WineGame vs Hello Wine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WineGame
This app transforms wine tasting into a fun, interactive game for groups. Players guess wine details like grape, country, and region through multiple-choice questions, learning as they play. It's designed for both beginners and wine enthusiasts.
- Blind wine tasting game
- Multiple-choice guessing
- Learn wine details
- Scoreboard
- Label scanning
- Wine search
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PLAY WITH YOUR WINE: All it takes is a bottle, a phone and a few friends. WineGame is a fun, multiple-choice blind tasting game that instantly turns any bottle of wine into a party. Play with friends, enjoying wine in a completely new fashion–and learn a lot along the way. The best news? Downloading the app and playing at home is free. WineGame is powered by proprietary technology based on a database built to include nearly every bottle in the world, generating logical answers so gamers learn from even incorrect picks. So intuitive, it is as enjoyable for inexperienced players as it is for as the wine savvy. READY. Everyone downloads WineGame to their own device. Game host enters wine using label scan or easy wine search. SET. Game host blinds bottles in tinfoil or paper bags. WineGame creates a code for host to share. SIP. Cheers! Pour wine for each player and the fun begins. SCORE. Once started, players guess the grape type, country, region and label - all via multiple choice questions. Players get three tries per question, earning up to 12 points per round. A responsive scoreboard ups the competition. UP YOUR WINEGAME: Sign up for notifications on www.winegame.com for exclusive hints on hosting and tasting, as well as special offers and news of upcoming games in your neighborhood. We might just throw in some global competition to keep things real.
Hello Wine
A trivia game focused on wine knowledge. Test your expertise on wine in pop culture, production, and more. Challenge friends to see who is the ultimate wine connoisseur.
- Wine trivia gameplay
- Challenge friends
- Celebrity wine facts
- Wine in film trivia
- Winemaking process knowledge
- Glassware trivia
- Wine geography
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Hello Wine is a trivia game all about wine. Challenge your friends to see who knows more about celebrity wine, wine in film, the winemaking process, glassware, wine geography, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WineGame at 81% against Hello Wine's 0%. WineGame also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Hello Wine's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Hello Wine holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of WineGame's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hello Wine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WineGame ships an update every 3 weeks, Hello Wine every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WineGame | Hello Wine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (43 ratings) | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The WineGame, Inc. | Tustin LLC |
Customer experience
WineGame
Hello Wine
In-app purchases
WineGame
No in-app purchases
Hello Wine
No in-app purchases
