Comparison

Curate Wine vs CellarEye

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

Head to head
About

Curate Wine

Record details of every wine you taste with a sophisticated note builder. Compare flavor profiles with other users. Offers three levels of detail to suit all experience levels, from beginners to experts.

Highlights
  • Sophisticated tasting note builder
  • Sensory evaluation capture
  • Flavor and profile comparison
  • Three tiers of detail
  • Community features
  • Winery/vineyard brand management
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Track every wine you drink with Curate. Quickly capture all aspects of your sensory evaluation using our sophisticated tasting note builder, then compare flavors and profile characteristics with other members. With three tiers of detail, Curate supports every experience level, from first-time tasters to master sommeliers. If you own or represent a winery or vineyard, contact us to learn more about managing your brand and product presentation on our platform as well as how to access trade-exclusive features.

About

CellarEye

This app reimagines wine collection management by turning any inventory into a smart, interactive cellar. It offers photo mapping, instant bottle location, and tap-to-manage access for fast and accurate cellar organization.

Highlights
  • Instant bottle location with digital mapping
  • SmartStickers for quick inventory access
  • Streamlined collection management
  • Total accuracy and flexibility for any storage
  • Personalized visual storage mapping
  • Search and filter collection by various details
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Know every bottle you own, where it lives, and what it's worth. CellarEye is the smart wine cellar tracker built by collectors, for collectors. Map your real racks, fridges and lockers with photos, SmartTap a SmartSticker with your iPhone to open any spot, and find any bottle in seconds. Start free for up to 50 bottles. WHY COLLECTORS CHOOSE CELLAREYE Find any bottle in seconds Map racks, fridges, shelves, cases and offsite lockers so you always know exactly where each wine lives. SmartStickers and SmartTap Place a SmartSticker on a rack, shelf, bin or box. SmartTap it with your iPhone to open that location, see what's there, add bottles, move them or update details on the spot. No clipboards, no guesswork. Know what your collection is worth See market valuations for your bottles in USD, drawn from leading wine market data. Each value carries a Low, Medium or High confidence rating, so you know how much to trust it. Useful for insurance, estate planning or deciding what to open. Know what to open tonight See when each wine is in its drinking window, get food pairings drawn from sommelier expertise, check critic scores, and keep your own tasting notes on every bottle. Cellar Climate Alerts Pair an optional temperature and humidity sensor and get an alert when conditions drift out of range, whether your wine is at home or offsite. Audits that actually reconcile Walk your cellar area by area, confirm what's there, and get a summary of what's missing or misplaced. Several people can audit at the same time. Reports and scan history Filter by rack, region, varietal and more. Drill into any category, see live counts, and search your full scan history by keyword. Built for the way you really store wine Traditional racks, wine fridges of every size, boxes on shelves, cases on the floor, offsite lockers and merchant storage. Work with your sommelier If you work with a sommelier, they can help manage your cellar in CellarEye with you, from what to drink next to what to move out. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH CELLAREYE - Locate any bottle with an interactive photo map of your storage - SmartTap a SmartSticker to open a bin or shelf and update it instantly - Add bottles fast, then place and confirm their exact location - See drinking windows and food pairings for what's in your cellar - Track market value with a confidence rating on every estimate - Get alerts when temperature or humidity drift (sensor sold separately) - Audit your cellar and reconcile it in one pass, with others at once - Search and filter by name, tag, location, region and more - Keep home, offsite and merchant storage in one inventory WHY WE BUILT IT Spreadsheets break. Paper lists go missing. Too many wine apps add friction instead of removing it. We're collectors too, and we built CellarEye to be fast, accurate and genuinely satisfying to use, so your cellar is fully known and fully enjoyed. PLANS CellarEye is free for up to 50 bottles. Paid plans unlock larger collections and additional features, including SmartStickers and SmartTap, market valuations and critic scores. Larger cellars can work with our team or a CellarEye sommelier for setup and mapping. Download CellarEye and see your cellar clearly.

Screenshots

Curate Wine4 screens
CellarEye4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Curate Wine at none against CellarEye's 6. Curate Wine also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). CellarEye's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (54 vs 3). On price, review sentiment 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. CellarEye sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Curate Wine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Curate Wine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellarEye has 54 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Curate Wine's written reviews are positive against 97% of CellarEye's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Curate Wine versus CellarEye: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCurate WineCellarEye
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (54 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better97.0% of reviews
Number of ratings354 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB377 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCurate Software CorporationCellarEye

Customer experience

Curate Wine

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CellarEye

All ratings54 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%

In-app purchases

None

Curate Wine

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

CellarEye

Subscriptions6
  • CellarEye Pro (monthly)$12.991 Month
  • CellarEye Pro+ (monthly)$14.991 Month
  • CellarEye+$69.001 Year
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  • CellarEye Pro (yearly)14 Days trial$129.001 Year
  • CellarEye Pro+ (yearly)$149.001 Year
  • Collector's Club$299.001 Year

Questions

Is Curate Wine free?
Curate Wine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CellarEye free?
CellarEye is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Curate Wine or CellarEye?
Curate Wine is rated higher. Curate Wine averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while CellarEye averages 4.8 from 54 ratings.
Do Curate Wine or CellarEye have ads?
Curate Wine shows ads; CellarEye does not.

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