Star Wine List vs Appointment Trader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star Wine List
Discover top wine bars and restaurants globally, curated by wine professionals. Explore by map, guides, or lists, and view updated wine lists. Search for specific wines to find where they are served.
- Curated wine bar and restaurant guides
- Interactive map discovery
- City-specific wine lists
- Searchable wine database
- Wine professional recommendations
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Star Wine List is the guide to great wine bars and wine restaurants. We started in Stockholm in 2017 are now rapidly growing across the world. In every city wine professionals select their favourite places to drink wine. The app allows you to find great wine places either through maps, curated wine guides or lists like the best wine places in Los Angeles and Cape Town. You can also read the updated wine lists of most of the places we recommend, and even search for a particular wine and see where it is listed.
Appointment Trader
This app allows users to buy and sell reservations for various services, including restaurants, spas, and salons. It helps monetize cancelled plans and find availability in overbooked establishments.
- Buy and sell reservations
- Monetize cancelled plans
- Find overbooked service availability
- Marketplace for restaurants, spas, salons, and more
- Discover new service providers
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AppointmentTrader turns your cancelled plans into cash and makes overbooked Restaurants, DMV's, SPA's, Hair-Dressers, Golf Clubs and an ever growing list of categories a thing of the past.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Star Wine List at 5.0 against Appointment Trader's 4.3. Star Wine List also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and ads (none vs shown). Appointment Trader's advantage is ratings volume (755 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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.
Star Wine List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Appointment Trader has 755 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Star Wine List's written reviews are positive against 65% of Appointment Trader's.
Star Wine List ships an update every 2 months, Appointment Trader every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star Wine List | Appointment Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.3 (755 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 64.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 755 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Star Wine List | Phoenix Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
Star Wine List
Appointment Trader
Bugs and requests
Star Wine List
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Appointment Trader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Reservations get cancelled without explanation
- Refunds and payouts are delayed or denied
- Inability to change reservation details
- Technical issues with the app and website
Requested features
5 requests- Improve user interface and navigation
- Enhance customer support and communication
- Implement better fraud/scam prevention measures
- Allow reservation deposits to be used towards bill
- Provide more transparency on reservation availability and status
In-app purchases
Star Wine List
No in-app purchases
Appointment Trader
No in-app purchases
