Comparison

Tastingnotes vs Wines

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

Head to head
About

Tastingnotes

Features
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Tastingnotes è un’app pensata sia per degustatori professionisti che per semplici appassionati che vogliono conservare le degustazioni effettuate in modo semplice ed intuitivo. Nell'archivio di Tastingnotes sono presenti oltre … referenze di vini con un database in continuo aggiornamento sia da parte dello sviluppatore che da parte dei singoli utenti. Infatti, nel caso in cui la cantina o l’annata di un vino non fosse presente, l’utente può inserirla manualmente, in totale autonomia. Effettuare le degustazioni con Tastingnotes consente di valutare un vino a tutto tondo. Grazie all'interfaccia intuitiva è possibile procedere alla registrazione della degustazione velocemente senza, tuttavia, tralasciare ogni aspetto della degustazione. Si parte dall'aspetto visivo, per poi passare all'analisi organolettica olfattiva e a quella sensoriale gustativa. Le degustazioni sono quindi salvate in ordine cronologico e l’utente può richiamarle in qualsiasi momento. Tastingnotes è quindi utile sia in caso di preparazione dell’esame da sommelier e/o degustatore o, più semplicemente, per approfondire la passione per il buon vino.

About

Wines

Easily log and retrieve your wine collection with smart suggestions and photo recognition. Organize your cellar, track tasting notes, and discover new wines with this private and sophisticated app.

Highlights
  • Autofill wine details from label photos
  • Smart suggestions for wine entry
  • Add tasting notes
  • Search and filter by multiple wine details
  • Track bottle count and cellar inventory
  • Export and import wine data
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Wines lets you add and retrieve wines and what you thought about them simple and fast. Take a picture of the wine label and Wines will enter its details. In addition Wines gives suggestions from its database of 1500+ wine regions and 900+ varietals so that you can enter a new wine within seconds. ADD AND RETRIEVE • Autofills wine details, based on photo’s from your wine labels. • Smart suggestions. • Add notes. • Search supports multiple keywords. • Store and sort by Wine details: name, vintage, varietal, country, region, producer, bottles, rating, points, best before/after, shop, price, date added. • Filter by favourites, bottles in cellar and type. RESPECTS PRIVACY • The Wines app analyses your label on your device, without sending it to an external 3rd party. • The suggestions come from a database that is stored on your device. DISCOVER • Search directly with your preferred Search Engine (Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Google, Yahoo). SHARE • Select and share multiple wines. • Import .wib (V1) and .wsf (V2) wine files directly into the app. • Export to CSV file. SIMPLE AND SOPHISTICATED • Counts your bottles. • Edit amount of bottles. • Shows front and back wine labels. • Two color themes: burgundy and vine. • Easily backup all wines. • iCloud syncing. • Your wines stay on iCloud even if you delete or reinstall the app. • Universal, works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Macs. • Supports Dark Mode and Accessibility sizes. Try the app for free with a limited number of wines and options, so you can see how easy it works. No subscriptions, you buy full functionality once. Privacy Policy: https://www.devart.nl/wines/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tastingnotes4 screens
Wines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tastingnotes at none against Wines's 1. Tastingnotes also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). Wines's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, ads 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. Wines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tastingnotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tastingnotes ships an update every 9 months, Wines every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tastingnotes versus Wines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTastingnotesWines
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB6 MB
Age rating17++17
DeveloperMistretta PaoloDevart B.V.

In-app purchases

None

Tastingnotes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wines

One-time1
  • Full app$4.99

Questions

Is Tastingnotes free?
Tastingnotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wines free?
Wines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tastingnotes or Wines have ads?
Neither Tastingnotes nor Wines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tastingnotes or Wines?
Tastingnotes ships an update every 9 months, and Wines every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tastingnotes was updated on October 8, 2026 and Wines on October 8, 2026.

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