Comparison

SmartCave vs Wine

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

Head to head
About

SmartCave

Manage your wine collection with this app. Browse a vast wine database, track your cellar's inventory, and get personalized drink date alerts. Discover food and wine pairings and estimate your collection's value.

Highlights
  • Extensive wine database
  • Cellar inventory management
  • Drink date tracking
  • Food and wine pairing suggestions
  • Collection valuation
  • Offline cellar access
  • Bulk import from Excel
Features
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Your wine cellar in your pocket ! 100% Made in France ! Browse or search on our wine database more than 5 000 000 wines: You can looking for wine information on SmartCave database, wine details, current market price, drink dates, SmartCave users and professional reviews and ratings, and the best food and wine pairing. You can leave an opinion on your favorite wines at the tasting with friends at the restaurant and see the coast wines. You have wine and you're wondering what is the ideal time to drink and what menus? You are not alone in this situation and Smartcave is to accompany you. Add wines in your cellar: - Search by code bar, keywords and criteria - purchase price - selling price estimated - wine location - order remark - your drink dates or keep SmartCave drink dates - Access your cellar off line Manage your collection: -Receive alerts to your wine drink dates -Sort by drink dates -Sort by appellation -Browses or search you wine in your cellar by bar code, keywords, or criteria -See and edit your wines notes -Compose your menu select a food and find the five best wine to drink to this pairing -Estimate your collection -Modify your add wine information -See your tastings -Access your cellar off line -Remove wine from your cellar: -Leave a review and rating, edit you private notes and share your public notes -Leave a review and rating outside cellar and choose the tasting place and share your public notes -Leave a review and rating, edit you private notes and share your public notes -All statistics of my cellar: Consumption statistics Price statistics Tasting statistics -Bulk import of wine cellar You can bulk import your wine cellar from and Excel spreadsheet via our web site. More information regarding Bulk Import, please contact us. You didn't find a wine in our catalog ? Use the wine detector! The wine will be automatically added to your cellar. Choose our update service by subscribing to one of our 3 premium account and our qualified team will investigate and will update the wine details to enjoy our services Subscriptions: 3 months = 5,49€ 6 months = 7,99€ 1 year = 12,99€ Thanks to your account you can access your cellar for all smartphones. If you want more information or you have any questions, please contact us to contact@smartcave.fr

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

SmartCave4 screens
Wine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wine at 76% against SmartCave's 25%. Wine also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (17K vs 1). SmartCave's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. SmartCave sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Wine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wine holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. 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. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of SmartCave's written reviews are positive against 76% of Wine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartCave ships an update every 4 weeks, Wine every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
SmartCave versus Wine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartCaveWine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (17K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews76.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings117K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#23 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB133 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPassion DégustationWine-Searcher Ltd

Customer experience

SmartCave

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Wine

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

Bugs and requests

SmartCave

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

3 purchases

SmartCave

One-time3
  • Abo. 3 mois au Wine-Detector$23.99
  • Abo. 6 mois au Wine-Detector$45.99
  • Compte premium 1 an$89.99
2 purchases

Wine

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

Questions

Is SmartCave free?
SmartCave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wine free?
Wine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SmartCave or Wine?
Wine is rated higher. SmartCave averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Wine averages 4.8 from 17K ratings.
Do SmartCave or Wine have ads?
Neither SmartCave nor Wine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartCave or Wine?
SmartCave ships an update every 4 weeks, and Wine every 9 days. Most recently, SmartCave was updated on October 1, 2026 and Wine on October 19, 2026.

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