Stirred Art
Comparison
Stirred Art vs Mixel
Both tell you what your bottles can make. Stirred Art also learns your taste and works at the bar.
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LayeredFacts checked on 11 November 2026.
The short answer
Stirred Art starts from your taste: it scores a bar menu against what you like and keeps a map of where you drank. Mixel starts from your bottles and shows the recipes they can make.
Pick Stirred Art if
- You want help choosing from a bar menu.
- You want the app to learn your taste from drinks you rate.
- You want a record of the bars you visit and what you had.
Side by side
| Stirred Art | Mixel | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | people who order the same three cocktails and want to branch out, at bars and at home | home bartenders who want to know what they can make from their bottles |
| Where it runs | iPhone and iPad, with the taste model running on the device | iPhone and iPad, and Android |
| What it does | builds a taste profile from drinks you rate, scores a photographed menu, and logs drinks and bar visits on a map | 2,600+ recipes filtered by what is in your bar, with an AI bartender for custom recipes |
| At home | add your bottles and see what you can make tonight and what to buy next | a home bar inventory that sorts recipes by what you can make now |
| How you pay | a Drinks & Spirits Pro upgrade | a premium subscription, plus recipe packs sold one at a time |
What Stirred Art is
Stirred Art learns what you like from drinks you rate, then scores any bar menu you photograph against your taste. It keeps a map of the bars you have visited and tells you what the bottles on your shelf can make.
What Mixel is
Mixel answers one question: "What cocktails can you make right now?" You tell it what is in your bar and it shows every drink you can mix from more than 2,600 recipes, with each ingredient drawn in pixel art and an AI bartender called Bart for custom recipes.
Questions
Is Stirred Art a good alternative to Mixel?
Yes, if you want a taste profile that scores bar menus and remembers the bars you visit. Stirred Art starts from your taste: it scores a bar menu against what you like and keeps a map of where you drank. Mixel starts from your bottles and shows the recipes they can make.
What is the difference between Stirred Art and Mixel?
Stirred Art is built for people who order the same three cocktails and want to branch out, at bars and at home. Mixel is built for home bartenders who want to know what they can make from their bottles.
How is Stirred Art sold compared with Mixel?
Stirred Art: a Drinks & Spirits Pro upgrade. Mixel: a premium subscription, plus recipe packs sold one at a time.
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We make Stirred Art. What we say about Mixel comes from its own pages, read on 11 November 2026: Mixel on the App Store, mixelcocktails.com. Spotted a mistake? Write to support@stirred.art. Mixel belongs to its owner, and Stirred Art is not affiliated with it.