Comparison

CookieCal vs Wine

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

Head to head
About

CookieCal

This app helps cooks by converting oven temperatures between Celsius, Fahrenheit, and gas marks, and provides descriptions for heat levels. It also converts between various volume and weight measurements, including custom ingredient conversions using density.

Highlights
  • Oven temperature conversion (C, F, Gas Mark)
  • Temperature descriptions for older recipes
  • Volume and weight measurement conversion
  • Custom ingredient conversion via density
  • Converts between volume and weight
Features
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CookieCal is a useful utility for cooks everywhere CookieCal can show you the equivalent Celsius, Fahrenheit, or gas mark for all of the most common oven temperatures. CookieCal also provides you with a written description of the oven heat as some older recipes provide. Additionally, you can enter a temperature in Fahrenheit, Celsius, or Kelvin, and CookieCal will automatically convert that temperature to the other two. CookieCal easily converts between different types of volume measurements, weight measurements, or even between volume and weight measurements. Need to convert an ingredient between volume and weight measurements that isn't listed? As long as you have the density for that ingredient, simply enter the density figure into the density box and CookieCal will do the rest.

About

Wine

This app helps you find, compare, and buy wines, beers, and spirits globally. Scan labels or search by name to access pricing, critic scores, and purchase locations. Discover new drinks and expand your knowledge with its extensive encyclopedia.

Highlights
  • Scan wine labels
  • Compare prices
  • Find purchase locations
  • Access critic scores
  • View vintage information
  • Rate and review wines
  • Explore drink encyclopedia
Features
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Find, compare and buy wines using the world’s #1 wine resource. The Wine-Searcher app is a genius shortcut to your favorite wines, beers and spirits – wherever you are on earth. Just scan the label and find a wealth of info on 8 million wine offers from 55,000 merchants. With the Wine-Searcher app, you can look up a wine to find out prices, critic scores, grape and region information, available vintages, and most importantly, where to buy. You can even rate and review your own favorites, and share them with the community. Looking to compare prices for the 2005 Mouton Rothschild? Or wanting to get information on a rare Cognac, bourbon or single malt Scotch whisky? Maybe you’re just interested in the best vintages for your favorite vineyards and wineries. Search quickly and easily Use our Label Scanner tool to scan the wine, beer or whisky in front of you, or just type in the name of a product you want to learn more about. Find out about grape varieties, producers and regions, access pricing information across vintages, and even see how critics have scored it.
 Ratings: Remember the memorable With the Wine-Searcher app, you can always buy a five star wine from a palate you trust – your own. Rate and review wines you've been drinking, and see what others have been enjoying. You can even save wines you haven't tried yet for later.
 Locate stores near you
Find out what wine stores are closest to you, and see what wines are the best value at your local wine merchant. Buy wines online through the merchant’s site, or get in touch with a store directly through the app.
 Expand your wine knowledge Access Wine-Searcher’s exhaustive encyclopedia covering producers, wine regions, appellations and grape varieties – from the ubiquitous to the obscure.
 Broaden your horizons The Wine-Searcher app is so much more than that: find and compare prices of some of the world’s best Scotch whisky, bourbon, Cognac, gin, rum, tequila, and even beer. 
“Thanks to Wine-Searcher, the most successful, and seriously useful, price comparison website, everyone should now be paying the right price for the wines they buy.” – Jancis Robinson MW
 “There is no better tool than Wine-Searcher. This web site offers the world’s most comprehensive database of wines available for sale online.” – Alder Yarrow, Vinography 
“Whether you’re looking for something as ubiquitous as Mouton Cadet Bordeaux or something as rare as a Riesling TBA from Egon Müller in Germany, Wine-Searcher will point you to the right place and show you the prices.” – The New York Times Wine-Searcher is free to use. You can purchase a subscription to Wine-Searcher PRO through an In-App Purchase. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your Apple account. Your subscription will renew automatically, unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel the subscription at any time. You can manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.wine-searcher.com/policies.lml Terms of use: https://www.wine-searcher.com/user-terms.lml

Screenshots

CookieCal4 screens
Wine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wine at Free against CookieCal's $0.99. Wine also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 36 months) and ratings volume (17K vs 1). CookieCal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Wine is free to download; CookieCal costs $0.99 up front. Wine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. CookieCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CookieCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wine has 17K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CookieCal ships an update every 36 months, Wine every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
CookieCal versus Wine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCookieCalWine
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (17K ratings)
Positive reviews—76.3% of reviews
Number of ratings117K — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#184#23 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB133 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPink Zombie Studios Inc.Wine-Searcher Ltd

Customer experience

CookieCal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wine

All ratings17,145 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews493 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.1%

Bugs and requests

CookieCal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Wine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Saved wines not syncing properly
  • Landscape mode not working on iPad

Requested features

4 requests
  • Wish list feature for wines to buy
  • Improved label scanning and recognition
  • Ability to save and rate tasted wines
  • More integration with wine critic reviews

In-app purchases

None

CookieCal

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wine

Subscriptions2
  • Wine-Searcher PRO7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • Wine-Searcher PRO7 Days trial$98.991 Year

Questions

Is CookieCal free?
CookieCal costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wine free?
Wine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CookieCal or Wine?
CookieCal is rated higher. CookieCal averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Wine averages 4.8 from 17K ratings.
Do CookieCal or Wine have ads?
Neither CookieCal nor Wine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CookieCal or Wine?
CookieCal ships an update every 36 months, and Wine every 9 days. Most recently, CookieCal was updated on October 15, 2026 and Wine on October 20, 2026.
Which is more popular, CookieCal or Wine?
CookieCal currently peaks at #184 in the App Store charts, and Wine at #23. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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