Embargo Wallet vs Winedrops Club
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Embargo Wallet
Collect digital stamps from your favorite local businesses like coffee shops and bakeries. This app acts as a digital wallet for loyalty cards, helping you earn rewards and avoid losing physical cards while saving paper.
- Collect digital stamps
- Digital loyalty card wallet
- Unlock rewards
- Never lose stamp cards
- Save paper
- Supports coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants
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Being a loyal customer and getting rewarded has never been easier! Join hundreds of thousands of users and make your loyalty count! Collect digital stamps at your favourite specialty coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, and other businesses in your area – all available in one simple app, which acts like a wallet for your digital loyalty cards. The more you visit, the more rewards you will unlock. Having Embargo App on your phone means: - You will never lose your stamp cards again - You will save paper and do your bit to keep our planet green - You will enjoy countless rewards for being loyal Tap. Eat. Drink. Repeat. It's as easy as that! #WeMakeLoyaltyCount
Winedrops Club
Discover and purchase discounted wines directly at trade prices, saving up to 80%. Features daily drops of critically acclaimed, personalized wines and a vast shop selection. Manage your wine collection with a virtual cellar and 24/7 customer service.
- Trade price wines
- Daily discounted wine drops
- Personalized wine recommendations
- Shop for discounted wines
- Virtual wine cellar
- Manage deliveries
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Winedrops saves you money on your favourite wines. We cut out the middleman to get you trade prices, saving you up to 80%. Every day we drop a new wine that is: - Massively discounted - Personalized to your taste - Critically acclaimed & highly rated You can also browse our huge variety of discounted wines on our shop. Whether you're into cheap or fine wine, we've got something for you! Manage all your wines in one place with our virtual cellar, where you can: - See taste notes - Buy more - Control your own deliveries Our 24/7 customer service makes us the highest rated & fastest growing wine club in the UK. Now accepting new members.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Winedrops Club at 84% against Embargo Wallet's 39%. Embargo Wallet's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Embargo Wallet holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 145 and 68 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Embargo Wallet's written reviews are positive against 84% of Winedrops Club's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Embargo Wallet ships an update every 3 weeks, Winedrops Club fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Embargo Wallet | Winedrops Club |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (145 ratings) — better | 4.5 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.0% of reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Embargo Lifestyle Ltd. | Winedrops |
Customer experience
Embargo Wallet
Winedrops Club
User reviews
Embargo Wallet
From 145 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 💳 Convenient loyalty card consolidation
- 🎁 Good rewards and free items
- 🏪 Wide variety of partner venues
- ⭐ Excellent customer service (when available)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing
- 🔐 Unexpected logouts losing rewards
- 📍 Excessive location and Bluetooth permissions required
- ⚠️ Unreliable stamp collection system
- ❌ Inability to redeem earned rewards
Winedrops Club
From 68 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great value
- 👍 Simplicity
- 👍 Top app
- 👍 Lots of fun
- 👍 Amazing offers
Room to improve
- 🛑 Stop calling me
- 🛑 TOTAL SCAM
- 🛑 Would not consider
- 🛑 Be aware, not as advertised
- 🛑 Stupidly expensive for what you get
Bugs and requests
Embargo Wallet
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes when claiming rewards
- App crashes when leaving feedback
- Stamp feature not working on iPhone 13
- Bluetooth connectivity issues despite being enabled
- Location access causes app to crash
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- Stamps collected disappear after redemption attempts
- Rewards not credited despite stamps collected
- Cannot redeem rewards after collecting required stamps
- App crashes on startup after updates
- Login issues with Apple ID and generated passwords
- Incorrect address validation blocking orders
- Orders placed but not received by restaurants
- Mandatory app updates breaking functionality
- Date picker hidden by iPhone notch
- Inconsistent stamp counting and collection
- Logout occurring during reward redemption
- App freezing on older iOS versions
- NFC scanner taking 15+ seconds to launch
Requested features
10 requests- Apple Watch compatibility
- Apple Wallet integration
- Simpler reward redemption process
- Granular notification settings per venue
- Clearer indication of available rewards
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- Undo/delete protection for cards
- Language selection option
- Visible stamp collection history
- Better order status tracking
- Direct customer support chat
Winedrops Club
Reported bugs
2 issues- App glitches when scrolling through filters
- Unable to switch payment cards
Requested features
2 requests- Search by grape and review score
- Larger order discounts
In-app purchases
Embargo Wallet
No in-app purchases
Winedrops Club
No in-app purchases
