook? Not worth it

   cucucumbur · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Love it!

   I love this app! It has given me so many new drinks to try! It has soooo much potential to be better but considering what it is, I’m pretty happy with it. I would like there to be a strength category. Also, it would be nice if you clicked on surprise me and you didn’t like what you see, you could hit a “refresh” button to load another one instead of having to back out to the main menu and enter it again. I would also like to see different variations of these drinks. For example, the rattle snake recipe in here calls for absenthe but every rattle snake I’ve ever had does not have it. Also, the ones I have had use southern comfort and this recipe doesn’t. Minor flaws, but overall, an excellent app. Especially if you want to broaden your horizon. I know there’s other suggestions I have, but cannot think of them right now.

   mrbill86 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Add Strength Sorting

   Love this app so much. It’s the only app I’ll ever be using when working with cocktails from now on. My only gripe is that while the strength levels are very nice to know, it would also be nice to be able to have a sorting feature. Mainly, by strength levels, but alphabetical and other orders would be a feature I doubt anyone could possibly complain about if added. Other than that, this is my go-to and probably will always be in the future. Edit: I mean adding the same sort function that’s in the cocktail section into the “my bar” section where you can sort through the possible cocktails for your bar by strength, or ingredient or whatever.

   Jake Rodas · 30 Aug 2026

5. 3/5Beautiful App with Missed Opportunities

   During my search for a nice cocktail app, I came across Cocktail Flow. There’s a lot to like about this app but also a lot of negatives which make it hard to recommend. The UI for one is among the best of any cocktail app I’ve found. It’s a minimalistic design with skeuomorphic images for the cocktails which I’m a huge fan of. Apps like Mixel use pixel art which while clever, don’t make you crave the drink you’re looking at. It also packs a lot of features while keeping the design simple. My favorite feature is My Bar which shows you drinks depending on what ingredients you have on hand. It also has proper sources for these drinks which are taken from popular cocktail books. I especially like that the design of this app doesn’t feel bloated or target you with ads for their premium version. That being me to the point of pricing. Cocktail Flow is great in that it’s not constantly trying to sell you their premium tier. The app is usable in its free tier with extra drinks unlocked if you pay for premium. The problem is that it uses a subscription model. While I’m not a fan of this, I understand developers need to make money and a $5 one time purchase is not enough for something that will take time to be regularly updated. Here’s the problem: as of this writing, it hasn’t been updated in 3 years. That’s fine if your app is perfect the way it is, but some of the negatives include some cocktails missing measurements, grammar errors, and it would simply be nice if they added more cocktails. You’re essentially paying $20 a year to use this app, which doesn’t seem like much of a bargain. I tried this app for a year. I liked it, but until it starts receiving updates again I cannot recommend it given it’d subscription model.

   Luis0798 · 30 Aug 2026

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