Comparison

Personal Wine Cellar Database vs Wine Cellar

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

Head to head
About

Personal Wine Cellar Database

Manage your wine collection with this app, ideal for those using spreadsheets. It offers quick data entry, powerful search and sort functions, and barcode scanning. Keep your cellar organized and synchronized across devices.

Highlights
  • Extensive search and sort functions
  • Barcode scanning for bottles
  • Organize by racks and locations
  • Track opened bottles with notes
  • Import data from CSV
  • iCloud synchronization across devices
Features
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Personal Wine Cellar Database WineCellar is designed to allow users to manage their cellars and keep track of their wines in a simple tabular view of the world. It is ideal for the person who is currently using a spreadsheet to track their wine. The app works on iPhone, iPad and MacOS devices. You can use iCloud to keep your devices in synch. You will then have an up to date copy in your pocket on those buying trips to the cellar door or wine store. The app is optimised for entering data quickly and, importantly, for sorting and searching for wines under any criteria. Barcodes can be scanned to add or find bottles in your own cellar. Flexible functions allow you to add individual bottles, add multiple bottles of the same wine in a single action, move bottles, open bottles, set up your racks or locations to match your physical storage/s, search by many options, sort a search result to suit and do data checks to review the integrity of your cellar. Data can be imported from CSV files for those currently using spreadsheets to track their wines. Features - Extensive search and sort functions - Shortcuts to add extra bottles - Shortcuts to move bottles - Record bottles opened, with notes - Data Checking reports - Print reports of the bottles - Create backup CSV files in email or on iCloud - Use iCloud to synchronise between multiple devices and users. - Scan Barcode to add / find bottles in your own cellar. - Visual auditing tool, with drag and drop capability to move bottles - Customisable colours for bottle icons - Settings to customise number (size) of icons displayed on screen. - Included PDF user manual to fully describe all features. - supports Dark mode - supports larger text sizes.

About

Wine Cellar

Effortlessly manage your wine collection with this app. Catalog wines with details like vintage and region, organize their cellar location, and gain insights with statistics. Add tasting notes and memories for each bottle.

Highlights
  • Effortless wine tracking
  • Intuitive organization by location
  • Insightful collection statistics
  • Personalized tasting notes
  • Beautifully designed interface
Features
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Know exactly what wine you own and exactly where it sits. Vinventory is a wine cellar tracker built around two ideas: adding a bottle should take seconds, and finding it later should take less. SCAN THE LABEL, SKIP THE TYPING Photograph the front and back label and Vinventory reads the producer, wine, vintage and region for you. Label scanning runs on your device, so nothing about your cellar leaves your phone. A 3D MODEL OF YOUR FRIDGE Build your wine fridge, rack or cellar shelf by shelf, with rows that hold different numbers of bottles front to back. Shelves pull out in 3D, and each bottle shows its own label photo. Give a bottle a slot and you never hunt for it again. EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY BOTTLE - Front and back label photos - Vintage, producer, region, grape and country - Quantity, purchase date and ratings - Your own tasting notes and pairing ideas - Suggested drinking windows A LIBRARY THAT FILLS ITSELF IN Start typing a wine and Vinventory completes the details from a built-in library of well-known wines. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Vinventory is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). INSIGHTS ON YOUR COLLECTION See your cellar by region, grape, vintage and bottle count, and spot what is ready to drink. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Export your whole cellar as a CSV any time. Whether you keep a dozen bottles in a wine fridge or a few hundred in a cellar, Vinventory keeps your collection organized, searchable and always at hand. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Personal Wine Cellar Database4 screens
Wine Cellar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wine Cellar at Free against Personal Wine Cellar Database's $5.99. Wine Cellar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Personal Wine Cellar Database's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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

Wine Cellar is free to download; Personal Wine Cellar Database costs $5.99 up front. Wine Cellar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Personal Wine Cellar Database asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wine Cellar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Personal Wine Cellar Database has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Personal Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 3 months, Wine Cellar every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Personal Wine Cellar Database versus Wine Cellar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersonal Wine Cellar DatabaseWine Cellar
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (45 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB6 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGraham RawlinsEilon Udi

Customer experience

Personal Wine Cellar Database

All ratings43 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wine Cellar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Personal Wine Cellar Database

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wine Cellar

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Personal Wine Cellar Database free?
Personal Wine Cellar Database costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wine Cellar free?
Wine Cellar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Personal Wine Cellar Database or Wine Cellar?
Wine Cellar is rated higher. Personal Wine Cellar Database averages 4.8 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Wine Cellar averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Personal Wine Cellar Database or Wine Cellar have ads?
Wine Cellar shows ads; Personal Wine Cellar Database does not.
Which is updated more often, Personal Wine Cellar Database or Wine Cellar?
Personal Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 3 months, and Wine Cellar every 8 months. Most recently, Personal Wine Cellar Database was updated on October 24, 2026 and Wine Cellar on October 16, 2026.

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