This app helps cigar enthusiasts manage their collection, identify cigars with AI, and log tasting notes. It also features a lounge finder and personalized drink pairing suggestions. Users can track inventory, discover flavor preferences, and visualize their cigar journey.
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August 1, 2026
Aficionado is now free to try You no longer need a subscription to get started. Log your first 5 cigars — including camera band identification — and keep your journal, humidor, wishlist, gallery, and journey map at no cost. Premium unlocks unlimited logging plus the Virtual Sommelier, Aging Lab, tray scan, Blind Tasting, and the full insights suite. A proper introduction First launch now walks you through what the app does before asking anything of you. Year in Smoke A new annual recap: sessions month by month, your average score, what you spent, brands and origins explored, your highest-rated smoke of the year, and your signature flavors. Find it under Insights. Dark mode Aficionado now follows your system appearance, or you can pin it to Light or Dark in Settings. Built for evening reading in a dim lounge. Bring your old journal with you Settings → Data → Import legacy backup restores a JSON export from the classic app — sessions, humidor, and wishlist together. Fixes and refinements • Cigar names are no longer autocorrected — "Padron" stays "Padron" • Imported entries show proper dates instead of raw timestamps • Widgets and cellar reminders now refresh in the background • Lounge search waits longer for a location fix before giving up • Faster search and analytics, especially with a large journal • Better layout on iPad and on smaller iPhones • Fixed a crash that could occur when an AI response came back malformed
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ACJ is a personal cigar journal and collection manager designed for adult enthusiasts. It uses AI to identify cigars, track your collection, log tasting notes, and find lounges.
You can snap a photo of any cigar, and the AI will instantly identify its brand, blend, origin, and vitola, eliminating the need for guesswork.
Yes, ACJ offers humidor management to track your entire inventory, including purchase dates, quantities, and aging progress, so you always know what's in your collection.
Yes, ACJ offers a free 7-day trial to unlock the full experience. After the trial, a subscription is required.
Your subscription auto-renews and can be managed or canceled anytime through your Apple ID settings.
ACJ offers a monthly subscription for $3.99 and a yearly subscription for $39.99.
ACJ is intended for adult cigar enthusiasts and requires users to be 21 or older to use the app. The age rating is 17+.
No, ACJ does not contain advertisements. The app is ad-free.
