Hello Wine vs ContraBee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello Wine
A trivia game focused on wine knowledge. Test your expertise on wine in pop culture, production, and more. Challenge friends to see who is the ultimate wine connoisseur.
- Wine trivia gameplay
- Challenge friends
- Celebrity wine facts
- Wine in film trivia
- Winemaking process knowledge
- Glassware trivia
- Wine geography
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Hello Wine is a trivia game all about wine. Challenge your friends to see who knows more about celebrity wine, wine in film, the winemaking process, glassware, wine geography, and more!
ContraBee
This app offers a daily word puzzle using the same letter hive as the New York Times Spelling Bee. It challenges players to find words without using the required center letter, encouraging a different approach to word discovery.
- Daily word puzzles
- Uses NYT Spelling Bee letter hive
- Excludes center letter
- Encourages alternative word finding
- Unique puzzle twist
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ContraBee is a complement to each day’s official New York Times Spelling Bee. It uses the same hive as each day’s Spelling Bee, but with a twist: Instead of requiring the center letter, Contra Bee excludes it. You’ll be surprised at how many words you can find if you turn your mind upside down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hello Wine at 4.7 against ContraBee's 4.0. Hello Wine also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 4). ContraBee's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hello Wine holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Hello Wine's written reviews are positive against 24% of ContraBee's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hello Wine ships an update every 3 months, ContraBee every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello Wine | ContraBee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 23.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tustin LLC | Lexi Games LLC |
Customer experience
Hello Wine
ContraBee
In-app purchases
Hello Wine
No in-app purchases
ContraBee
No in-app purchases
