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8,500+ Drink Recipes vs Imbiblia
Imbiblia ranks ahead with General weights, 8.0 to 3.8. Imbiblia is stronger in every category.
Imbiblia wins all four weighting presets. In the pour test, Imbiblia models at 16 seconds per new drink against 35 for 8,500+ Drink Recipes.
Overall
| Weights | 8,500+ Drinks | Imbiblia |
|---|---|---|
| General | 3.8 | 8.0 |
| Behind the bar | 3.0 | 8.6 |
| Home bar | 4.0 | 7.8 |
| Equal weights | 3.4 | 8.2 |
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.
- Imbiblia
- Bartenders, bar teams and home bartenders who mix from specs.
Category by category
Out of 10. The app that leads each category is highlighted.
The pour test
8,500+ Drink Recipes 35 s, Imbiblia 16 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
Imbiblia15.9 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
Imbiblia5 touches
- Open
- Search
- Type
- Type
- Pick
Specs
| 8,500+ Drink Recipes | Imbiblia | |
|---|---|---|
| Recipes | 8,500+ drink and cocktail recipes | 5,879, with 4,957 ingredients available to make them |
| Price | Free with ads; Diamond $7.99/mo or $49.99/yr removes ads and unlocks content | Free; Sipper $0.99/mo; Bartender $4.99/mo or $49.99/yr |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Mac with Apple silicon | iPhone, iPad, Mac with Apple silicon, Android |
| Updated | 14 Apr 2025 (7.4.1) | 30 Dec 2025 (iOS 2.4); 12 May 2024 (Android) |
| Rating | 4.7 App Store (32K) | 4.7 App Store (48); 4.8 Google Play (44) |
| Privacy | Usage and advertising data for third-party advertising, plus diagnostics for analytics; not linked to you | No data collected |
Where their features differ
DocumentedPartlyNot documented
| Feature | 8,500+ Drinks | Imbiblia |
|---|---|---|
| Unit conversion | Not documented | Documented |
| Batch scaling | Not documented | Documented |
| Dilution in batches | Not documented | Documented |
| What can I make | Partly | Not documented |
| Your own recipes | Not documented | Documented |
| Reusable house syrups | Not documented | Documented |
| Substitution ideas | Not documented | Documented |
| Flavor profiles | Not documented | Documented |
| Personal or AI suggestions | Not documented | Documented |
| Lessons & quizzes | Not documented | Partly |
| Team & business accounts | Not documented | Documented |
| Private house specs | Not documented | Documented |
| Public bartender profile | Not documented | Documented |