Comparison

Tasting.ai vs Whiskey Shelf

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

Head to head
About

Tasting.ai

Discover whiskies tailored to your palate with AI-driven recommendations. Learn your flavor preferences and build a sophisticated taste profile. Made by bartenders for whisky enthusiasts, it empowers you to confidently explore and enjoy new spirits.

Highlights
  • AI-powered taste profiling
  • Personalized whisky recommendations
  • Flavor-based discovery
  • Learn whisky preferences
  • Recommendations with rationale
  • Developed by bartenders
Features
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Learn what you really like: You don't need to go to whisky school to have fun. Taste whisk(e)y and get personal recommendations based on your favorite (and least favorite) flavors. Your whisky selection will get better and better as you build your taste profile with the app. Recommendations with reasons: Tasting.ai helps you discover great whiskies you’ve never heard of—but it also explains why you’ll like them. Each recommendation you get in the app comes with a clear rationale that explains how the bottle fits into your flavor preferences, or your search terms. Born in a bar: This app was made by bartenders, for whisky lovers. Like a good bartender, tasting.ai will teach you what you like. We want to give you the confidence to speak your mind in any tasting, because what matters most is what tastes good to you. As we explain in our whi.ski blog called The Joy of Tasting, everyone is an expert when it comes to taste.

About

Whiskey Shelf

Track your whiskey, rum, and tequila collection with unlimited bottle entries. Manage your wishlist, calculate bottle valuations, and organize your Infinity Bottle. Discover new spirits and connect with other enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Unlimited bottle inventory
  • Wishlist management
  • Bottle valuation calculator
  • Infinity Bottle management
  • Whiskey Friends network
  • Customizable reports
Features
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Whiskey Shelf is fastest growing app which can track your whiskey inventory including rum and tequila with unlimited bottles, tracks your wish list, calculates bottle valuations including open bottles, manages your Infinity Bottle, creates reports and helps you find sought after whiskeys with other Whiskey Shelf users as Whiskey Friends - all in one simple app!

Screenshots

Tasting.ai4 screens
Whiskey Shelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tasting.ai at 5.0 against Whiskey Shelf's 4.5. Whiskey Shelf's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (133 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tasting.ai holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whiskey Shelf has 133 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasting.ai ships an update every 3 weeks, Whiskey Shelf every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tasting.ai versus Whiskey Shelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasting.aiWhiskey Shelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (133 ratings)
Positive reviews—81.4% of reviews
Number of ratings4133 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.113.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB53 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMatchValue.tech UG (haftungsbeschrankt)Flint Hills Group

Customer experience

Tasting.ai

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Whiskey Shelf

All ratings133 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative17.1%

In-app purchases

None

Tasting.ai

No in-app purchases

None

Whiskey Shelf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tasting.ai free?
Tasting.ai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Whiskey Shelf free?
Whiskey Shelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tasting.ai or Whiskey Shelf?
Tasting.ai is rated higher. Tasting.ai averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Whiskey Shelf averages 4.5 from 133 ratings.
Do Tasting.ai or Whiskey Shelf have ads?
Tasting.ai shows ads; Whiskey Shelf does not.
Which is updated more often, Tasting.ai or Whiskey Shelf?
Tasting.ai ships an update every 3 weeks, and Whiskey Shelf every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tasting.ai was updated on October 27, 2026 and Whiskey Shelf on October 25, 2026.

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