The Wine Coach vs Endless Wine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Curated wine picks
- Wine podcasts
- Wine and cooking videos
- Grape guide
- Direct expert Q&A
- Sip sharing
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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!
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.
- Searchable wine database
- Personalized recommendations
- Detailed wine information
- Save ratings and reviews
- Track tasted wines
- Gamified wine quests
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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/
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | The Wine Coach | Endless Wine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Forster Ventures, LLC | Endless Flux Labs |
Customer experience
The Wine Coach
Endless Wine
In-app purchases
The Wine Coach
No in-app purchases
Endless Wine
No in-app purchases








