Comparison

wein vs Wines

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

Head to head
About

wein

Features
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Als Unternehmen mit über 75jähriger Erfahrung empfehlen wir uns als kompetenten Partner für Ihren Weineinkauf. Unser Angebot richtet sich an alle Weinkellereien bzw. Großhändler, die Fassweine und Flaschenweine in größeren Chargen einkaufen wollen. Erzeugern bieten wir fachliche Beratung und Unterstützung beim Verkauf von Offenweinen bzw. Flaschenweinen höherer Prädikatsstufen. Als Familienunternehmen pflegen wir den Kontakt zu unseren Kunden. Sie können uns jederzeit in Fragen des Weineinkaufs oder Weinverkaufs ansprechen. Wir arbeiten mit Freude für den deutschen Wein!

About

Wines

Easily log and retrieve your wine collection with smart suggestions and photo recognition. Organize your cellar, track tasting notes, and discover new wines with this private and sophisticated app.

Highlights
  • Autofill wine details from label photos
  • Smart suggestions for wine entry
  • Add tasting notes
  • Search and filter by multiple wine details
  • Track bottle count and cellar inventory
  • Export and import wine data
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Wines lets you add and retrieve wines and what you thought about them simple and fast. Take a picture of the wine label and Wines will enter its details. In addition Wines gives suggestions from its database of 1500+ wine regions and 900+ varietals so that you can enter a new wine within seconds. ADD AND RETRIEVE • Autofills wine details, based on photo’s from your wine labels. • Smart suggestions. • Add notes. • Search supports multiple keywords. • Store and sort by Wine details: name, vintage, varietal, country, region, producer, bottles, rating, points, best before/after, shop, price, date added. • Filter by favourites, bottles in cellar and type. RESPECTS PRIVACY • The Wines app analyses your label on your device, without sending it to an external 3rd party. • The suggestions come from a database that is stored on your device. DISCOVER • Search directly with your preferred Search Engine (Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Google, Yahoo). SHARE • Select and share multiple wines. • Import .wib (V1) and .wsf (V2) wine files directly into the app. • Export to CSV file. SIMPLE AND SOPHISTICATED • Counts your bottles. • Edit amount of bottles. • Shows front and back wine labels. • Two color themes: burgundy and vine. • Easily backup all wines. • iCloud syncing. • Your wines stay on iCloud even if you delete or reinstall the app. • Universal, works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Macs. • Supports Dark Mode and Accessibility sizes. Try the app for free with a limited number of wines and options, so you can see how easy it works. No subscriptions, you buy full functionality once. Privacy Policy: https://www.devart.nl/wines/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

wein4 screens
Wines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: wein at none against Wines's 1. wein also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Wines's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. wein asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

wein ships an update every 17 months, Wines every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
wein versus Wines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterweinWines
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB6 MB
Age rating4++17
DeveloperEugen Best GmbH & Co. KGDevart B.V.

In-app purchases

None

wein

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wines

One-time1
  • Full app$4.99

Questions

Is wein free?
wein is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wines free?
Wines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do wein or Wines have ads?
Neither wein nor Wines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, wein or Wines?
wein ships an update every 17 months, and Wines every 3 weeks. Most recently, wein was updated on October 3, 2026 and Wines on October 24, 2026.

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