Comparison

Winebook vs Cellar Star

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

Head to head
About

Winebook

Manage your wine collection with this app. It offers detailed information on grape varieties, wine properties, and allows for local or cloud storage. Features include AR scanning, advanced search, and smart inventory tracking.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based wine management
  • AR and object capture scanning
  • Detailed wine property storage
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Smart inventory tracking
  • Grape variety information
  • Apple Pencil support
Features
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Winebook is a powerful Cloud base wine manager App for wine enthusiasts. It offers a wide source of information about the wine World with a robust content of grape varieties and beautiful photos. With an elegant and efficient solution to store your wine collection, Winebook saves all the important properties of your wines. You can store them locally in your device or in the Cloud to sync all your devices. FEATURES: • iCLOUD support: Your wines everywhere • AR (Augmented Reality) and Object Capture (scanner) • Storage of photos, properties (12), ratings (5) and notes for each wine • Advanced search bar for wines and grape varieties (name, type, country, rating and year) • Add your Favorite wine with a single touch on a heart • Easily navigate through the most important function of your Wines • New smart-Inventory, works with a drink button that automatically updates your total for each type of wine (white, rose, red, sparkling and fortified) • Detail views for each type of grape with a complete overview, beautiful photos, text to speech and font size of your choice • Select from 60 countries, each with it’s most important wine regions selected already for you • Wine properties include: name, category, type, vintage, country, region, brand, date drank, date bought, price, blend and inventory • Barcode scanner ** • Landscape mode for iPad • Certificates by main wine regions : A.O.C, D.O.C.G, D.O, D.O.C.A, V.d.l.T. ** • Grapes by main wine regions: Australia, France, Germany, Italy and Spain ** • Share wines: facebook, twitter, e-mail, airdrop and more ** • Universal support (for all devices) • No internet connection required • File migration - recover/backup your wine database on your Mac • Grape shop: add packages of grape varieties to your collection • Optimized for iPhone 6 and 6 plus • Multi-tasking support • Slide Over and Split View functionality support • Today's Widget support: EMOJIWINE (quick view inventory) • Apple Pencil notes per wine (only Wine App in App Store to support it) • Consult wine score history by experts (GlobalWineScores) • Unlimited Wine registration (Subscription) Pro version auto-renew subscriptions: - 1 year (Gold) | 3 month (Silver) | 1 month (Bronze) subscriptions* - Unlimited Wine entries - Full access to app | apple pencil - Full access to the grapes and more ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.

 • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.
 • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
 • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. NOTE 

• Winebook does not support Universal Purchase. Winebook Pro does. TERMS OF USE • https://www.termsofusegenerator.net/live.php?token=SE6EUjRJ1otauEtbkX3DU4rLrp0tLXiE

About

Cellar Star

Easily track your wine collection, whether it's a few bottles or a full cellar. Make informed choices about which wines to open and when, ensuring your inventory is always up-to-date. Spend more time savoring your wine and less time managing it.

Highlights
  • Import existing cellar data
  • Easy wine addition with predictive text
  • Search, browse, and filter collection
  • iCloud synchronization and backup
  • Configure custom cellar layouts
  • Rate wines and track optimal opening years
Features
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Whether you have a cellar filled with wine or are just saving a few cases in a hall closet, it's easy to lose track of what you have. Cellar Star is designed with this in mind. Make informed selections from your cellar. Focus your attention on wines that are ready to open. Have confidence that your inventory is up to date. Spend less time managing your cellar and more time enjoying your wine. — Easily Add And Select Wines — Import your inventory from existing cellar tracking applications and spreadsheets. Adding wine is easy with predictive text that knows your collection and the wine regions of the world. Easily select wines from your cellar in the way that works best for you: - Search by keywords. - Browse your collection organized by name, star rating, place of origin, vintage year, and more. - Utilize filters to refine the list of displayed wine. — Manage Your Collection — Complete iCloud integration ensures that your inventory stays synchronized across all your devices and allows for easy backup and restoration to your iCloud Drive. Configure cellars and bins to match your storage layout. Rate each wine on a five star scale and choose the best years for opening. Reconcile what's actually in storage with your Cellar Star inventory.

Screenshots

Winebook4 screens
Cellar Star4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cellar Star at 94% against Winebook's 29%. Cellar Star also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Winebook's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months). 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. Winebook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Cellar Star sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Winebook ships an update every 3 months, Cellar Star every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Winebook versus Cellar Star: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinebookCellar Star
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.2% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB2 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperChrystian EnriquezThinkMobile

Customer experience

Winebook

Written reviews24 reviews
Positive29.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative62.5%

Cellar Star

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Winebook

Subscriptions3
  • Bronze Member$7.991 Month
  • Silver Member$17.993 Months
  • Golden Member$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Cellar Star

One-time2
  • 50-100 Bottles$1.99
  • Unlimited Bottles$4.99

Questions

Is Winebook free?
Winebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cellar Star free?
Cellar Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Winebook or Cellar Star have ads?
Neither Winebook nor Cellar Star shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Winebook or Cellar Star?
Winebook ships an update every 3 months, and Cellar Star every 22 months. Most recently, Winebook was updated on September 22, 2026 and Cellar Star on June 5, 2026.

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