Liquor Cabinet App Reviews

Love the layout and function. If they step up the brands of options to enter for people with large bars then this WILL be great but for now, 3 stars. Won't be able to use this for my needs. Didn't have some very common mixers and liquors.

It's OK as a guide for familiar drinks, but if you are looking for something new to try with a specific alcohol or (heaven forfend) a mixer, you are in for a truly trying time. There are no instructions per se, and it isn't intuitive at all. Also, it seems to really push brands. It is difficult to add recipes. You are required to add amounts for everything, including ice. Simple or generic liquors are left out, such as Rye. It is impossible to add them unless you make them a subset of something that is already there. 'Rye' has to be under whiskey. I'll chalk this up to experience and go back to using the Bartender's Black Book and others like it.

Awesome features, great recipes, seriously cool look. Indispensable, especially for party planning!!

Don't download the latest update. Crashes after initial screen and is now unusable.

After adding a few, I then notice a bunch of stuff that's not listed. So I added them and sent an email. I then noticed that the last update was in 2013. So it doesn't have a lot of the new drinks either...a shame cause I don't think this will be updated anymore.....

There is a vast selection of liquor, mixers and garnish. Don't get frustrated when you don't see the brand of liquor you're looking for, just look up the generic name. Ex. 1835 Bourbon is not listed, so just select bourbon.

This is such a cool app. You put in everything you have down to chocolate syrup and garlic powder. The app will show you what you can make with what you have off hand, then will show you what you can make if you had one more ingredient, two more, ect. You can also add things to a grocery list to buy/replace.

Some liquors are hard to find or not there at all and the drink selection seems to be basic.

The latest update is not functional with IOS 10.1.1. Very concerning that the developer would make an update without fully testing.

This app is really marred by its lack of key spirits. It doesn't list any Amari, for example, which really makes it difficult to add a number of cocktail recipes. In fact, you can't even add an Amaro as there's no "base" liquor category to place it under. Great idea but flawed in execution.

This app needs bugs to be fixed. I loved this app at first but the current issue keeps crashing and saying it needs to update. And all of my saved favorites are gone and the lists are there no more. I'm gonna delete this app if it doesn't fix soon.

I like this app as a way to keep track of what I have but using the recipes and adding drinks is kind of lame. I added a recipe for a shot, or rather, I tried to but it made me list it as a cocktail and then said it would be reviewed. I used to be a bar manager. Not the most experienced one but I know how to make an old fashioned. I was wondering why it wasn’t showing up on the “make now” list. It’s because I didn’t have club soda. An old fashioned doesn’t NEED to have club soda. The only reason I’m not annoyed for paying for this app is because, like I said, it’s a good app to keep track of what you have. Loosen the recipe requirements and make it easier to classify the beverage you’re trying to add.

I thought that this app would deliver a lot more value than it does. I added bourbon and bitters to my cabinet but the app didn't even list an Old Fashioned as a possible drink. It's also not working correctly for iOS 8. Bottle line for $1 it's ok but could have been so much more. Just not very inspired.

Very handy app, helps me keep track of what I have in store (and what I can make with my supplies.)

I really want to give this app 5 stars and it's so close to perfect, but major limitations and graphical bugs weigh it down an otherwise really useful app. Pros I can tell it what I have and it tells me what I can make. So you're not looking through recipes for drinks you can't make anyway. Brilliant! This is basically why you want to buy this app. I love the big library of cocktails. I can save favorite cocktails to quickly find later. If I browse for a cocktail and see I don't have all the ingredients, I can tap once to add the ingredients to a shopping list. Super easy and convenient. Cons I hate all the graphical glitches. You can still use the app, but little icons and pics crash together with text so badly it just looks broken. I think one of the iOS updates broke the UI, but if they are this slow to update, it speaks poorly of the support team. Hate that if you put in a specific liquor vs a generic one, it nearly breaks the app. Example: I can make a rum-based cocktail with any brand rum, but if happen to choose Bacardi Rum from their list, instead of simply rum, it will hide 99% of cocktails containing rum and only show me the one recipe that it knows that specifically calls for Bacardi brand rum. It does this with all liquors so you have to be careful what you tell it. Generally, it's a game of adding things twice: one for Bacardi and another for just plain old rum so you are sure you're seeing all the cocktails you can make. Stupid! I'll give this app 4 stars if they fix those things. And 5 stars if they overhaul the graphics. It's ugly and the skeuomorphic design makes it look really dated. Some people like the retro graphics and "notes on a napkin" look, but I don't. It needs a major update.

As a liquor cabinet app, it is great. Nearly anything I can add to the cabinet, except if a liquor has no established category. I have a Lime Liqueur and I had to set it as a generic Melon Liqueur to include it in my cabinet because the create a liquor function won't add whole new categories. Also makes it impossible to add my Praline Liqueur. As recipe app it is also almost without peer. Its not laden with 1000s of redundant and worthless recipes. You can also add your own recipes, too. I just would like the ability to delete a whole recipe though. Finally, the only other function I wish this app had was a random drink suggester from recipes I can make from liquor in my cabinet. Those small quibbles aside, Liquor Cabinet is my favorite app of all the drink apps. Its design is a nice touch, too. Its UI isn't clunky, too.

Would love to see an iPad version or at least just a landscape view. Great tool for my bar.

This app hasn't been updated in over a year. It's okay, but I don't use it that much. It would be nice to see some new features and interface that support iOS 8.

Great app for the home bartender. Good selection, flexibility, and great graffics.

They need to expand cabinet selection to include more liquors. For example, no Rum Chata, flavors of Baileys, etc. If you want to be a first class recipe app expand to more recipes. App concept is great. Time to expand cabinet. Go to Total Wine store and add everything they carry.

This is so close to being perfect, but a few bugs make it a real pain to use. I hope they fix this soon and if so I will upgrade this to 5 stars. The biggest problem is that if you select a specific brand rather than generic (e.g. "Bacardi Rum" instead of "Rum") then it never finds any drinks if you select that in the cabinet and tap "Make". I had to go back and remove all my specific selections and add the genetic ones. This makes all those specific brands in the list worse than useless: it clutter the list and breaks the app if you use them. The second problem is that there are many serious visual glitches when running on an iPhone 6+. I hope this gets fixed soon. If they fix these things then the app would be great! Even now I can sort of use it and it was worth 99 cents for sure. But I am looking forward to an update that works properly for me.

Half of the alcohol in my bar cabinet aren't listed in the site. Feel ripped off

Was able to add three things to my cabinet at first but after that, was never given the option to add any more. Not sure what I'm missing...

Don't waste your money on this. Better apps out there for free. Super confusing to navigate, constant crashing, just pure garbage of an app.

With the new update the app won't work

All the test overlaps itself on the new iPhone. Fix.

Please fix this issue. I've had this app for awhile and would really appreciate if it gets fixed.

Not overly impressed by the amount liquors available to add to your cabinet within the app. Not a lot of recipes either. Wish I saved my dollar.

A friend and I were talking about creating an app that would create drink recipes based on the ingredients you currently have available. Well, this is that app! However, the basics of simple programming has been neglected. Please improve the user interface so that graphics aren't hidden by text and vice versa. This typically happens in the drink recipe stage after you have already designated which liquids you have available to use. Please fix and update... Or you will see some competition soon! 😎

Continually crashes. Can't perform any functions.

This app is very helpful when trying find something different to make. It is also helpful whenI have certain ingredients.

Glad it's back!! I love this for making drinks.

Converted sunroom into a small bar. This app was the finishing touch. Perfect for entertaining. Pass the iPad around and AirPlay drink list to AppleTV for all company to see. Tons of drinks, and sure, there are plenty not in the app, BUT you can integrate missing ingredients and drinks into the app with NO PROBLEMS, you really can't beat it. Thanks Dev!!

I've used this app for a long time, but after the last update, it crashes immediately upon opening every time. Hopefully it will receive a fix soon!

Simply amazing. If you're a touch OCD like me, this is everything you want for a bar stock and hosting app. One wish is a way to track liquor levels to avoid running low.

Nothing says "what a great app!" than one that hasn't been updated in over six months and consistently crashes. Too bad— the developer was on the right track.

I love that I can keep my shopping list, recipes, and "if I had..." (ideas) in the same place.

True, it's not an encyclopedia of cocktails, but it's a great way to quickly find a drink that can be made right at that moment.

Salud!

Perfect way to use what you got and explore other drink options.

This app is difficult to use because the search engine doesn't work very well. Imagine for a minute that you want to find the drink old-fashioned but you can't remember the name. You know it has bourbon and sugar. So you search for "bourbon sugar" without the quotes. The search engine returns nothing found. And you try searching for "old fashion" because you still can't quite remember the name. Still nothing found. If you scroll through the classics you will find it but the search engine should do a better job in my opinion.

Poor interface. Don't waste your money.

This is one of my favorite apps, but I can't even open it without it crashing right now. Can't click anything and freezes for a few seconds and then closes

This is by far the best liquor cabinet management/cocktail recipe app I have ever used, bar none (pun not intended). It briefly didn't work for a little while, and I was devastated, because I simply could not locate another app that does everything this app does. Long story short, I will never use another app for my bar cabinet management.

The good side was it had all the ingredients I have even down to some of the exact brands. It did exactly what it said. However, the design and interface is clunky. On an iphone5s, and words are covered by icons. The keyboard won't go away without hitting the "search" key. Plus the flow of adding your bar stock is a bit confusing.

Excellent idea, but concept is poorly executed. No Rum Chata or Fireball, or even generic equivalents, brand names confuse the recipes, and interface is a little clunky. With a little work it could perform much better.

Love this app, especially as I have been adding new bottles to my collection but lots of liquors are missing and some are vague, like 'herbal liquor' which could be jäger or Galliano or even Strega.

I don’t have a large collection of liquors but found that the app lacked half of them. Some of the liquor is lacked are top shelf brands or even complete liquor categories. Lazy on the developers part as I had a free app before trying this one and it had all but one. Developer needs to visit a liquor store, buy a book or google liquor and make a better list before asking for more money.

App is not responsive. Clicking on buttons seems to do nothing.

Added one scotch they didn’t have. Now I can’t add anything else to the cabinet. What a waste of $.99.