Head to head ยท Updated 17 Oct 2026
8,500+ Drink Recipes vs Cocktails Guru
Cocktails Guru ranks ahead with General weights, 7.7 to 3.8. Cocktails Guru is stronger in every category.
Cocktails Guru wins all four weighting presets. In the pour test, Cocktails Guru models at 29 seconds per new drink against 35 for 8,500+ Drink Recipes.
Overall
| Weights | 8,500+ Drinks | Cocktails Guru |
|---|---|---|
| General | 3.8 | 7.7 |
| Behind the bar | 3.0 | 6.6 |
| Home bar | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| Equal weights | 3.4 | 7.3 |
Out of 10. The higher score in each row is bold.
Best for
- 8,500+ Drink Recipes
- Casual browsing, if you can live with the ads.
- Cocktails Guru
- Home bartenders who want the most drinks for free.
Category by category
Out of 10. The app that leads each category is highlighted.
The pour test
8,500+ Drink Recipes 35 s, Cocktails Guru 29 s
Modeled seconds of screen work for a new Mojito
- Find the recipe
- Bring it all on screen
- First read
- Look-backs while building
8,500+ Drink Recipes35.0 s
Cocktails Guru28.6 s
Touches to reach the recipe
From the phone's home screen
8,500+ Drink Recipes8 touches
- Open
- Ad
- Search
- Type
- Type
- Pick
- Tab
- Tab
Cocktails Guru6 touches
- Open
- Search
- Type
- Type
- Pick
- Scroll
Specs
| 8,500+ Drink Recipes | Cocktails Guru | |
|---|---|---|
| Recipes | 8,500+ drink and cocktail recipes | Nearly 20,000 (website, App Store and Google Play) |
| Price | Free with ads; Diamond $7.99/mo or $49.99/yr removes ads and unlocks content | Free; Premium $2.99/mo or $19.99/yr; sponsor placements |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Mac with Apple silicon | iPhone, iPad, Mac with Apple silicon, Android, web |
| Updated | 14 Apr 2025 (7.4.1) | 10 Sep 2026 (iOS 3.5.1); 24 Aug 2026 (Android) |
| Rating | 4.7 App Store (32K) | 4.6 from 9,000+ ratings across the app stores, per its website; 4.8 from 22 on the current iOS app |
| Privacy | Usage and advertising data for third-party advertising, plus diagnostics for analytics; not linked to you | Contact info, identifiers, usage and diagnostics, not linked to you |
Where their features differ
DocumentedPartlyNot documented
| Feature | 8,500+ Drinks | Cocktails Guru |
|---|---|---|
| What can I make | Partly | Documented |
| Shopping list | Not documented | Documented |
| Your own recipes | Not documented | Documented |
| Flavor profiles | Not documented | Documented |
| Personal or AI suggestions | Not documented | Documented |
| ABV & calories | Not documented | Documented |
| Lessons & quizzes | Not documented | Documented |
| Private house specs | Not documented | Partly |
| Public bartender profile | Not documented | Partly |