Comparison

SmartCave vs CellarTracker

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

CellarTracker

This app helps you discover, track, and manage your wine collection. Access millions of ratings and reviews, scan bottles for quick logging, and get personalized recommendations. It's designed for everyone from casual drinkers to serious collectors.

Highlights
  • Track wine tasting notes and ratings
  • Access millions of wine reviews
  • Scan bottles with barcode tool
  • View real-time pricing data
  • Get personalized wine recommendations
  • Manage cellar inventory and storage
  • Discover new wines and producers
Features
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CellarTracker is the top-rated wine app with 4.9 of 5 stars, over 13.6 million wine ratings and reviews, and over 8.8 million users globally, collectively tracking $21 billion of wine and millions of personal memories captured over the last 20 years.  CellarTracker is the most current, accurate, and comprehensive wine database globally with over 5 million unique wines to explore, 1000 + new wines added each day, and over 193 million bottles tracked by members. Featured in leading publications globally including the New York Times, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Robb Report, CNN, Financial Times, Decanter, Fox Business and more. CellarTracker empowers millions of people around the world to discover and experience wines they love. If you’ve ever wondered what wine to pick from a restaurant wine list, have a small collection at home, or are a long-time wine enthusiast with a $10 million cellar, CellarTracker is the best wine cellar management app and wine tracker hands down. We completely modernized the CellarTracker experience and our new wine app was released last year – we have carefully built AI into the product over the last two years, powered by over 20 years of tasting notes and wine rating data that is unparalleled in the industry. TRACK YOUR WINE EXPERIENCE The best wine app and wine cellar tracker for casual drinkers, collectors, and connoisseurs alike. CellarTracker is the go-to wine app for wine ratings. - Add personal wine tasting notes, reviews, and wine ratings for each bottle - Access over 13M wine reviews: 11M community tasting notes + 2M professional reviews - Use the wine scanner or barcode tool to log bottles in seconds KNOW A FAIR PRICE TO PAY Make smarter purchases with real-time price transparency using the wine cellar application and wine inventory software trusted by serious collectors. - View 15+ years of valuation data and values based on over 80+ million data points - Access auction data and average Wine-Searcher prices from 37,000+ merchants and compare 20M+ listings: retail, auction, and more CHOOSE THE BEST BOTTLE OF WINE The best wine tracking app to help you open the perfect bottle at the perfect time—based on your collection, taste, and timing. - Get personalized wine recommendations from your ratings - Stay alert on bottles ready to drink vs. those needing more time - Compare community tasting notes, wine reviews, wine ratings, and your notes EFFORTLESSLY MANAGE YOUR CELLAR The most intuitive wine tracker and wine scanner for organizing your collection—without complexity or cost. - Add wines via wine scanner, barcode, label scan, or digital receipt forwarding - Track storage locations and pending deliveries - Manage wine inventory collections across multiple storage sites - Monitor cellar value and consumption trends DISCOVER NEW WINES & PRODUCERS Use our wine cellar tracker and wine rating app to explore top wines and trending producers from the global wine community. - Get tailored wine suggestions based on your preferences - Use the wine scanner to see what others are drinking and loving THE MOST ACCURATE WINE DATABASE CellarTracker’s community-powered platform delivers unmatched coverage and accuracy and is well established as the best wine reviews app and wine tracker. - Search from 5M+ unique wines with 1000+ new wines added daily - Rich data on producers, regions, vintages, and varietals SEAMLESS WINE-SEARCHER INTEGRATION A powerful feature of our cellar tracker app and wine tracker, Wine-Searcher integration ensures real-time market intelligence. - Instantly view and compare prices from 37,000+ global merchants - Access over 20M offers across retail and auctions SMARTER WINE DECISIONS WITH THE BEST AI WINE APP The only AI wine app and cellar tracker powered by over 13M+ tasting notes, reviews, and ratings - Get recommendations on whether you’ll like a wine based on your unique taste - Get expert-grade food pairing recommendations

Screenshots

SmartCave4 screens
CellarTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CellarTracker at 71% against SmartCave's 25%. CellarTracker also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (13K vs 1). SmartCave's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SmartCave sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and CellarTracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CellarTracker holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellarTracker has 13K 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 71% of CellarTracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartCave ships an update every 4 weeks, CellarTracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
SmartCave versus CellarTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartCaveCellarTracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (13K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews70.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#15 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB174 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPassion DégustationCellarTracker

Customer experience

SmartCave

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

CellarTracker

All ratings13,032 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative21.1%

Bugs and requests

SmartCave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

CellarTracker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Couldn't make it past the second screen to make an account
  • Autocorrect does not appear to be working in the text fields
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Add wish list features
  • Easier way to print out a list of wines past due drinking date
  • Add ability to switch currency
  • Dark mode option

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
6 purchases

CellarTracker

Subscriptions6
  • Up to 100 Bottles14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Up to 250 Bottles14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Up to 500 Bottles14 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Up to 1,000 Bottles14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Up to 2,500 Bottles14 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • 2,500+ Bottles14 Days trial$44.991 Month

Questions

Is SmartCave free?
SmartCave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CellarTracker free?
CellarTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SmartCave or CellarTracker?
CellarTracker is rated higher. SmartCave averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CellarTracker averages 4.9 from 13K ratings.
Do SmartCave or CellarTracker have ads?
Neither SmartCave nor CellarTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartCave or CellarTracker?
SmartCave ships an update every 4 weeks, and CellarTracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, SmartCave was updated on October 1, 2026 and CellarTracker on October 15, 2026.

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