Wine Spies vs Cellared
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wine Spies
Discover daily, deeply discounted wine offers from a trusted source with over 15 years of experience. Access exclusive app-only deals, enjoy rapid checkout, and manage your account on the go. Consolidate purchases for free shipping with the innovative Locker feature.
- Daily wine deals
- App-exclusive offers
- Instant checkout
- Account management
- Locker feature for consolidated shipping
- Temperature-controlled wine storage
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For over 15 years Wine Spies has been a leading source of incredible wine deals. This app brings all the features of our desktop website to your phone, and makes it easier than ever to order wine quickly and manage your account from anywhere. With our app you’ll be first to know when a new offer lands each day. You’ll get access to secret app-only deals not available on our desktop site. You can use our instant checkout to snag a deal before it’s gone (many sell out very quickly!) with one click in just seconds. Plus you can enjoy the convenience and flexibility of our Locker feature. With Lockers you’ll never pay for expensive shipping again. You can build a case of wine, one or two bottles at a time, and consolidate multiple purchases into a single shipment. Store up to two cases of wine in our temperature controlled warehouse and ship them for free at your convenience. About Wine Spies Wine Spies is located in Sonoma Valley and every day we feature one carefully sourced wine at the lowest price you’ll find anywhere. We source all kinds of wines across a wide range of styles and prices; from small boutique wineries in our backyard and 100-point rarities from Napa, to importing our own favorites - you never know what will show up each day. No matter the wine, you can trust it’s the highest quality. We’re extremely picky, and choose only the most outstanding examples to share with you. If you ever run into a problem of any kind, our excellent customer support team will take care to reach a positive resolution. Download it today and never miss another great deal again.
Cellared
This app helps you track your wine collection and know exactly when to open each bottle. It also suggests wine pairings for your meals based on what you have available.
- Drinking window calculation
- Food and mood-based pairing
- Collection tracking
- Bottle import from CellarTracker
- Track opened bottles
- Peak bottle identification
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Know what to open and when. Cellared is a wine cellar tracker for collectors who want a clearer view of every bottle. Start free with unlimited bottles. Track what you own, see drinking windows, and keep the bottles you love in one place. KNOW WHEN TO DRINK IT Every bottle gets a drinking window built from the wine itself: grape, region, vintage, structure, storage, and bottle size. Cellared tells you what's at peak right now, what needs more time, and what you've waited too long to open. WHAT PAIRS WITH DINNER TONIGHT Tell Cellared what you're cooking. It pulls from your cellar and tells you what to open, and why it works. Chicken piccata, steak night, Tuesday tacos. You pick the food, Cellared picks the bottle. ANSWERS FROM YOUR COLLECTION "What's the best bottle I have for under $50?" "What should I open for my anniversary dinner?" "Is my 2018 Barolo ready?" Cellared knows your collection and gives you answers that make sense. WHETHER YOU HAVE 6 BOTTLES OR 600 No wine expertise required. You know what you're having for dinner. That's enough. Cellared keeps track of the rest, from your first bottle to your five hundredth. • Add bottles manually or import your existing cellar in seconds • Drinking windows built from grape, region, vintage, and structure • Food and mood-based pairing from your own cellar • Track every bottle you've opened • Know what's at peak right now Terms of Use (EULA): https://cellared.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://cellared.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wine Spies at none against Cellared's 6. Wine Spies also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 7). Cellared's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Cellared sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Wine Spies asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Wine Spies against 5.0 for Cellared. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wine Spies has 1.5K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Wine Spies's written reviews are positive against 75% of Cellared's.
Wine Spies ships an update every 3 weeks, Cellared every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wine Spies | Cellared |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +17 |
| Developer | The Wine Spies, LLC | Cellared, LLC |
Customer experience
Wine Spies
Cellared
Bugs and requests
Wine Spies
Reported bugs
3 issues- Shipping delays
- Coupon code issues
- Receiving spoiled wines
Requested features
3 requests- Improve website and app navigation
- Add more filtering options
- Develop a native iPad app
Cellared
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wine Spies
No in-app purchases
Cellared
- Family Household Sharing2 variants$4.991 Month
- Cellared Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Cellared Collector - Monthly7 Days trial$15.991 Month
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- Cellared Pro — Annual7 Days trial$79.001 Year
- Cellared Collector — Annual7 Days trial$149.001 Year








