Comparison

The Wine Coach vs Endless Wine

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

Head to head
About

The Wine Coach

Demystify wine with expert guidance. Access curated wine picks, podcasts, educational videos, and a grape guide. Connect with a wine expert for personalized advice and share your tasting experiences.

Highlights
  • Curated wine picks
  • Wine podcasts
  • Wine and cooking videos
  • Grape guide
  • Direct expert Q&A
  • Sip sharing
Features
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The official App of Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach whose mission is to demystify wine one glass at a time! Laurie is one of the country’s leading wine experts, radio show host and the author of the award-winning book, The Sipping Point: A Crash Course in Wine. This App includes access to a directory of Laurie's Wine Picks, Podcasts from The Sipping Point radio, wine and cooking videos, a grape guide to wine, send Laurie a photo of what you are sipping with questions! and so much more!

About

Endless Wine

Explore a vast wine database, receive personalized recommendations, and discover detailed information about each bottle. Track your tasting experiences, save reviews, and even turn your wine journey into a game with quests.

Highlights
  • Searchable wine database
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Detailed wine information
  • Save ratings and reviews
  • Track tasted wines
  • Gamified wine quests
Features
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Discover wines you’ll love, learn more with every tasting, and keep track of your personal wine journey. Endless Wine helps you explore the world of wine and discover what suits your taste. Search wines and wine-related information, get personalized recommendations, rate what you taste, and learn through guided tasting Quests. DISCOVER WINES YOU’LL LOVE Get personalized wine recommendations based on your ratings and taste. Explore wines similar to those you already enjoy, discover community favorites, and find wines that help you progress in your Quests. SEARCH THE WORLD OF WINE Search a growing database of wines, grapes, wineries, regions, countries, wine styles, and vintages. Explore related results and dive deeper into the people, places, and grapes behind the wines. LEARN WINE BY TASTING Follow guided Quests designed to help you discover new grapes, regions, climates, and wine styles through tasting and comparison. Some Quests take you across entire wine regions, while others invite you to compare wines side by side and experience their differences for yourself. RATE & REMEMBER EVERY WINE Save your own ratings and tasting notes so you always remember what you loved — and what you might skip next time. Build a personal history of the wines you’ve tasted and easily return to them later. Can’t find a wine in the catalog? Add it yourself and start rating it right away. FOLLOW YOUR WINE JOURNEY Watch your experience grow as you taste more wines. Track milestones across wine types, countries, regions, grapes, and more, and see how your personal wine journey develops over time. LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU DRINK Explore information about wines, grape varieties, wine regions, wineries, and countries. Learn about typical characteristics, alternative grape names, regional backgrounds, and other details that can help you better understand what’s in your glass. For individual wines, see available details such as ratings, prices, grapes, origin, winery information, and tasting notes. BUILT FOR WINE LOVERS Endless Wine is an independent wine app with a growing catalog and an expanding collection of tools for discovering, tasting, and learning about wine. The core app is free to use. If you enjoy Endless Wine, you can optionally become a Supporter to help fund its continued development and unlock additional tasting Quests. Your next favorite wine might be one tasting away. -- Apple’s standard EULA applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

The Wine Coach4 screens
Endless Wine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Wine Coach at 4.0 against Endless Wine's 2.0. The Wine Coach also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 50%) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Endless Wine's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 16 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Wine Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of The Wine Coach's written reviews are positive against 50% of Endless Wine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Wine Coach ships an update every 16 months, Endless Wine every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Wine Coach versus Endless Wine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Wine CoachEndless Wine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB28 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperForster Ventures, LLCEndless Flux Labs

Customer experience

The Wine Coach

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Endless Wine

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Wine Coach

No in-app purchases

None

Endless Wine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Wine Coach free?
The Wine Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Endless Wine free?
Endless Wine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Wine Coach or Endless Wine?
The Wine Coach is rated higher. The Wine Coach averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Endless Wine averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do The Wine Coach or Endless Wine have ads?
Neither The Wine Coach nor Endless Wine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Wine Coach or Endless Wine?
The Wine Coach ships an update every 16 months, and Endless Wine every 6 weeks. Most recently, The Wine Coach was updated on November 1, 2026 and Endless Wine on November 3, 2026.

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