# Pocket Wine vs WineQuest

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WineQuest at none against Pocket Wine's 3. WineQuest also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (98% vs 90%). Pocket Wine's advantage is ratings volume (657 vs 14). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Pocket Wine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. WineQuest asks for nothing beyond the download.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pocket Wine against 4.6 for WineQuest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Wine has 657 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Pocket Wine's written reviews are positive against 98% of WineQuest's.

Pocket Wine ships an update every 7 months, WineQuest every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Pocket Wine | WineQuest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.7 (657 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-wine-guide-and-cellar/id373322732/reviews)** | [4.6 (14 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/winequest/id523235593/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **657** | 14 |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | **98.1% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | **Every 3 weeks** |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | **Free** |
| Size | 31 MB | 19 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | **10.0** |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** | iPhone, iPod |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | [Time Marketing Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/373322735) | [WineQuest](https://appshunter.io/developer/523235596) |

## What reviewers say

### Pocket Wine

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-wine-guide-and-cellar/id373322732)

Enhance your wine knowledge and enjoyment with a comprehensive guide to wine styles, grape varieties, and food pairings. This app offers a unique cellar management tool to track your collection visually, discover your taste profile, and access an extensive glossary of wine terms.

**Highlights:** Cellar management with visual tracking, Explore wine styles and grape varieties, Food pairing recommendations, Personal taste profiling tool, Extensive wine glossary, Sync across iPhone and iPad

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Subscription | $0.99 | per month |
| Annual Subscription | $5.99 | per year |
| Lifetime Subscription | $19.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Detailed and informative wine information
- 🍷 Helpful for learning about wine and pairing with food
- 💻 Clean, easy-to-use interface
- 📚 Comprehensive grape variety and region details
- 🤖 Accurate 'My Taste' feature to recommend wines

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🔍 Lacks ability to search/filter wines by specific properties
- 📸 No label scanning or auto-population of wine details
- 🔢 Limited inventory/selection of wines available in the app
- 🌐 Lacking coverage of some wine regions and grape varieties

**Reported bugs**

- Occasional crashes or freezes reported by some users
- Compatibility issues with older devices mentioned

**Requested features**

- Add ability to scan wine labels and auto-populate details
- Implement more advanced filtering/search options for wines
- Expand coverage to include more wine regions and grape varieties
- Add a 'My Cellar' feature to easily track and manage personal wine inventory


### WineQuest

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/winequest/id523235593)

Discover wines you'll love and avoid those you won't with personalized taste predictions. Create a wine profile by answering simple questions and enhance it by rating wines you've tried.  Find wines that match your preferences, even for friends.

**Highlights:** Personalized wine taste predictions, Taste interview for profile creation, Enhance profile with wine ratings, Create multiple user profiles, Save favorite wines and add notes, Predictions for any wine

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🎯 Accurate wine predictions
- 👍 Learns user preferences
- 💡 Personalized taste profiles
- 🤝 Friend profile synchronization
- 📚 Extensive wine database

**What reviewers complain about**

- ⏳ Outdated interface/design
- 📱 App not working on iPhone
- 🗄️ Ratings not transferred on phone change
- ➕ Many wines not in database
- ⬆️ Needs more frequent updates

**Reported bugs**

- Ratings didn't transfer when changing phones
- App quit working on iPhone

**Requested features**

- Scan bottle instead of typing
- More than one friend profile
- More educational content on wine
- Expand restaurant predictions
- Show which wines predictions are compared to


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Pocket Wine free?

Pocket Wine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is WineQuest free?

WineQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Pocket Wine or WineQuest?

Pocket Wine is rated higher. Pocket Wine averages 4.7 out of 5 from 657 ratings, while WineQuest averages 4.6 from 14 ratings.

### Do Pocket Wine or WineQuest have ads?

Neither Pocket Wine nor WineQuest shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Pocket Wine or WineQuest?

Pocket Wine ships an update every 7 months, and WineQuest every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Wine was updated on November 1, 2026 and WineQuest on November 6, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*