Comparison

The MICHELIN Guide vs CellarTracker

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

Head to head
About

The MICHELIN Guide

Discover and book top-rated restaurants and hotels worldwide. Plan your next trip with curated selections, create personalized lists, and access exclusive perks. Expert travel assistance is also available.

Highlights
  • Global restaurant and hotel listings
  • Instant booking for hotels
  • Create and share favorite place lists
  • Exclusive hotel upgrades and amenities (Plus membership)
  • Expert travel specialist assistance
Features
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Stay in amazing places. Eat unforgettable meals. Take the MICHELIN Guide app wherever you go. The MICHELIN Guide app puts the world’s best restaurants and hotels right in your pocket — and lets you book them. It marks the first time in history that the entire global guide — every restaurant in every location — is all together, all in one place. The app also includes the new and improved MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Now you can instantly book the world’s most unique and exciting hotels, each one chosen for their extraordinary style, service, and personality. The MICHELIN Guide app makes it easier than ever to plan your next adventure or enhance your current one. Use it to quickly find and reserve restaurants and hotels near you or in a future destination; create and share lists of all your favorite places; or trial our “Plus” membership and receive free VIP upgrades and amenities at participating hotels. Need concierge-level care? Our expert travel specialists are waiting just a click away, available to assist with any aspect of your trip. They’re real people, ready to help you go places. So get going. Find great restaurants & hotels in each MICHELIN Guide city. Book amazing hotels wherever you find yourself. Download the app today.

About

CellarTracker

This app helps you discover, track, and manage your wine collection. Access millions of ratings and reviews, scan bottles for quick logging, and get personalized recommendations. It's designed for everyone from casual drinkers to serious collectors.

Highlights
  • Track wine tasting notes and ratings
  • Access millions of wine reviews
  • Scan bottles with barcode tool
  • View real-time pricing data
  • Get personalized wine recommendations
  • Manage cellar inventory and storage
  • Discover new wines and producers
Features
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CellarTracker is the top-rated wine app with 4.9 of 5 stars, over 13.6 million wine ratings and reviews, and over 8.8 million users globally, collectively tracking $21 billion of wine and millions of personal memories captured over the last 20 years.  CellarTracker is the most current, accurate, and comprehensive wine database globally with over 5 million unique wines to explore, 1000 + new wines added each day, and over 193 million bottles tracked by members. Featured in leading publications globally including the New York Times, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Robb Report, CNN, Financial Times, Decanter, Fox Business and more. CellarTracker empowers millions of people around the world to discover and experience wines they love. If you’ve ever wondered what wine to pick from a restaurant wine list, have a small collection at home, or are a long-time wine enthusiast with a $10 million cellar, CellarTracker is the best wine cellar management app and wine tracker hands down. We completely modernized the CellarTracker experience and our new wine app was released last year – we have carefully built AI into the product over the last two years, powered by over 20 years of tasting notes and wine rating data that is unparalleled in the industry. TRACK YOUR WINE EXPERIENCE The best wine app and wine cellar tracker for casual drinkers, collectors, and connoisseurs alike. CellarTracker is the go-to wine app for wine ratings. - Add personal wine tasting notes, reviews, and wine ratings for each bottle - Access over 13M wine reviews: 11M community tasting notes + 2M professional reviews - Use the wine scanner or barcode tool to log bottles in seconds KNOW A FAIR PRICE TO PAY Make smarter purchases with real-time price transparency using the wine cellar application and wine inventory software trusted by serious collectors. - View 15+ years of valuation data and values based on over 80+ million data points - Access auction data and average Wine-Searcher prices from 37,000+ merchants and compare 20M+ listings: retail, auction, and more CHOOSE THE BEST BOTTLE OF WINE The best wine tracking app to help you open the perfect bottle at the perfect time—based on your collection, taste, and timing. - Get personalized wine recommendations from your ratings - Stay alert on bottles ready to drink vs. those needing more time - Compare community tasting notes, wine reviews, wine ratings, and your notes EFFORTLESSLY MANAGE YOUR CELLAR The most intuitive wine tracker and wine scanner for organizing your collection—without complexity or cost. - Add wines via wine scanner, barcode, label scan, or digital receipt forwarding - Track storage locations and pending deliveries - Manage wine inventory collections across multiple storage sites - Monitor cellar value and consumption trends DISCOVER NEW WINES & PRODUCERS Use our wine cellar tracker and wine rating app to explore top wines and trending producers from the global wine community. - Get tailored wine suggestions based on your preferences - Use the wine scanner to see what others are drinking and loving THE MOST ACCURATE WINE DATABASE CellarTracker’s community-powered platform delivers unmatched coverage and accuracy and is well established as the best wine reviews app and wine tracker. - Search from 5M+ unique wines with 1000+ new wines added daily - Rich data on producers, regions, vintages, and varietals SEAMLESS WINE-SEARCHER INTEGRATION A powerful feature of our cellar tracker app and wine tracker, Wine-Searcher integration ensures real-time market intelligence. - Instantly view and compare prices from 37,000+ global merchants - Access over 20M offers across retail and auctions SMARTER WINE DECISIONS WITH THE BEST AI WINE APP The only AI wine app and cellar tracker powered by over 13M+ tasting notes, reviews, and ratings - Get recommendations on whether you’ll like a wine based on your unique taste - Get expert-grade food pairing recommendations

Screenshots

The MICHELIN Guide4 screens
CellarTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The MICHELIN Guide at none against CellarTracker's 6. The MICHELIN Guide also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). CellarTracker's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 41%) and chart position (#16 vs #166). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. CellarTracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The MICHELIN Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The MICHELIN Guide against 4.9 for CellarTracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.6K and 13K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of The MICHELIN Guide's written reviews are positive against 71% of CellarTracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The MICHELIN Guide ships an update every 9 days, CellarTracker every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
The MICHELIN Guide versus CellarTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe MICHELIN GuideCellarTracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7.6K ratings)4.9 (13K ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.7% of reviews70.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.6K13K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#166#16 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB174 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperTablet IncCellarTracker

Customer experience

The MICHELIN Guide

All ratings7,550 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews361 reviews
Positive40.7%
Neutral11.9%
Negative47.4%

CellarTracker

All ratings13,032 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral8.4%
Negative20.9%

User reviews

The MICHELIN Guide

From 7.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Curated and reliable restaurant recommendations
  • 🌍 Comprehensive global coverage
  • 🔍 Useful for discovering new dining experiences
  • 🌟 Michelin brand reputation and credibility

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Limited search and filtering options
  • 🗺️ Inconsistent map functionality
  • 🔒 Forced registration to access content
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 📱 Suboptimal user experience on mobile

CellarTracker

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful, intuitive database
  • 👍 Simple and effective
  • 🚀 Vast improvement in Speed & Usability
  • 👍 Fantastic app and getting better all the time
  • 👍 Love the new app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Can't set up account
  • 🔧 Should be more customizable
  • 🔧 Much worse than the old version
  • 💰 40$/years to see drinking window
  • 🔧 More compact views needed

Bugs and requests

The MICHELIN Guide

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Location services not working as expected
  • Search functionality not returning relevant results
  • Inability to save or access user-created lists

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to search by cuisine, price range, and other filters
  • Map view with location-based recommendations
  • User-generated reviews and photos
  • Offline mode for accessing content without internet
  • Landscape mode support for tablets

CellarTracker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Couldn't make it past the second screen to make an account
  • Autocorrect does not appear to be working in the text fields
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Add wish list features
  • Easier way to print out a list of wines past due drinking date
  • Add ability to switch currency
  • Dark mode option

In-app purchases

None

The MICHELIN Guide

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

CellarTracker

Subscriptions6
  • Up to 100 Bottles14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Up to 250 Bottles14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Up to 500 Bottles14 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Up to 1,000 Bottles14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Up to 2,500 Bottles14 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • 2,500+ Bottles14 Days trial$44.991 Month

Questions

Is The MICHELIN Guide free?
The MICHELIN Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CellarTracker free?
CellarTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The MICHELIN Guide or CellarTracker?
CellarTracker is rated higher. The MICHELIN Guide averages 4.9 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while CellarTracker averages 4.9 from 13K ratings.
Do The MICHELIN Guide or CellarTracker have ads?
Neither The MICHELIN Guide nor CellarTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The MICHELIN Guide or CellarTracker?
The MICHELIN Guide ships an update every 9 days, and CellarTracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, The MICHELIN Guide was updated on November 3, 2026 and CellarTracker on November 3, 2026.
Which is more popular, The MICHELIN Guide or CellarTracker?
The MICHELIN Guide currently peaks at #166 in the App Store charts, and CellarTracker at #16. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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