CorkRules vs Firstleaf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CorkRules
Discover and order wine with confidence. Get personalized recommendations, find wine lists at restaurants, and share your experiences with friends. Manage your wine cellar and connect with a community of enthusiasts.
- Personalized wine recommendations
- Restaurant wine list search
- Wine reviews and ratings
- Sommelier recommendations
- Scan and add wine to cellar
- Share wine lists with friends
- Cellar management
- Social sharing of wine experiences
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CorkRules was born to help make ordering wine in restaurants easier and helps restaurants. We provide personalized recommendations and leverage social/friend capabilities to create a community of wine enthusiasts to share, discover and learn. The app allows you to find the wine lists of your favorite restaurants, share wine lists, and post pictures/videos about your dining experience. You can see what your friends are drinking and where. You can see ratings of wines, search for your favorite wines, and find the restaurants with them. You can find value wines based on your personal preferences. Key Features: • Personalised Recommendations: Search for any restaurant and get wine recommendations as per your preference, the best value, and your friend's favorites • Search Wine: Find your favorite bottle at restaurants. • Reviews and Ratings: View ratings and reviews of different restaurants and wines. • Sommelier Recommendations: Get wine recommendations from the top sommeliers in the industry. • Scan and Add Wine: Scan wine to add it to your cellar and find the restaurants serving the wine. • Share with friends: Share your recommended list of wines with your friends before going out. • Cellar Management: Add your wines to your cellar and keep track of all the wines you have tagged, viewed, and reviewed. • Social Features: Connect with friends, wine enthusiasts, and sommeliers and use the social features to post pictures, and videos and tag restaurants and friends to share your wine experience. • Take a pic: This is an early beta, but you can now take a pic and add wine to your cellar.
Firstleaf
Discover your next favorite wine with instant, personalized recommendations. Simply scan a wine label, menu, or shelf to get expert-backed suggestions tailored to your taste. Build a digital wine library and refine your palate with this free pocket sommelier.
- Scan wine labels for instant recommendations
- Personalized taste refinement
- Digital wine library and taste tracking
- Expert-backed wine picks
- Menu and shelf scanning
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Stop guessing and start sipping confidently with Firstleaf. With 1.3M+ wines, 95% label recognition, and expert-backed picks, Firstleaf is your free, pocket sommelier. Whether you're at the store, browsing a restaurant menu, or planning a night in, we make it fast, easy, and fun to find your perfect bottle. HOW IT WORKS: + Scan & Discover: Snap a photo of wine labels, menus, or shelves for instant, tailored recommendations. + Refine Your Taste: Rate wines to improve suggestions and build your personal flavor profile. + Track & Learn: Create a digital wine library and explore your evolving taste with WinePrint™. + Manage Your Club: Members can customize shipments, rate wines, and update preferences in-app. Not a member? Join America’s most personalized wine club and get wines delivered to your door. Whether you're new to wine or a seasoned enthusiast, Firstleaf helps you explore with confidence. The more you sip and rate, the smarter our recommendations become. No ads. No cost. Just smarter sipping. Download now. Cheers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CorkRules at 100% against Firstleaf's 44%. CorkRules also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Firstleaf's advantage is ratings volume (696 vs 8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads, 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.
CorkRules holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firstleaf has 696 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CorkRules's written reviews are positive against 44% of Firstleaf's.
CorkRules ships an update monthly, Firstleaf fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CorkRules | Firstleaf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.4 (696 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 44.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 696 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CorkRules, Inc. | Firstleaf.com, Inc. |
Customer experience
CorkRules
Firstleaf
Bugs and requests
CorkRules
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Firstleaf
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezing or not opening
- Issues with updating preferences
- Inconsistent wine information display
- Trouble canceling membership
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to purchase favorite wines
- Improve app navigation and usability
- Expand rating system beyond like/dislike
- Allow easier subscription management
- Integrate wine cellar tracking
In-app purchases
CorkRules
No in-app purchases
Firstleaf
No in-app purchases
