simple cocktail app
The call
Demand signals show professional bartenders and general enthusiasts want cocktail apps (93 discussions, growing 66% YoY), but the home drinker ICP is unvalidated by evidence. Search demand is moderate (24 queries) and Epicurious dominates with 99k ratings; no clear wedge exists to displace it.
Is the demand real?
93 discussions across Reddit, HN, App Store reviews show cocktail app interest exists. However, 34 posts are from r/bartenders (professionals), while home drinker communities (r/homebar plus r/Mixology) show only 9 combined posts. Search demand is moderate at 24 queries. The established App Store category (172k total ratings, Epicurious at 4.73 stars) confirms the market exists, but demand from home drinkers specifically remains unvalidated by the evidence provided.
What people are actually saying
- Rediscover the world of cocktails with barkeeper.ai and Alfredo, your friendly AI bartender who’s with you every step of the way. Highlights: ⋅ Massive cocktail library with thousands of recipes, from · Hacker News · 98
- I wanna put some pretext to this rant. I'm born and raised in a nordic country. Thorough exposure to American media at a young age taught me relatively decent conversational english and about 9 years · r/bartenders · 98
- I’m a solo developer and cocktail enthusiast. I’ve been building this app on my own over the past few months and wanted to finally share it here. I’ve been putting together a cocktail app for people w · r/Mixology · 98
- Hello community I am the author of the app - [**Mixology app - Cocktail Recipes.**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.my.cocktail.bar.classic.drink.recipes.easy.oldfashioned.by.ingredi · r/Mixology · 98
- Hello everyone! We're excited to share that our iOS app, **Cocktail Codex**, has officially launched and is now live on the App Store! **What is Cocktail Codex?** Cocktail Codex is designed for · r/Mixology · 98
Growing or fading?
Interest in this topic is rising (up about 66% over the last year). Search demand is healthy.
What people search
The wedge competitors are missing
be the app that recommends drinks based on the exact ingredients you have at home
Your perfect first customer
Home entertaining enthusiast, 25-45, hosts 2-4 times per year, owns 3-5 base spirits, wants to impress guests with new drinks but forgets recipes and lacks bartender confidence.
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