OnlyDrams

Great concept… but the raffle feels like a black box I really like the idea behind OnlyDrams and I’ve enjoyed being a member — the product and concept are solid, and it’s a fun way to stay connected to the whisky community. That said, the monthly bottle draw is starting to feel a little frustrating. They only draw one bottle per month, but there’s no transparency around how many members are in the pool. Is it 200 people? 2,000? Nobody really knows. Without that info, it’s hard to feel like there’s even a realistic chance of winning. Even a simple list of winners each month (first name + last initial, or member number) would go a long way. Just something that shows the draws are real and lets members feel like it’s actually happening. I also think they could improve engagement by adding a few more bottles each month — even 4–5 “middle of the road” bottles would help keep things exciting. Right now it feels like a long-shot lottery. If members felt like they had a real chance, I honestly think people would be more likely to stay subscribed — or even upgrade to a higher tier. Overall: good idea, but the monthly draw needs more transparency and better odds to keep members invested.

I like the ability to use a free app forever and never use the in-app purchases. It was easy to add my bottles using the camera scan feature. I love that. I wish the search wasn’t so all inclusive. It’s hard to remember the exact name of a bottle, and the search doesn’t help enough. Also, I’d like to see a larger picture of the bottle, or allow me to take a photo. I wanted to share my bottles with the community, but can’t figure out how to make it public. When I slide the private widget it never says public, so not sure what to do there. That said, I love the app and will continue adding my bottles to track what I’ve had.

I really want to use/like this app. I’m a UX/UI designer by trade and have run into more than a few barriers and pain points just entering a handful of bottles. There is however a showstopper for me. How single barrel picks are handled. I have 400+ bottles and many of them are SiB picks. I started entering my 4R bottles and can’t easily identify which picks I have of each recipe. For example, it says I have 2 OESK bottles, but it shows me only one proof in the summery view, so I can’t tell if I have multiples of one pick or 1 bottle of many picks or a combination. It’s not apparent who the pick is from (there is a “selected by” field, but it doesn’t seem to translate in the summary or details view), not to mention some important warehouse, run/tier information, and age statement. I actually have 10+ OESK’s all different picks with different proofs. Compound this issue across multiple distilleries/brands and it’s a mess. I can see a lot of potential for the app. It seems like it was designed for/by new and inexperienced collectors aimed primarily at keeping a number count of bottles by type with some nice pictures, not so much for people deep in their whiskey collections. This is a review of 3.3.2, fingers crossed it gets better.