# Hello Vino: Wine Assistant — user reviews > 309 indexed App Store user reviews of Hello Vino by Hello Vino, rated 4.60/5 from 6,703 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hello-vino-wine-assistant/id318447346/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hello-vino-wine-assistant/id318447346.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,992 · 4★ 1,181 · 3★ 311 · 2★ 70 · 1★ 149 ## What do users think of Hello Vino? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great wine app - 👍 Helpful recommendations and pairing features - 👍 Ability to log own wines - 👍 Useful for wine novices and experts - 👍 Informative and easy to use - 👍 Convenient for finding and remembering favorite wines **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes when using camera feature - 🔒 Limited database of wines - 💰 Paid features like unlimited scans - 🔒 Limited functionality without internet access - 🔒 Not user-friendly for non-US users - 🐛 Inconsistent performance, bugs, and glitches **Commonly reported bugs** - Camera feature crashes the app - Purchased scans not working as expected - Wine data disappearing from user's list - Inability to create an account **Most requested features** - Ability to edit wine entries - Improved wine database coverage - Syncing and sharing wine lists between devices - More advanced wine cellar management features - Support for more countries and regions ## Newest reviews (10 of 309) ### 3/5 — I love this app but… *2025-04-05, version 5.0.11* Good interface and options but have found in the last year or so the app quits as soon as I hit the camera button to capture a new favourite. Using: iPhone 15pro iOS 18.3.2 Camera enabled for app. Looking for a new option to replace this app until this bug is fixed ### 2/5 — Limited Use *2025-01-01, version 5.0.11* Difficult to use scanning mechanism. Also did not allow me to purchase unlimited scans. ### 4/5 — Great App *2022-04-11, version 5.0.11* Use it mostly for recommendations for wine with food. Works great for that. ### 4/5 — Love this app! Awesome to use to remember my fav wines *2020-04-05, version 5.0.11* I use this to track all our fav wines! Cool app!!! ### 4/5 — Great for beginners *2019-12-22, version 5.0.11* I want to learn more about wines and this a great way to keep organic notes and a record of this things. Also offers information so you can learn. ### 4/5 — Great way to keep track of favorites ! *2019-11-07, version 5.0.11* If you are forgetting where you purchased that special wine you love, you can easily use this app to track where to buy it! ### 5/5 — Great wine pairings. The rest needs work. *2019-05-25, version 5.0.11* For wine novices, wondering what to get with a meal or for a special occasion, this is a great app. For people looking to store their favorite wines, or who want to keep track of what wines they have had or what wines you like, it works ok. For those looking to manage the list of wines you have at home, or share that list with your spouse, don't bother. This rating is for the paid version (supposedly no ads). Pros: - Fantastic interface for Wine Assistant, informed by your preferences (which are limited, however). This really is the heart of the app. - Scanning wine labels to have them read and stored in your "My Wines" section is great. Works nicely. - My Wines lets you store all your wines, rate them 1-5 stars, then sort them by price, rating, year, and name. You can also set each wine as a "Favorite" or put it on your "Wishlist." Note, however, that this feature doesn't do what you'd think it does (see below). - The wine concierge is great for when you're looking for a professional wine recommendation. Cons: - Despite the "no ads" purchase, on startup it will still give you ads for their own services, like the wine club or unlimited scans. - Family Sharing in iOS doesn't do anything that I could tell. It doesn't share the data from "My Wines," even if you log in using the same username and password. Doesn't allow you to share the in app purchases either. In fact, I'm not sure what Family Sharing does in Hello Vino, even though in the App Store they say it is supported. Things that need work: - The "My Wines" interface is too simplistic. You can sort and search, but you can't filter the wines to show only specific ratings or price range or varietal. - Preferences for use in the Wine Assistant are way too simplistic. Just red or white, light, medium or rich, and price range. No varietal or country/region of origin. - Similarly, the info captured for each wine in your "My Wines" list is also limited. Just name, vintage (year) and price. It should at least have the Varietal (Pinot Grigio, Cabernet, etc.), if not the region of origin. - The "Wine Assistant" doesn't take your My Wines list into account. The recommendations should at least take into account your Favorites, if not what you have at home. - There is no cellar management in the "My Wines" list, saying what bottles you have, what you're out of, what you want to buy (although I do use the wishlist for that last part). Frankly the App Store description implies that the app does this, but it doesn't. It's more of a "I had this before and liked it/hated it" kind of functionality, not a "this is what I have at home" capability. - I should be able to share the "My Wines" list with my spouse. While my spouse's preferences may be different from mine (she likes Pinot Noir, I prefer Cabs), we do have a common list of wines we have at home. The app should support sharing that list. ### 3/5 — Inventory *2019-05-02, version 5.0.11* So far so good, but the app doesn’t allow arranging inventory by type or alphabetical ### 3/5 — Needs improvements *2019-04-03, version 5.0.11* Love the site but do not find it intuitive or easy to navigate. Attention site engineers; keep up the good work. ### 5/5 — Richard Bruno Chenin Blanc 2017 *2019-03-18, version 5.0.11* We love this wine ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t get past initial setup *2025-11-13, version 5.0.11* iOS 26 issue maybe? I get to localization page and select state and then nothing works beyond that ### 1/5 — Too convoluted just a sales tactic *2023-04-23, version 5.0.11* This app was unhelpful. Deleted it after entering first wine. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2022-05-06, version 5.0.11* It doesn’t work, i cant create an account and it wont tell me any wine. Not recommended 👎 ### 1/5 — Worst app EVER *2022-01-06, version 5.0.11* What a complete waste of time. Free scans promised upon signing up but do NOT appear in app at all. Does NOT recognize purchased scans. So bottom line, does not scan. Will not upload label photos. Does not recognize good wine by name. Completely utterly useless, I am deleting immediately after writing this. If I could give this 0 stars or NEGATIVE stars, I would. ### 1/5 — Customer support does not exist for this app *2021-09-08, version 5.0.11* Customer support does not exist for this app ### 1/5 — Bad app scan does not work *2020-04-15, version 5.0.11* After paying and trying the scan for the app, it crashes and it will not scan, how did Apple allow them on the site, time for Apple to clean up the App Store and remove it ### 1/5 — Horrible. *2020-04-11, version 5.0.11* I bought this app many years ago. Now the scan feature stopped working. It completely deleted my list when I logged out and now it’s totally lost. And they have no support. Totally horrible. I think this app might have been something few years ago and now no one takes care of it anymore. Sad. ### 1/5 — Seems to be very different and bad from a few years ago *2019-12-01, version 5.0.11* Under my old phone are used to be able to scan wind and it will give me results now I seem to have to pay have I done something wrong ### 1/5 — Only for the US *2019-11-23, version 5.0.11* Liked the idea of the app, but sadly it’s only designed for the US at the moment ### 1/5 — Doesnt work *2019-03-10, version 5.0.11* Paid $5 for image recognition but doesn’t work— still has the option to purchase it again.. emailed customer service a week ago and no received no response. Seems like i got scammed out of $5 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Dependable and Awesome! *2026-08-09, version 5.0.11* Anytime I need a wine pairing suggestion…HelloVino has been there for me! Try it, I have used it for years. ### 5/5 — Great wine app *2025-10-20, version 5.0.11* I really like the recommendations and the pairing features. I also enjoying being able to log my own wines! ### 5/5 — Great App *2024-07-06, version 5.0.11* I’ve had this app probably since its release, or early in after being released, and it has not failed me through all of these years. It has helped me keep tabs of my favorite wine and find wine when I wasn’t sure what I wanted. Everyone should have this app and share it with their friends! ;-) ### 5/5 — Rico *2023-09-01, version 5.0.11* Rico ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-01-25, version 5.0.11* What an app!!! I needed this, Congratsss!!!👏🏻 ### 5/5 — Nice! *2022-01-19, version 5.0.11* Well designed and intuitive. ### 5/5 — Great app *2020-12-25, version 5.0.11* Very helpful for selecting the wine you want. ### 5/5 — Drink up *2020-04-02, version 5.0.11* Enjoy it works ! Takes the guessing out when buying the right wine for the Occasion. 👍 ### 5/5 — I love this app it’s straight forward and easy to use *2020-01-06, version 5.0.11* Awaome ### 5/5 — My go to wine adviser *2019-10-22, version 5.0.11* I LOVE this app. I ho to it several times a week for ford and wine pairings and they are alway spot on. One thing I like is that they offer red wine alternatives with foods where a white is the first choice. A boon for us red wine lovers! --- *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 2026-09-03.*