Comparison

ClimaVinea vs SMARTBOTTLE

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ClimaVinea

Explore the renowned wines and terroirs of Burgundy with detailed interactive vineyard maps and producer profiles. Discover historical context, appellation characteristics, and navigate the vineyards with a GPS function.

Highlights
  • Interactive vineyard maps
  • Producer profiles and wine lists
  • Historical and cultural information
  • Powerful search engine
  • GPS vineyard navigation
  • Bilingual (French/English)
Features
Currently charting
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A comprehensive guide to the great wines of Burgundy, with detailed interactive maps of its renowned vineyards (known as climats), from Montrachet to Chambertin. Includes a guide to the top producers and a GPS function for your visits to the vineyards. Features of ClimaVinea: • An interactive version of Sylvain Pitiot’s authoritative new maps, published in his book The Climats and Lieux-Dits of the Great Vineyards of Burgundy (3rd edition 2019). Includes the most recent scholarship on the origins of parcel names from Marie-Hélène Landrieu. • The Who’s Who of producers: profiles and wine lists for 140 elite estates and negociants, to help you build a cellar and make informed choices from restaurant wine lists. The list is entirely impartial (there are no ads or sales linked to this app), the selection being based on the collective judgments of the best international critics over several vintages. (Not a comprehensive list of all producers.) • An encyclopedic reference that will satisfy your curiosity and help you deepen your knowledge of the history, culture, and vineyards that produce great wines of Burgundy—knowledge that enhances the pleasure of exploring and drinking them. • A powerful search engine helps you find reliable, precise information. Whether you are a professional, connoisseur, collector, or student of wine, with ClimaVinea you can find a vineyard on the map and look up its surface area and other facts, check whether a producer makes a certain wine, discover the characteristics of an appellation, and more. • A GPS function guides you through the vineyards when you visit Burgundy. • Includes both French and English versions, with the option to switch back and forth. - A must have for anyone seriously interested in the wines of Burgundy.

About

SMARTBOTTLE

Features
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SMARTBOTTLE est l’application de référence des professionnels du vin : outil de communication innovant pour les producteurs, il permet aux clients d’en découvrir davantage au sujet des vins qui les intéressent, simplement en scannant la bouteille avec l’appareil photo de l’application. En un geste simple, ces informations sur un vin, un domaine ou un producteur apparaissent grâce à nos technologies en Réalité Augmentée. SMARTBOTTLE vous offre des contenus variés au sujet des producteurs qui ont souscrit à nos offres, tel que les notes et médailles d’un vin, des commentaires de dégustation, accords mets et vins, des vidéos du domaine ou du professionnel, ou encore des animations en 3D, le tout projeté en Réalité Augmentée directement sur la bouteille de vin. Il vous suffit de scanner la bouteille dans notre application, elle garde en mémoire les vins que vous avez consulté. Nous veillons chaque jour au développement de notre base de données de vins scannables.  Suivez-nous sur les réseaux sociaux : Notre site internet : https://smartbottle.wine/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smartbottlewine/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartbottle/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smartbottlewine

Screenshots

ClimaVinea4 screens
SMARTBOTTLE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SMARTBOTTLE at Free against ClimaVinea's $39.99. SMARTBOTTLE also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). ClimaVinea's advantage is chart position (#89 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SMARTBOTTLE is free to download; ClimaVinea costs $39.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClimaVinea ships an update every 6 months, SMARTBOTTLE every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
ClimaVinea versus SMARTBOTTLE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClimaVineaSMARTBOTTLE
Price$39.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (394 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings394 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#89 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size343 MB172 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperVIAVINEAYZAR

Bugs and requests

ClimaVinea

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Dropdown menus won't stay open
  • App restarts completely on exit
  • English language setting resets
  • App not installing after purchase
  • Download fails midway

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add Chinese language support
  • Include Chablis, Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais
  • Add more producers (e.g., Bizot)
  • Android version availability
  • iPad version for comfortable reading
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  • Add new winemakers
  • Add missing Domaines (e.g., Jadot, Latour, Leflaive, etc.)

SMARTBOTTLE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ClimaVinea

No in-app purchases

None

SMARTBOTTLE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ClimaVinea free?
ClimaVinea costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SMARTBOTTLE free?
SMARTBOTTLE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ClimaVinea or SMARTBOTTLE have ads?
Neither ClimaVinea nor SMARTBOTTLE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClimaVinea or SMARTBOTTLE?
ClimaVinea ships an update every 6 months, and SMARTBOTTLE every 6 weeks. Most recently, ClimaVinea was updated on October 2, 2026 and SMARTBOTTLE on September 28, 2026.

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