Comparison

WineMaps App vs Spots.

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Discover wineries worldwide
  • Find vineyards and wine bars
  • Locate wine events
  • Plan wine tours
  • Check-in and write reviews
  • Share on social networks
Features
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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.

About

Spots.

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Spots. is your personal place inbox — for every restaurant, café, shop, or hidden gem you come across and don't want to forget. Found a spot on Social Media? A friend texted you a coffee shop? Saw something cool on a map? Save it to Spots. in seconds, right from the share sheet — no typing, no app-switching, no losing it in your camera roll or notes app. WHY SPOTS. — No account required. Ever. — Nothing leaves your device. Your spots stay yours. — Built for speed: search, tap, save. — Designed to be genuinely nice to use, every day. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Use the share button in Safari, Instagram, Maps, or any app and Spots. appears right in your share sheet. Confirm the place, pick a status, done. TRACK HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT A PLACE Mark spots as Want, Been, Love, or Skip. Add a 1–5 star rating. Log visits with dates and notes. Your spots evolve as your relationship with a place does. ORGANISE YOUR WAY Group spots into custom Lists — by trip, neighbourhood, or occasion. Add freeform Tags for anything else. Filter by status, category, city, neighbourhood, list, tag, or rating, and sort however you like. SEE IT ON A MAP Browse your saved spots as a list or drop into Map view to see everything around you at a glance. MAKE IT YOURS Choose your own colour palette for each status from 15 curated options. Add photos to any spot. Personalise your profile with a name and photo. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE Spots. is local-first by design — no account, no servers, no tracking. Export your data anytime as a backup or to move to a new phone. Delete everything whenever you want, no questions asked. Spots. is built by an developer making thoughtful, no-nonsense apps. We read every piece of feedback — say hello anytime.

Screenshots

WineMaps App4 screens
Spots.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Spots. at every 6 days against WineMaps App's every 7 months. WineMaps App's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WineMaps App ships an update every 7 months, Spots. every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WineMaps App versus Spots.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWineMaps AppSpots.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWineMaps, Inc.Daren Irlen

In-app purchases

None

WineMaps App

No in-app purchases

None

Spots.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WineMaps App free?
WineMaps App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spots. free?
Spots. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WineMaps App or Spots. have ads?
Neither WineMaps App nor Spots. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WineMaps App or Spots.?
WineMaps App ships an update every 7 months, and Spots. every 6 days. Most recently, WineMaps App was updated on November 3, 2026 and Spots. on October 31, 2026.

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