Comparison

SmartCave vs CT Legacy Version

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

CT Legacy Version

Access a vast database of wine reviews and tasting notes from a global community. Manage your personal wine collection, track consumption, and identify wines using label recognition or barcode scanning. This legacy version offers core functionality for wine enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Read and write wine reviews
  • Manage wine collection
  • Label recognition for wine identification
  • Barcode scanning for cellar management
  • Track consumption history
  • Access professional reviews
Features
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IMPORTANT: This is the classic, legacy version of CellarTracker. For the best experience, we recommend installing the new version of the app, “CellarTracker: #1 Wine Tracker”. The classic version of the app will not be receiving new feature updates. CellarTracker is the world's largest collection of wine reviews, tasting notes and personal stories from people who love wine — now available for iPhone and iPad! • Read & Write Wine Reviews • Find over 4.4 million wines, read more than 12 million tasting notes (community and professional) for great recommendations, and join a community of over 888,000 users to share your opinions. Fully integrated with professional reviews from Antonio Galloni, Stephen Tanzer, Allen Meadows, Jancis Robinson, Decanter and more (separate subscriptions may be required). • Manage Your Collection • Use our online cellar management tool to track your collection, see its value, and much more. Users are currently managing 168 million bottles and counting! • Label Recognition • Search for a wine by taking a photo of the label, or quickly capture photos and notes of multiple wines for later reference. Access your entire history of captured labels to remember what you've been drinking. • Scan Barcodes • Easily scan UPC/EAN barcodes on wines, as well as custom CellarTracker barcodes, to make cellar management a breeze. • Track Consumption History • CellarTracker allows you to track what you've been drinking — from your cellar, a restaurant, winery or anywhere — and add your own tasting notes, ratings and label images. This app requires internet connectivity to operate. Certain functionality, such as managing your cellar or tracking consumption history, require a free CellarTracker account. Optional paid CellarTracker accounts provide access to additional functionality, including automatic valuation. Some professional reviews require separate subscriptions to those publications to enable integration.

Screenshots

SmartCave4 screens
CT Legacy Version4 screens

Verdict

The call

SmartCave and CT Legacy Version both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of CT Legacy Version's written reviews are positive against 25% of SmartCave's. CT Legacy Version also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (184 vs 1). SmartCave's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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. SmartCave sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CT Legacy Version asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for SmartCave against 3.9 for CT Legacy Version. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CT Legacy Version has 184 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of SmartCave's written reviews are positive against 63% of CT Legacy Version's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartCave ships an update every 4 weeks, CT Legacy Version every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SmartCave versus CT Legacy Version: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartCaveCT Legacy Version
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better3.9 (184 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews63.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1184 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 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%

CT Legacy Version

All ratings184 ratings
Positive70.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative23.4%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative29.1%

Bugs and requests

SmartCave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

CT Legacy Version

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Horizontal banner/glitch appears halfway down review screens
  • App fails to load or shows blank white pages
  • Keyboard covers text input fields
  • Sticky banner appears in random screen positions when scrolling
  • iOS 16.4+ compatibility issues with banner positioning
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  • Search function unable to handle minor typos
  • Barcode misidentification (e.g., Shiraz identified as Chianti)
  • Label identification fails for common wines
  • App won't open with error codes
  • Slow loading times on iPhone 11 and newer devices
  • Non-native app behavior and web view problems
  • Constant loading spinners during operations
  • Online search functionality broken without support response

Requested features

20 requests
  • Offline access to cellar inventory
  • Multi-currency and international date format support
  • Bulk scanner for multiple bottles at once
  • Copy/duplicate entry function for similar wines
  • Sort by delivery/purchase date
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  • Coravined wine tracking and flagging
  • Save search history for quick access
  • Better storage/location visualization (like VinoCell)
  • Social features to connect with local collectors
  • PDF file attachment capability for wine information
  • Ability to mark multiple bottles consumed at once
  • Wine pairing recommendations
  • Search history/saved searches
  • Default sorting preferences
  • iOS 13 shortcuts for bottle removal
  • Better keyboard handling to avoid covering input fields
  • Swipe navigation between pages
  • Remember scroll position when returning to cellar list
  • Less sensitive tap/select function
  • Professional sommelier input on drink-by dates

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
None

CT Legacy Version

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartCave free?
SmartCave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CT Legacy Version free?
CT Legacy Version is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartCave or CT Legacy Version?
SmartCave is rated higher. SmartCave averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CT Legacy Version averages 3.9 from 184 ratings.
Do SmartCave or CT Legacy Version have ads?
Neither SmartCave nor CT Legacy Version shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartCave or CT Legacy Version?
SmartCave ships an update every 4 weeks, and CT Legacy Version every 3 months. Most recently, SmartCave was updated on October 1, 2026 and CT Legacy Version on October 8, 2026.

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