Wine Cellar vs CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wine Cellar
Manage your wine collection with this intuitive app. Track bottles, record tasting notes, and organize your cellar with ease. Features barcode scanning and iCloud sync for seamless management across devices.
- Manage wine bottle inventory
- Record tasting notes
- Barcode scanning for info retrieval
- iCloud device synchronization
- Export cellar data
- Customizable bottle characteristics
- Favorite bottle list
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Wine Cellar is an application for the wine enthusiast. It is made to help both the amateur or the more experienced wine enthusiast. It helps to manage your wine bottles and also to collect information about bottles already tasted. ---------------------------------------------- Wine Cellar HD for iPad is finally available on the App Store. Look for 'Wine Cellar Import Pro' for a full Import/Export support or upgrade later with the In-App purchase. ---------------------------------------------- Also available for free, Wine Cellar Companion v2.1 to fully sync, view and edit your cellar on your Mac (sync pictures also) http://sg-iphone.com/winecellar/companion.html ---------------------------------------------- Easy to use, easy to learn Wine Cellar is designed to be easy to use and learn. The interface is designed with Apple's user interface guidelines for simplicity and ease of use. It is intuitive and simple. Sync all your devices using iCloud. It is suggested to backup the cellar using one of the export techniques when using iCloud. Share bottles with other users via email, SMS or turn the phone sideways Scan bar codes and retrieve info automatically (information is from the SAQ and LCBO in Quebec/Ontario/Canada) Thanks to all the feedback from users, of whom reported bugs or gave recommendations, Wine Cellar has been improving for over a year now and Wine Cellar will continue to improve with new features. Quick The interface presents the wine cellar in an efficient manner. It is easy and fast to locate a bottle, search for keywords, or simply browse bottles by the grouping defined by the user. Favorite list A favorite list of bottles provides an even quicker method to locate a bottle. Export your cellar to your computer using 2 ways (WiFi required): -Using the free Companion Tool (Mac OS X) -Using the integrated web server. Use Companion or OpenOffice to edit and view your cellar on your computer. The main view can be sorted on most of the wine's characteristics (by region, country, vintage just to name a few) Improved main screen The main screen shows pictures and more details about each bottle. A more compact display of the main list is also available for a more streamlined look. Preview The preview area provides a quick overview showing more details about the selected bottle. Add/remove a bottle in stock directly from the main screen with the simple sliding gesture across the area. Wine Cellar provides you all the detailed information that you want For each bottle, you can add, remove or edit all characteristics. You can quickly add a new vintage from an existing bottle using the shortcut. Many useful characteristics can be displayed -Region, Country, Vintage, Rating (on a 5 star ranking system) and much more. -Full screen picture of the label Wine Cellar is user friendly and adapts to the user's needs You can fully configure what you want to be asked for when adding a bottle. Unneeded characteristics can simply be skipped, or removed from the wizard to allow a quick interaction with the software. -Simple Statistics about your cellar -Simple Vintage Chart Wine Cellar is not affiliated with the SAQ or LCBO
CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker
Manage your wine collection with 3D cellar models and track bottle age based on storage temperature. Record purchase, inventory, and consumption history, with charts to spot trends. Supports multiple locations and devices, with automatic backups.
- 3D cellar and rack visualization
- Temperature-based wine aging tracking
- Purchase, inventory, and consumption history
- Multiple location and cellar support
- Data backup and restore
- Import/export via CSV
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Quickly create and interact with 3D models of your cellars and wine racks! Select a bottle with a single tap or tap on a cellar location to store your wine. Choose a vintage from the Wine List and CellarView will show you exactly where the bottles are stored! CellarView tracks the effective age of your wines based on the temperatures at which they've been stored, so you'll always know when to best enjoy them. The software also records your purchase, inventory and consumption history. CellarView Charts will help you spot trends and make the information easier to digest. Other key features include: • Have a cellars or wine lockers in more than one location? CellarView supports multiple locations and multiple cellars/wine racks at each location • As you move from one location to another, CellarView can automatically filter your Wine List and display the primary cellar for your current location • Add Varietal or update Category Aging Profiles to fine tune aging and drink date calculations • Use Wine List Filters to focus on a subset of your collection and select the perfect bottle for your occasion. • Automatically backup your data and easily restore it. • Learn how to get the most out of the software by viewing Walk Through tutorials built directly into CellarView. • Import/Export your bottle and cellar data via .csv files • CellarView runs on iPhone and iPad; data and settings automatically synchronize across all of your iOS devices via iCloud. Cheers and happy cellaring!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker at 3.4 against Wine Cellar's 1.0. CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Wine Cellar's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and review sentiment (32% vs 14%). On ads, chart position, device support and iOS requirement 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
Wine Cellar costs $0.99 and CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker $4.99 up front. Wine Cellar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Wine Cellar's written reviews are positive against 14% of CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wine Cellar ships an update every 3 months, CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wine Cellar | CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #115 — better | #177 |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Simon Guertin | David Ficken |
Customer experience
Wine Cellar
CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker
In-app purchases
Wine Cellar
- Upgrade to 'Wine Cellar PRO'$5.99
CellarView Wine Cellar Tracker
No in-app purchases
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