Comparison

SmartCave vs Oeni

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

Oeni

Manage your wine collection with a powerful scanner and inventory tracker. Discover peak drinking dates, track cellar value, and get food pairing suggestions. Organize your bottles with a 3D cellar view and detailed wine information.

Highlights
  • Wine label scanner
  • Peak drinking date tracking
  • Cellar value estimation
  • Food and wine pairing suggestions
  • 3D cellar visualization
  • Inventory and purchase history
Features
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The most downloaded wine cellar app since 2024. Scan a label: Oeni finds the bottle, tells you when to open it and what it's worth. Oeni is the wine cellar management app that brings together a wine scanner, peak-date tracking, cellar value and a food-pairing sommelier, with 400,000+ wines in its database. YOUR WINE CELLAR, BOTTLE BY BOTTLE - Wine scanner: photograph the label and Oeni recognizes the wine, vintage and appellation in seconds. 400,000+ wines and 2,400 appellations in the database. - 3D cellar: see your bottles laid out as in your real cellar. - Wine inventory and tracker: real-time stock, purchase price and history for every bottle you add or drink. - Peak date: for each vintage, Oeni works out the ideal drinking window and shows which bottles are ready now. YOUR CELLAR'S VALUE, UPDATED EVERY MONTH - Market prices: Oeni retrieves the market price of each bottle and updates the total value of your collection. - Capital gains: compare purchase price and current value, bottle by bottle. - Spending: follow your wine budget month by month and year by year. A SOMMELIER IN YOUR POCKET - Food and wine pairing: 5,400+ pairings to find the bottle in your cellar that matches tonight's dish. - Recommendations by occasion: everyday wine, dinner with friends, special occasion. Oeni combines pairing, peak date and value, and ranks your bottles with a recommendation score. - Wine details: grape, region, appellation, reviews and ratings for every wine. WHO IS OENI FOR? Collectors tracking the value and peak of hundreds of bottles, wine lovers who just want to know what to open tonight, and anyone tired of spreadsheets and notebooks. Privacy policy: https://oeni.app/privacy-policy/ Terms of use: https://oeni.app/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

SmartCave4 screens
Oeni4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Oeni at 4.7 against SmartCave's 4.0. Oeni also leads on ratings volume (960 vs 1) and review sentiment (73% vs 53%). SmartCave's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Oeni sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per year. SmartCave asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oeni holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oeni has 960 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of SmartCave's written reviews are positive against 73% of Oeni's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartCave ships an update every 4 weeks, Oeni every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
SmartCave versus Oeni: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartCaveOeni
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (960 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews72.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1960 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#30 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB133 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPassion DégustationOeni

Customer experience

SmartCave

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral17.6%
Negative29.4%

Oeni

All ratings950 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive72.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative21.5%

Bugs and requests

SmartCave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Oeni

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tutorial buttons hidden below screen
  • Inability to load history and consumption data
  • Inconsistent recognition of wine details

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add grape variety information
  • Incorporate expert ratings and aging guidance
  • Improve iPad resolution and layout
  • Allow bulk import of wine collections
  • Add support for multiple currencies

In-app purchases

None

SmartCave

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Oeni

Subscriptions10
  • Accès premium3 Months trial$34.991 Year
  • Accès premium6 Months trial$39.991 Year
  • Accès premium$39.991 Year
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  • Offre spéciale mensuelle Oeni Plus$39.991 Year
  • Annual subscription1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual subscription$44.991 Year
  • Annual subscription1 Month trial$49.991 Year
  • Annual subscription1 Year trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual subscription1 Month trial$79.991 Year
  • Annual subscription$89.991 Year

Questions

Is SmartCave free?
SmartCave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oeni free?
Oeni is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SmartCave or Oeni?
Oeni is rated higher. SmartCave averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Oeni averages 4.7 from 960 ratings.
Do SmartCave or Oeni have ads?
Neither SmartCave nor Oeni shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartCave or Oeni?
SmartCave ships an update every 4 weeks, and Oeni every 2 weeks. Most recently, SmartCave was updated on November 1, 2026 and Oeni on November 3, 2026.

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