Is Home Bar Hero really free?
Home Bar Hero is free to download, and the free tier is a real bar, not a demo. Scan your bottles, browse hundreds of recipes, match cocktails, save as many recipes as you like, earn badges, and pull up a stool in the Open Bar at no cost. Free accounts get 20 AI credits a day. The optional Top Shelf supporter upgrade ($2.99/mo, $24.99/yr, or $69.99 lifetime, an early-supporter offer that will not be sold forever) adds a bigger daily allowance and paints your whole bar as shelf art. Supporters are what keep the app running.
What cocktails can I make with what I have?
Home Bar Hero scans your bottles via photo or manual entry, then instantly matches your inventory against hundreds of community-powered recipes to show you exactly what you can make tonight, plus what's just one bottle away.
Is there an app that scans bottles and suggests cocktails?
Yes! Home Bar Hero uses AI-powered photo recognition to identify your bottles, then suggests cocktails you can make. Free to start on iOS and Android.
What are the essential bottles for a home bar?
A great starter bar includes bourbon, gin, vodka, white rum, tequila, vermouth, Angostura bitters, triple sec, and simple syrup. Home Bar Hero shows which cocktails you unlock with each bottle.
How do I track my home bar inventory?
Snap a photo of your shelf or search manually. Home Bar Hero's AI recognizes brands and bottle types, spirits and wine alike, keeping your inventory organized so you always know what you have and what you can make.
Can the app invent a cocktail for me?
Yes. Flavor Lab lets you dial in the taste you want with sliders (sweet, sour, bitter, boozy, and more), then AI invents a complete, balanced cocktail, names it, and writes the full recipe. Turn on "only my bar" and it builds using just the bottles you own. It runs on your daily AI credits, free to start.
Does Home Bar Hero work with wine?
Yes. Wine has a room of its own, the Cellar. Scan a wine bottle and it rests there with the producer, varietal, region and year read off the label, a researched back label with a tasting note, pairings and the years it drinks best, and a list that sorts by when to open each bottle. Spirits stay on the Shelf. Both live in the same bar, and the Barkeep knows both.
What are recipe packs?
Recipe packs are themed collections of cocktails you can flip through, save, and make, from timeless classics to fresh seasonal drops. New packs land regularly, and saving one adds the recipes straight to your bar.
