Highball by Studio Neat 17+

First of all, the app works. The functionality of the app and its usefulness are excellent for what it does. There are a few things I would love to see happen with this app though. First, it needs a function to sort (alphabetically, date added, group by color, etc) and/or drag and drop. Just that would make it 4.5 stars easily. It could use some additional ice (pellet)and garnish options (grapefruit, citrus wheels) and measurement options (such as barspoon), as well as a few more options for glassware. It would also be nice to have entry options when entering a recipe for shaken, stirred, rocks, up, etc to simplify the directions on construction so you’re not typing that each time you enter a cocktail. Most of these are small things but the more drinks I add the more I really really want the sort function. Overall though I think this app is great. I not only use it at home to make drinks but also when I’m out at a bar and want to look through the app like a menu.

This is the best looking cocktail app in the store. I love that it is focused on storing your own recipes rather than being a big database of existing recipes. It’s clearly focused on the enthusiast with their own recipe collection rather than the person who wants to make a drink here or there.

With that said, I wish they would put a little more time into development and add a few features that could greatly improve the app. Ability to sort and categorize your recipes would be huge. Currently the best you can do is by color of the cards or where you place them in order. Another is backup. There needs to be a way to back up to the cloud. As is, what’s the point of manually typing up all of your recipes only to have them tied to one device? Phone breaks, so does your recipe collection. And exporting each recipe card, one by one isn’t a realistic workaround for a large library.

As it currently stands, this is more of a novelty way to make pretty recipe cards than an actual useful tool. Dear Studio Neat, several reviews have mentioned a pay model. Seriously... charge us for the app. Even just add cloud backup and an iPad version and I’ll gladly shell out a few $$.

First of all I want to thank studio neat for making such a great app but is it possible to update it to have a few more garnishes and glasses and types of ingredients? Also to back it up. I’m surprised there isn’t a sugared rim garnish and a few other things. Like globes for the glass ware. They’re becoming more popular. And now i might be getting nit picky but a visual measurement next to the ingredients would be amazing. I remember things a lot better through images than words. That being said I love that you can pick the color and the glass. I would love to see these updates so much so that I’ll even toss y’all a couple of dollars for the development. I know plenty of people that would pay for this app if it just had a little more variety and usability. If it’s not in your wheelhouse to update this I’m still grateful. Thank you 🙏🏽