iBartender Cocktail Recipes

Name: iBartender Cocktail Recipes
Rating: 4.0 (4 reviews)
Author: Kevin Kozan

by Kevin Kozan

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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Price: $0.99
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4.0 4 ratings · App Store

4/5Need Option to Add Ingredients
I’ve been having this app for years! Recently I became a bartender & I’ve noticed that some popular drinks are not on the app, so I tried to add them. However, some ingredients are not listed like Watermelon Pluckers. We need the option to add ingredients too.

DMonae88 · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Gets it Done!
I’ve been using the app for 7 years or so. Excellent database plus easy to add my own recipes. Love it!

MullD15 · 31 Jul 2026
5/5The only app you need to make great cocktails at home
I've tried many different cocktail apps over the years, and this one has the right mix of features and design details to make it the best. My favorite is the discover feature, which only shows me recipes for the ingredients I have on hand. For an avid home bartender, this is a must have as your stock and tastes change. You can even search by a specific ingredient if you're feeling particular that evening. Or say you want to make a certain drink but don't have all the ingredients, no worries because the shopping list feature is there to tell you what you're missing. The recipes are also the best I've seen, utilizing both official IBA recipes for the classics and Wikipedia for everything in between. They're easy to follow and well organized, clearly showing amounts, ingredients, and directions. If it's missing your favorite drink, add it using the custom my drinks/ingredients feature. It's also easy to tag and rate your favorite recipes for quicker recall. The developer is also committed to making this the best app possible, with frequent updates that have improved the design and functionality since its original launch. Did I mention it's also a universal app that works equally well on the iPad? I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for this fantastic app. Keep up the great work!

pmrp · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Wonderful start - looking forward to new features
This was very helpful during a recent home party. I used the discover feature exclusively. It would be nice to have the browse by type of drink option that is based in what you currently have on hand. In fact, I would change discover to 'inventory', and then on your browse drink feature have a checkbox or slider that filters drink results to what is in your inventory. The shopping list is a good idea too, where what you don't have is added to a list, then when you check it off at the store it is added to your inventory. I also feel that the mixers section of inventory is most likely to need updating every time I need to use the app, please make this section more flexible - consider pulling fresh ingredients into another section, compared to bitters which you buy once a year.. Thank you.

TechnoTimGuy · 31 Jul 2026
3/5Worth a try but didn’t meet my needs
My current favorite cocktail recipe app is abandonware so I’m looking for a new one. This one looked intriguing, with a small but enthusiastic set of reviews, and possibly robust set of recipes and custom user recipes. Unfortunately, as another reviewer noted, the recipes weren’t what I expected. And easy example: Lemon Drop. I expect it to use Absolute Citron or other lemon-infused vodka, some lemon juice, simple syrup and maybe an orange liqueur. The recipe here was straight vodka and a lot of lemon juice. From a previous developer response, they state they’re using classic, long accepted recipes. I believe them. That’s fine. But I’m looking for recipes that are generally similar to what’s broadly used in 2018. This discrepancy between what I expect and the library was across my favorite drinks. Additionally, the UI design is not attractive, to me. It’s not bad, but it’s not a delight. Especially compared to the old app I’m replacing, which is elegant and way to use. I decided that for me a kinda clunky app that I’d have to write all my core recipes anew wasn’t what I wanted. If this got tuned up, the recipes expanded to include contemporary approaches, and a UI refresh of the UI (see the sadly abandoned Old Sport for inspiration), I’d gladly pay a few bucks for it. This app is a good option to compare to the other freemium apps, which have their own pluses and minuses.

ShoutingMan! · 31 Jul 2026

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3.4
- Updated images for the iPhone 4 Retina display. - New drinks
3.5
- Initial support for the iPad - Photos for some drinks (limited)
3.6
New drinks
3.7
- Initial landscape support for the iPad - Added additional drink images
3.8
- Added additional drink images - New drinks - Minor UI changes
4.0
- Rate drinks and view the top rated drinks as determined by other iBartender users.
4.1
- New drinks - Bug fixes - Minor optimizations for the iPad - Added the ability to search for multiple ingredients. The results will show drinks that contain all of the ingredients provided (ex. "gin vodka" or "gin, vodka" will show drinks that contain Gin *and* Vodka). Several people have asked for the ability to see the drinks they can make with what they have on hand. The next major update will contain this feature.
4.5
- New feature: 'Discover' shows you the drinks you can make with what you have on hand. - Top rated drinks now show the number of votes** received. - New drink recipes. - Minor bugfix. ** Multiple ratings for the same drink from the same device count as one vote. In other words, if you rate the same drink twice, the first rating is removed and replaced by the second rating.
4.6
- Top drinks section now includes the option to see the most popular drinks. - New drink recipes. - Minor UI improvements.
4.7
- When viewing drinks in a list, an icon representing the glass / drink type is now displayed to the left of each drink. - New drink recipes - Minor UI improvements
4.8
- Using the email feature no longer switches to the mail app (emails are now sent from within iBartender). Also, if an image is available, it will be attached to the email. - A notification message now appears when a rating is successfully sent to the server. You are also notified when something goes wrong. - Added more drink images (more added each update). - New drink recipes
4.9
- New drink recipes. - New drink images (special thanks to Mr. Mark C. Neustadt for providing dozens of high quality photos). - Minor UI changes.
5.0
- You can now add your own drink recipes. - In addition to browsing by name, you can now browse by type (martinis, shots, ect) or by ingredient. - The "Favorites" section has been replaced with "My Drinks", which now includes your favorite drinks, the drinks you've added, and the drinks you've rated. - UI tweaks. - New drinks. - New drink images.
5.1
- You can now add ingredients (under Home -> Settings). - Changes to "My Drinks": favorite drinks and drinks you've added are now sorted alphabetically. - Fixed a bug that was preventing custom drink instructions from being saved when using a hardware keyboard. - New drink recipes. - New drink images.
5.2
- In an effort to improve ease of use and maintain consistency, all built in recipes are now provided in specific units of measurement. Additionally, you can now choose between US standard and metric units (under Settings). - New drink category (frozen drinks). - New drink recipes.
5.5
- *NEW* 'Shopping List' uses the ingredients you have on hand and your favorite drinks to create a shopping list of the ingredients you are missing (found under "My Drinks"). - You can now edit your custom recipes. - New drink recipes. - New drink images.
5.6
- Added support for the iPad retina display. - Ingredients are now listed below the drink name when browsing recipes in a list. - New drink recipes. - New drink images.
5.7
- When adding an ingredient to a custom recipe, you now have the option to search for the ingredient. - Discover results are now browsable by type. - New drink recipes. - New drink images.
5.8
Just a small update to add support for the iPhone 5's 4 inch display. Apologies for taking so long to get this out. A much larger update will be available in the near future.
6.0.3
- Updated for iOS 7 & iOS 8. - Improved browse by ingredient option. - Added search tips screen. - New recipes. - Bug fixes.
6.1.2
- New drink recipes. - Bugfix for the 'Top Drinks' feature.
7.0
New backup and restore feature saves all iBartender user data to the cloud including custom drink recipes (with images), custom ingredients, favorites, ratings, and inventory selections.
7.5.2
This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included. - Updated for iOS 11 and the iPhone X. - Search now uses partial matching. The old search method can be re-enabled under settings. - When creating or editing a custom drink recipe, you now have the option to reorder ingredients. - New drink recipes. - Bug fixes.
7.6
Updated for iOS 17
7.7 · 1 Sep 2025
Added ability to print or save a PDF of your own stored drink recipes.

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