WineMaps App vs Wine Trails
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WineMaps App
Discover wineries, vineyards, wine bars, and events globally. Plan wine tours, find nearby locations, and share your experiences. Explore wine destinations from Napa to Greece.
- Discover wineries worldwide
- Find vineyards and wine bars
- Locate wine events
- Plan wine tours
- Check-in and write reviews
- Share on social networks
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WineMaps.com is an interactive travel app that allows consumers to discover, learn and interact with wineries, vineyards, wine bars and wine events around the world. Have you ever been to Napa, Italy or any other country and wonder what wineries or vineyards were around you? Have you been to a city and wondered where you could go to get a decent glass of wine? With wineries popping up all over the world it is difficult to find wineries across seas, let alone in your own backyard. WineMaps has a app for that! With WineMaps You can plan a trip to the vineyards in Mendocino, discover wineries in Greece, choose which wine bar to go to in the city or find a wine-related event that matches your lifestyle. With your phone, You can look for the nearest WineMaps locations, check-in, write reviews and post them to your social networks or map out your own wine tour.
Wine Trails
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The road between wineries is the wine country. Always has been. Wine Trails turns that drive into the trip. Self-guided audio tours by storytellers who've done the drive — winemakers, sommeliers, and wine country regulars sharing the histories, the geology, the family arguments, and the reasons you should pull off at this exact gate. Real voices. Real stories. The kind of detail a guidebook leaves out. 1,100+ WINERIES. 30 REGIONS. 4 COUNTRIES. New Zealand. Australia. The United States. South Africa. From the granite hills of Eden Valley to the volcanic ridges of Russian River. From the cool fog of Marlborough to the schist soils of Central Otago. Whether you're three exits from Napa or six time zones from Margaret River, your next pour is mapped, narrated, and ready to drive. SELF-GUIDED AUDIO TOURS Press play and drive. Each tour is built leg-by-leg from the cellar doors you've selected, and the audio fires automatically based on your real-time location. No fumbling with maps. No reading while driving. Just narration that lands when you need it. CELLAR DOOR CHECK-INS Every winery you visit, every cellar door you pour at — check in to make it official. Earn the visit. Add it to your map. Watch your personal wine country atlas fill in tasting room by tasting room. BADGES, LEADERBOARDS, HEATMAPS Hit milestones. Climb regional leaderboards. Watch your visit heatmap spread across continents. Wine touring you'll actually want to keep playing. YOUR WINE JOURNAL Every pour deserves a note. Photograph the bottle. Write what you tasted. Rate it. Pin it to a winery. Build a private library of every wine that ever moved you — searchable, organized, and yours forever. ACTIVITY FEED & FRIEND CHEERS See what your wine-loving friends are pouring. Send a cheers when they crack something great. Wine Trails is more fun shared. WINE CONCIERGE Books your tastings for you, so you can enjoy more. WINE PODCASTS In-app podcasts from regional winemakers, importers, and the kind of cellar-master who'll talk you through their malolactic decisions for forty-five minutes if you let them. The wine country curriculum, on tap. GUIDED TOUR MARKETPLACE Want a human guide instead of self-driving? Browse vetted local operators in every region. Book through Wine Trails. We handle the logistics; you bring the glasses. WINETRAILS+ MEMBERSHIP Free to start, with the core experience for every wine country traveler. Upgrade to WineTrails+ for unlimited audio tours, advanced heatmaps, exclusive regional content, and priority concierge. LIVE IN 30 REGIONS NEW ZEALAND — Auckland, Bannockburn, Bendigo, Canterbury, Cromwell, Gibbston, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Waiheke Island, Waipara, Wairarapa, Waitaki, Wanaka, Alexandra. AUSTRALIA — Barossa Valley, Hunter Valley, Margaret River, McLaren Vale, Yarra Valley. UNITED STATES — Napa Valley, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara, Sonoma County, Temecula Valley, Walla Walla, Willamette Valley. SOUTH AFRICA — Stellenbosch. More regions, every release. BUILT FOR THE DRIVER Hands-free, screen-down, road-aware. Audio narration ducks Spotify and Apple Music automatically — your playlist keeps playing, just quieter while the story unfolds. — Self-guided wine country, finally done right. Pull off at the next cellar door. We'll tell you the story. CHEERS, AND HAPPY TRAVELS. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://winetrails.io/PrivacyPolicy Wine Trails Terms of Service: https://winetrails.io/TermsOfService
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WineMaps App at none against Wine Trails's 11. WineMaps App also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Wine Trails's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 7 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Wine Trails sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. WineMaps App asks for nothing beyond the download.
WineMaps App ships an update every 7 months, Wine Trails every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WineMaps App | Wine Trails |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | WineMaps, Inc. | Taste Wine Guides LLC |
In-app purchases
WineMaps App
No in-app purchases
Wine Trails
- WineTrails Plus monthly$5.991 Month
- WineTrails Plus Annual$59.991 Year
- Wanaka Pass$14.99
- Tamar Valley Pass$19.99
- Waiheke Island Pass$19.99
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- Wairarapa Pass$19.99
- Waipara Valley Pass$19.99
- Stellenbosch Pass$24.99
- Walla Walla Valley Pass$24.99
- Yarra Valley Pass$24.99
- Willamette Valley Pass$39.99
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