Comparison

Wine Cellar vs Bottles

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Manage wine bottle inventory
  • Record tasting notes
  • Barcode scanning for info retrieval
  • iCloud device synchronization
  • Export cellar data
  • Customizable bottle characteristics
  • Favorite bottle list
Features
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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

About

Bottles

Easily manage your wine collection with this app. Track where each bottle is stored, view your inventory by varietal or winery, and mark bottles as opened. It helps you remember to rate wines and repurchase favorites.

Highlights
  • Manage wine collection
  • Track bottle location
  • View wine lists
  • Mark bottles as opened
  • Rate wines
  • Syncs via iCloud
  • Supports light/dark mode
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Bottles lets you easily manage your wine collection. Perfect for those of us that have a collection of wine. Allows you to rate the wines you open, so that you know which bottles you liked most when purchasing more wine. There are no additional fees, no ads, and none of your data is shared. Add your wine to the Bottles app, specifying the location you store each bottle. Use the app to view lists of your wine, pick a bottle to enjoy, see where it is located, and mark the bottle as opened. Later Bottles can remind you to rate that wine, helping in the future to pick your favorite wines, and helping you to purchase more of your favorites. Wines can be viewed by varietal, winery, vintage, favorites and more. List can be easily sorted and searched. Since your wine data is stored in iCloud, you can safely access your collection from all your iPhones, iPads and Macs. Bottles may be used when not connected to the internet, and your changes will sync the next time you run Bottles with an internet connection. Bottles supports light and dark mode, and your Text Size setting.

Screenshots

Wine Cellar4 screens
Bottles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bottles at none against Wine Cellar's 1. Bottles also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 32%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Wine Cellar's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.4). On ads and chart position 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

Wine Cellar costs $0.99 and Bottles $2.99 up front. Wine Cellar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bottles asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Cellar ships an update every 3 months, Bottles every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Wine Cellar versus Bottles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine CellarBottles
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#112 — better#143
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSimon GuertinPaul Hangas

Customer experience

Wine Cellar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive31.6%
Neutral14.0%
Negative54.4%

Bottles

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wine Cellar

One-time1
  • Upgrade to 'Wine Cellar PRO'$5.99
None

Bottles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wine Cellar free?
Wine Cellar costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Bottles free?
Bottles costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wine Cellar or Bottles have ads?
Neither Wine Cellar nor Bottles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wine Cellar or Bottles?
Wine Cellar ships an update every 3 months, and Bottles every 5 weeks. Most recently, Wine Cellar was updated on October 27, 2026 and Bottles on October 26, 2026.
Which is more popular, Wine Cellar or Bottles?
Wine Cellar currently peaks at #112 in the App Store charts, and Bottles at #143. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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