PowerView vs Wine Cellar Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerView
Control motorized window coverings from your mobile device. Adjust light and energy usage with a tap or automated schedules. Integrates with your connected home for ultimate convenience.
- Control motorized window coverings
- Group control of shades
- Customizable Scenes
- Automated Schedules
- Sunrise/Sunset scheduling
- Remote access with Gateway
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Control your home's window coverings from the convenience of your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. The PowerView® App provides intelligent operation of popular Hunter Douglas window coverings. Adjust your window coverings to manage incoming light and energy usage throughout your home with the tap of a button or through automated operation. The app merges seamlessly with your connected lifestyle to provide a level of convenience and ease for your automated window coverings. Features: • Control Hunter Douglas motorized window coverings, individually or in groups, throughout your entire home. • Quickly and easily navigate the app using built-in tabs: Dashboard, Rooms, Scenes, and Schedules. • Add favorite Scenes, Shades, and Schedules to your Dashboard, so they appear first whenever you open the app. • Create customized shade position settings called "Scenes" for convenience, or to manage your natural lighting and privacy needs throughout the day. • Put your Scenes in motion using Schedules. Easily program your Scenes to activate automatically at different times of day to deliver the look and comfort you want, without you having to press a button. Configure Schedules to occur at a specific time, or based on unique Sunrise and Sunset times in your specific location. • Easily enable or disable Schedules, so that your blinds take the day off when you do. • Manage your Home from anywhere with RemoteConnect™. This requires a PowerView® Gateway, an Internet connection, and initial in-home setup. If you need help or have a question, email us at PowerView@hunterdouglas.com or call 1-844-PWR-VIEW (US), 1-800-265-8000 (Canada).
Wine Cellar Manager
Manage your personal wine collection with this multi-platform app. Track inventory, vintages, open bottles, and even wine consumed outside your cellar. Capture wine moments with photos and analyze your collection with statistics.
- Manage wine inventory and vintage data
- Track open bottles and fill levels
- Import wines from a database
- Create virtual wine racks and fridges
- Manage orders and subscriptions
- Journal for cellar movements and consumed wines
- Capture wine moments with photos
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Our multi-platform wine cellar & lifestyle app is all you need for your personal wine experience! From basic management of bottles and vintages up to capturing your wine moments - the Wine Cellar Manager has you covered! Access your data on your iPhone, iPad & Mac with your iCloud Account. Key Features & Highlights: * Manage your wine inventory along with vintage specific data * Track your open bottles (for users of wine saver systems, including fill level & date) * Import wines from our Wine Cloud database * Create virtual wine racks and fridges - the Wine Cellar Manager supports multiple rooms and even houses for advanced use cases * Support for multiple currencies and bottle sizes * Mange your orders and subscriptions * The Journal tracks every cellar movement and allows you to track wines consumed outside of your cellar (e.g. restaurant) * Capture your Wine Moments by posting photos and connecting them with your Journal * Various filters for fast access * Different layouts and customization options * Statistics & graphics to analyze your inventory and purchases * Available for iPhone, iPad & Mac * Shared multi-user data access (Advanced Edition) Any questions? Just get in touch with our support: support@winemanager.app Cheers! Licence Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PowerView at none against Wine Cellar Manager's 13. PowerView also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 5) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). Wine Cellar Manager's advantage is review sentiment (46% vs 28%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Wine Cellar Manager sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PowerView asks for nothing beyond the download.
PowerView holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PowerView has 2.4K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of PowerView's written reviews are positive against 46% of Wine Cellar Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, Wine Cellar Manager fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerView | Wine Cellar Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.4K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews | 46.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc. | Teck Apps UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) |
Customer experience
PowerView
Wine Cellar Manager
Bugs and requests
PowerView
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes on launch
- Scenes not working as expected
- Inability to discover/connect to shades
- Inconsistent remote control functionality
- Automation schedules not triggering properly
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- Sync issues between app and physical shades
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- Battery level indicators
- Conditional scenes based on weather
- Ability to adjust upper/lower limits
- Improved group scene management
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- Remote access without connectivity issues
Wine Cellar Manager
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PowerView
No in-app purchases
Wine Cellar Manager
- Advanced Edition1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Advanced 2 Months7 Days trial$5.992 Months
- Basic Plus Edition$7.996 Months
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- Basic Edition macOS$8.991 Year
- Advanced 6 Months7 Days trial$14.906 Months
- Advanced Cloud Edition1 Month trial$14.996 Months
- Basic Plus Edition$14.991 Year
- Advanced one year$22.991 Year
- Advanced Edition1 Month trial$24.991 Year
- Basic Plus Edition Unlimited$34.99
- Wine Manager Basic$36.00
- Basic Mac Version$36.00
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- Advanced Unlimited Edition$44.99
Questions
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