Wine Pairing App vs The Wine Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wine Pairing App
Discover wine pairings for any meal, from gourmet dishes to local hawker fare. Explore a global selection of wines and receive helpful tips and notes to enhance your dining experience.
- Global wine selection
- Food to wine pairing
- Wine to food pairing
- Gourmet and local fare recommendations
- Wine tips and notes
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Choose from a wide range of carefully selected wines from all over the world with our new FairPrice Wine Pairing App. Whether it is matching your favorite food to a wine, or your favorite wine to a food, we are sure to have a match for your palate. We have recommendations from Western gourmet food to local hawker fare. Get wine tips, notes and more! Download now!
The Wine Coach
Demystify wine with expert guidance. Access curated wine picks, podcasts, educational videos, and a grape guide. Connect with a wine expert for personalized advice and share your tasting experiences.
- Curated wine picks
- Wine podcasts
- Wine and cooking videos
- Grape guide
- Direct expert Q&A
- Sip sharing
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The official App of Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach whose mission is to demystify wine one glass at a time! Laurie is one of the country’s leading wine experts, radio show host and the author of the award-winning book, The Sipping Point: A Crash Course in Wine. This App includes access to a directory of Laurie's Wine Picks, Podcasts from The Sipping Point radio, wine and cooking videos, a grape guide to wine, send Laurie a photo of what you are sipping with questions! and so much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Wine Coach at 4.0 against Wine Pairing App's 1.0. The Wine Coach also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 22%). Wine Pairing App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Wine Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Wine Pairing App's written reviews are positive against 64% of The Wine Coach's.
Wine Pairing App ships an update every 3 months, The Wine Coach every 16 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Wine Pairing App | The Wine Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited | Forster Ventures, LLC |
Customer experience
Wine Pairing App
The Wine Coach
In-app purchases
Wine Pairing App
No in-app purchases
The Wine Coach
No in-app purchases
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