Comparison

Wine Cellar HD vs Wines

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

Head to head
About

Wine Cellar HD

Manage your wine collection with this app, designed for both novice and experienced enthusiasts. It allows you to catalog bottles, record tasting notes, and import/export your cellar data. Sync across devices and quickly access your favorite wines.

Highlights
  • Manage wine bottle inventory
  • Record tasting notes
  • Import/export cellar data (CSV, Mac Companion)
  • Sync with iCloud
  • Scan bottle barcodes for info
  • Create favorite bottle lists
  • Sort cellar by wine characteristics
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. - Also available for free, Wine Cellar Companion to fully sync, view and edit your cellar on your Mac OS http://sg-iphone.com/winecellar/companion.html - PRO Features: Wine Cellar PRO offers everything from Wine Cellar with the added feature of importing your cellar from your PC or Mac into the iPhone. The limit of 500 bottles is increased to 3000 bottles. With Wine Cellar HD, you can fully manage your cellar using the import/export function. You can do all the editing on your PC and import it to your iPhone so there is no need to type your 400+ bottles on your iPhone. The file format used is csv (OpenOffice is an excellent tool to edit the file) or use the more simple Companion for Mac OS to view and edit your cellar. The file format is very convenient if you already have your cellar in a database or in an excel spreadsheet. The conversion to the Wine Cellar format is very simple. 3 ways are offered to import your cellar (WiFi required): -Using Wine Cellar Companion for Mac OS X -Using the embedded website hosted on the iphone. (Same as Exporting your cellar to your PC) -By hosting your cellar file on a web site and accessing it with your iPhone (Wi-Fi or 3G required) More on Wine Cellar features: 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 bottle bar codes and retrieve info automatically (information is from the SAQ and LCBO in Quebec/Ontario/Canada) 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. Other features - Cellar statistics: number of bottles, value of cellar. - Simple vintage chart is available for quick reference. Wine Cellar is not affiliated with the SAQ or LCBO

About

Wines

Easily log and retrieve your wine collection with smart suggestions and photo recognition. Organize your cellar, track tasting notes, and discover new wines with this private and sophisticated app.

Highlights
  • Autofill wine details from label photos
  • Smart suggestions for wine entry
  • Add tasting notes
  • Search and filter by multiple wine details
  • Track bottle count and cellar inventory
  • Export and import wine data
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Wines lets you add and retrieve wines and what you thought about them simple and fast. Take a picture of the wine label and Wines will enter its details. In addition Wines gives suggestions from its database of 1500+ wine regions and 900+ varietals so that you can enter a new wine within seconds. ADD AND RETRIEVE • Autofills wine details, based on photo’s from your wine labels. • Smart suggestions. • Add notes. • Search supports multiple keywords. • Store and sort by Wine details: name, vintage, varietal, country, region, producer, bottles, rating, points, best before/after, shop, price, date added. • Filter by favourites, bottles in cellar and type. RESPECTS PRIVACY • The Wines app analyses your label on your device, without sending it to an external 3rd party. • The suggestions come from a database that is stored on your device. DISCOVER • Search directly with your preferred Search Engine (Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Google, Yahoo). SHARE • Select and share multiple wines. • Import .wib (V1) and .wsf (V2) wine files directly into the app. • Export to CSV file. SIMPLE AND SOPHISTICATED • Counts your bottles. • Edit amount of bottles. • Shows front and back wine labels. • Two color themes: burgundy and vine. • Easily backup all wines. • iCloud syncing. • Your wines stay on iCloud even if you delete or reinstall the app. • Universal, works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Macs. • Supports Dark Mode and Accessibility sizes. Try the app for free with a limited number of wines and options, so you can see how easy it works. No subscriptions, you buy full functionality once. Privacy Policy: https://www.devart.nl/wines/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wines at 60% against Wine Cellar HD's 9%. Wines also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Wine Cellar HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

Wines is free to download; Wine Cellar HD costs $0.99 up front. Wines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wine Cellar HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Cellar HD ships an update every 2 months, Wines every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wine Cellar HD versus Wines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine Cellar HDWines
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating17++17
DeveloperSimon GuertinDevart B.V.

Customer experience

Wine Cellar HD

Written reviews22 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative81.8%

Wines

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wine Cellar HD

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wines

One-time1
  • Full app$4.99

Questions

Is Wine Cellar HD free?
Wine Cellar HD costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wines free?
Wines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wine Cellar HD or Wines have ads?
Neither Wine Cellar HD nor Wines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wine Cellar HD or Wines?
Wine Cellar HD ships an update every 2 months, and Wines every 3 weeks. Most recently, Wine Cellar HD was updated on October 7, 2026 and Wines on October 24, 2026.

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