Observed arrival · 2026-08-22
BarLog, the cocktail app that refuses to use stars
A Korean-language app for recording cocktail bars and drinks, then building personal rankings through pairwise comparisons instead of star ratings.
Why it surfaced
BarLog treats “the Negroni at this bar” as a different object from the same drink elsewhere, and updates rankings with binary insertion comparisons for bars and Elo comparisons for cocktails. The app is still distributed directly as an Android APK rather than through Google Play, giving this compact site the feel of a specific, actively assembled project.
A Korean-language app for recording cocktail bars and drinks, then building personal rankings through pairwise comparisons instead of star ratings.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
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