Comparison

WineMaps App vs WineryGem

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

WineryGem

Effortlessly plan your perfect winery day trip. This app generates custom itineraries with tasting stops, drive times, and arrival windows based on your preferences and location. Discover wineries by specific amenities and easily share your plans with friends.

Highlights
  • Custom itinerary generation
  • Winery filtering by amenities
  • Detailed winery policies
  • Digital passport for visited wineries
  • Journal prompts for notes
  • Shareable itinerary
  • Offline map support
Features
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Winery Gem helps you plan a wine country day without bouncing between maps, winery websites, notes, and group texts. Choose where you are starting, how long you have, and how many stops you want. Winery Gem builds a day with tasting stops, drive times, arrival windows, route order, and the drive home. PLAN A WINERY DAY IN MINUTES Enter your start address, pick your time window, choose 1 to 5 stops, and generate a full route. Try a different plan with the same filters until the day feels right. FILTER BY THE THINGS THAT MATTER Find wineries by vibe and practical details, including: Dog-friendly Food available onsite BYO picnic policies Great views Live music Family-friendly settings Reservation notes Adults-only policies CLEAR POLICIES BEFORE YOU GO Winery rules are not always simple. Some places allow dogs outdoors only. Some allow outside food only in certain areas. Some require reservations or limit group sizes. Winery Gem surfaces those details clearly on each profile so you can plan with fewer surprises. SAVE EVERY PLACE YOU VISIT Stamp wineries into your passport, add a photo, rate the stop, and save a journal note. Your passport keeps track of the wineries and regions you have visited. QUICK JOURNAL PROMPTS No need to think of what to write. Tap helpful prompts for notes like great views, patio seating, food options, crowd level, favorite pours, group fit, or things future visitors should know. SHARE THE PLAN Send your itinerary by message with the full route, stop order, addresses, phone numbers, arrival times, and drive times so everyone knows where to go. BUILT FOR REAL WINERY DAYS Winery Gem is made for people planning actual day trips, weekend outings, date days, group trips, and wine country visits. Regions include Virginia wine country, Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Willamette Valley, Finger Lakes, Texas Hill Country, and more. PRIVACY FIRST Winery Gem works without an account. Sign in with Apple is optional. Location is used only when you choose a near-you or map feature. Notifications are opt-in. No ad SDKs. No third-party behavioral tracking. Winery Gem is for users 21 and older. The app is an informational trip-planning tool. It does not sell, ship, or facilitate alcohol purchases.

Screenshots

WineMaps App4 screens
WineryGem4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WineryGem at every 3 days against WineMaps App's every 7 months. WineMaps App's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WineMaps App against 5.0 for WineryGem. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WineMaps App has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WineMaps App ships an update every 7 months, WineryGem every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WineMaps App versus WineryGem: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWineMaps AppWineryGem
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews94.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB3 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperWineMaps, Inc.Edward Quinn

Customer experience

WineMaps App

All ratings35 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%

WineryGem

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WineMaps App

No in-app purchases

None

WineryGem

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WineMaps App free?
WineMaps App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WineryGem free?
WineryGem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WineMaps App or WineryGem?
WineMaps App and WineryGem are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 35 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do WineMaps App or WineryGem have ads?
Neither WineMaps App nor WineryGem shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WineMaps App or WineryGem?
WineMaps App ships an update every 7 months, and WineryGem every 3 days. Most recently, WineMaps App was updated on October 16, 2026 and WineryGem on October 14, 2026.

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