# Apothec — Wine curated, and understood

> Wine curated, and understood (iPhone/iPad app by Matthew Kay.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apothec/id6757196547 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Matthew Kay](https://appshunter.io/developer/1865216895)
- Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 20 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-05-13
- Data updated: 2026-05-31
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apothec/id6757196547/reviews.md

## What is Apothec?

Apothec is the wine cellar app for people who take their collection seriously.

Scan a label with your camera and Apothec identifies the wine, logs it to your cellar, and enriches it with professional critic scores — automatically. No typing. No searching. Just point and shoot.

INTELLIGENT CELLAR MANAGEMENT
• Scan labels instantly with your camera or upload from your photo library
• Catalog by varietal, region, vintage, producer, and appellation
• Track bottle counts and adjust inventory with a tap
• Mark bottles as drunk and keep a permanent tasting record
• Organize by storage location — rack, fridge, or offsite

ENRICHMENT & INTELLIGENCE
• Automatic professional critic scores and ratings
• Drinking windows and peak maturity estimates
• Market pricing and estimated cellar value
• AI-powered data cleanup and label recognition

TASTING NOTES & RATINGS
• Record personal scores, tasting notes, and food pairings
• Browse your full tasting history by wine or date
• See how your palate compares to the critics

DISCOVER & BUY
• Shop curated deals from top retailers
• Find the best current prices on wines in your collection
• Buy Again: reorder wines you've previously loved

SHARE & COLLABORATE
• Generate beautiful PDF wine menus for dinners and events
• Share your collection with friends
• Like and comment on wines in shared collections

Built for collectors, sommeliers, and anyone who loves wine and wants to steward their bottles with care.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.2 — 2026-05-28

What's New

Restaurant Menu Scanner — Major Upgrades
Scan restaurant wine menus faster and more reliably. The scanner now streams wines to your screen as they're found, shows live progress, and runs in the background so you can keep using the app while it works. Duplicate wines are automatically removed.

Wine Ratings in the Sommelier
Rate wines directly from a restaurant menu scan. Your ratings are saved to your collection so you can remember what you liked.

Info Sheet on Every Wine
Tap the info button on any wine in a menu scan to see full details — critic scores, region, tasting notes, drinking window, and value assessment — without leaving the wine list.

Glass vs. Bottle Filter
When scanning a menu, filter by glass pours or bottles to find exactly what you're looking for.

Pricing Intelligence Improvements
By-the-glass pricing now calculates markup correctly. Vintage hints, assumed vintages, and dual-price detection (glass + bottle) all work more accurately.

Scan History
Every menu you scan is automatically saved. Tap any past scan to reopen it instantly — no need to re-scan. Rename scans, delete them, or browse your full history.

Liked Wines
Heart any wine from a restaurant scan to save it to your Liked Wines list, accessible anytime from the app.

Deals Page
Wines are now ranked by the combination of highest critic score and best price relative to market value — making it easier to find the best bottle for the money.

Insights
Collection analysis loads faster and no longer hangs when opening the page.

Bug Fixes & Performance
Faster navigation throughout the app, fixed blank screens on retry, improved iOS stability for long menu scans.

### 2 — 2026-05-17

Insights — New full-screen view for personalized recommendations
1–100 Rating — Rate wines on a finer scale
Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 1.0 — 2026-05-14

No release notes.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-05-31.*