# App-Assisted Bartenders The App-Controlled Bartender Gives Exact Quantities to Mix Drinks By Akihiko Tse | Published 2013-10-09 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/app-controlled-bartender References: [fancy](http://fancy.com/things/464853957991205847/Perfect-Drink-App-Controlled-Smart-Bartending) & [macgasm.net](http://www.macgasm.net/2013/10/06/mix-perfect-drink-app-controlled-smart-bartender/) Now everyone can be a bartender with the app-controlled bartending app. The free app for iOS and Android comes with hundreds of recipe choices to concoct and create the perfect cocktail and mix drinks. By choosing a recipe after you've connected your smartphone or tablet to the [smart scale](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mixmate), which costs $70, the app shows the exact amount and quantity that needs to be poured. The app-controlled bartending app can detect your glass filling up, and indicates when to pour and when to stop. The app comes with a [vast library of recipes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cocktail-codex) for various drinks and will ensure that your guests are just as impressed during the pre-drink as they are at the bar. The scale is able to measure each pour of the drink, resulting in the perfect drink each time. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.5/10 - Popularity: 29% | Activity: 39% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Drinking](https://www.trendhunter.com/drinking) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Smart Scale Mixology:** The app-controlled bartending app utilizes a smart scale to measure and guide the perfect pour, creating a new trend in mixology. - **App-enabled Recipe Libraries:** The app-controlled bartending app offers a vast library of cocktail recipes, highlighting the trend of app-enabled recipe access for aspiring bartenders. - **Precision Cocktail Crafting:** The app-controlled bartending app enables precise measuring and pouring, revolutionizing the art of cocktail crafting and introducing a new trend in the industry. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Consumer Electronics:** The app-controlled bartending app disrupts the consumer electronics industry by combining smart scale technology with mixology for a unique consumer experience. - **Hospitality:** The app-controlled bartending app presents a disruptive innovation opportunity in the hospitality industry, where bartenders can enhance their skills and efficiency with app-guided pouring. - **Mobile App Development:** The app-controlled bartending app opens up new possibilities for mobile app development, offering a unique integration of recipe libraries and smart scale technology. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Automated Mixologist Cocktail Makers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cocktail-maker.md) - [Digital Mixology Guides](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digital-mixology.md) - [Mixology Assistant Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sip-cocktails.md) - [AI Cocktail Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thirsty-bot.md) - [Personalized Mixology Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mixology-apps.md) - [At-Home Bartending Machines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/black-and-decker-bev.md) - [Chilled Cocktail Makers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drinkworks-home-bar-classic.md) - [AI-Powered Bartenders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-bartender.md) - [Commercial AI Mixologists](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brandmuscle-tastebuds.md)