Comparison

Vinocell vs Personal Wine Cellar Database

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

Head to head
About

Vinocell

Manage your wine collection with detailed tracking of tastings, ratings, and cellar placement. Discover wine statistics, match wines to dishes, and access a vast wine database. Perfect for both novice and expert wine enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Detailed wine inventory management
  • Graphical cellar visualization
  • Tasting notes and scoring
  • Extensive wine database search
  • Bottle life cycle tracking
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Cellar statistics and reporting
Currently charting
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VinoCell is a complete wine cellar manager designed to help you organize, track, and enjoy your wine collection with precision and simplicity. Keep full control of your cellar: manage bottles, track inventory, and follow each wine from purchase to consumption. Record tasting notes and assign ratings to every bottle to build a detailed history of your wine experience. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced wine collector, VinoCell provides a powerful yet intuitive way to manage your cellar, analyze your collection, and improve your tasting journey over time. TOP FEATURES • Complete wine cellar management with up to 50 detailed fields per wine (name, country, region, appellation, varietals, vintage, color, alcohol, and more) • Wine inventory tracking from purchase to consumption • Fully visual cellar with customizable racks and shelf layouts (50 configurations) • Add, organize, and quickly locate bottles in your cellar • Powerful search across 40+ fields for precise filtering • Tasting notes with multiple rating systems (5-star, 20-point, 100-point scales) • Wine ratings from 70+ guides and competitions (including Parker, Wine Spectator, etc.) • Access to a database of over 175,000 wines or add your own manually • Detailed collection statistics: countries, regions, vintages, varietals, purchases, and more ADDITIONAL FEATURES • Food and wine pairing tools • Producer, merchant, and contact management • Custom bottle appearance (shape, color, capsule) • PDF export for wines and cellar data • Import and export via CSV and Excel • Share wine details via email and social platforms • Automatic sync across devices using your VinoCell account

About

Personal Wine Cellar Database

Manage your wine collection with this app, ideal for those using spreadsheets. It offers quick data entry, powerful search and sort functions, and barcode scanning. Keep your cellar organized and synchronized across devices.

Highlights
  • Extensive search and sort functions
  • Barcode scanning for bottles
  • Organize by racks and locations
  • Track opened bottles with notes
  • Import data from CSV
  • iCloud synchronization across devices
Features
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Personal Wine Cellar Database WineCellar is designed to allow users to manage their cellars and keep track of their wines in a simple tabular view of the world. It is ideal for the person who is currently using a spreadsheet to track their wine. The app works on iPhone, iPad and MacOS devices. You can use iCloud to keep your devices in synch. You will then have an up to date copy in your pocket on those buying trips to the cellar door or wine store. The app is optimised for entering data quickly and, importantly, for sorting and searching for wines under any criteria. Barcodes can be scanned to add or find bottles in your own cellar. Flexible functions allow you to add individual bottles, add multiple bottles of the same wine in a single action, move bottles, open bottles, set up your racks or locations to match your physical storage/s, search by many options, sort a search result to suit and do data checks to review the integrity of your cellar. Data can be imported from CSV files for those currently using spreadsheets to track their wines. Features - Extensive search and sort functions - Shortcuts to add extra bottles - Shortcuts to move bottles - Record bottles opened, with notes - Data Checking reports - Print reports of the bottles - Create backup CSV files in email or on iCloud - Use iCloud to synchronise between multiple devices and users. - Scan Barcode to add / find bottles in your own cellar. - Visual auditing tool, with drag and drop capability to move bottles - Customisable colours for bottle icons - Settings to customise number (size) of icons displayed on screen. - Included PDF user manual to fully describe all features. - supports Dark mode - supports larger text sizes.

Screenshots

Vinocell4 screens
Personal Wine Cellar Database4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Personal Wine Cellar Database at 100% against Vinocell's 74%. Personal Wine Cellar Database also leads on price ($5.99 vs $9.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Vinocell's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 43) and chart position (#48 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

Vinocell costs $9.99 and Personal Wine Cellar Database $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Personal Wine Cellar Database holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vinocell has 1.8K ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Vinocell's written reviews are positive against 100% of Personal Wine Cellar Database's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Vinocell versus Personal Wine Cellar Database: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVinocellPersonal Wine Cellar Database
Price$9.99$5.99 — better
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings)4.8 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better43
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#48 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB28 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperVinoDevGraham Rawlins

Customer experience

Vinocell

All ratings1,833 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews304 reviews
Positive74.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative19.4%

Personal Wine Cellar Database

All ratings43 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Vinocell

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Syncing issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Incorrect sorting of cellar locations
  • Disappearing label/bottle photos

Requested features

7 requests
  • Barcode scanning for adding wines
  • Automatic data population from online databases
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Better integration with other wine apps
  • Ability to view all shelves at once
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  • Printing and reporting capabilities
  • More customization options

Personal Wine Cellar Database

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Vinocell

No in-app purchases

None

Personal Wine Cellar Database

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vinocell free?
Vinocell costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Personal Wine Cellar Database free?
Personal Wine Cellar Database costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vinocell or Personal Wine Cellar Database?
Personal Wine Cellar Database is rated higher. Vinocell averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Personal Wine Cellar Database averages 4.8 from 43 ratings.
Do Vinocell or Personal Wine Cellar Database have ads?
Neither Vinocell nor Personal Wine Cellar Database shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vinocell or Personal Wine Cellar Database?
Vinocell ships an update every 3 months, and Personal Wine Cellar Database every 3 months. Most recently, Vinocell was updated on September 24, 2026 and Personal Wine Cellar Database on September 15, 2026.

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