Comparison

WineQuest vs Wine Spies

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

Head to head
About

WineQuest

Discover wines you'll love and avoid those you won't with personalized taste predictions. Create a wine profile by answering simple questions and enhance it by rating wines you've tried. Find wines that match your preferences, even for friends.

Highlights
  • Personalized wine taste predictions
  • Taste interview for profile creation
  • Enhance profile with wine ratings
  • Create multiple user profiles
  • Save favorite wines and add notes
  • Predictions for any wine
Features
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“Will I Like this Wine?” WineQuest is the best way to find the wines you’ll like and avoid the wines you won’t. Just start with a quick taste interview and WineQuest can predict if you’re going to love, like, or simply hate a wine before you buy it. Rate the wines you drink to enhance your profile and to remember your favorites. WineQuest works when you need it most: at restaurants, grocery stores, bars, warehouse clubs, friends’ houses, wine stores, etc. Additional details: CREATE YOUR WINE PROFILE -Answer a few simple questions about salt and coffee to start your profile -Your profile gets stronger with each wine you rate -You can create additional profiles for anyone in your iPhone ‘Contacts’ directory FIND WINES YOU LIKE (AND THAT YOUR FRIENDS LIKE!) -Get a personal prediction for any wine you are considering -Get wine predictions for whoever you’re with (i.e. spouse, family member, friend) PERSONAL FAVORITES/NOTES -Rate the wines you drink to build your personal wine list -Add notes about each wine: who you drank it with, where you enjoyed it, etc.

About

Wine Spies

Discover daily, deeply discounted wine offers from a trusted source with over 15 years of experience. Access exclusive app-only deals, enjoy rapid checkout, and manage your account on the go. Consolidate purchases for free shipping with the innovative Locker feature.

Highlights
  • Daily wine deals
  • App-exclusive offers
  • Instant checkout
  • Account management
  • Locker feature for consolidated shipping
  • Temperature-controlled wine storage
Features
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For over 15 years Wine Spies has been a leading source of incredible wine deals. This app brings all the features of our desktop website to your phone, and makes it easier than ever to order wine quickly and manage your account from anywhere. With our app you’ll be first to know when a new offer lands each day. You’ll get access to secret app-only deals not available on our desktop site. You can use our instant checkout to snag a deal before it’s gone (many sell out very quickly!) with one click in just seconds. Plus you can enjoy the convenience and flexibility of our Locker feature. With Lockers you’ll never pay for expensive shipping again. You can build a case of wine, one or two bottles at a time, and consolidate multiple purchases into a single shipment. Store up to two cases of wine in our temperature controlled warehouse and ship them for free at your convenience. About Wine Spies Wine Spies is located in Sonoma Valley and every day we feature one carefully sourced wine at the lowest price you’ll find anywhere. We source all kinds of wines across a wide range of styles and prices; from small boutique wineries in our backyard and 100-point rarities from Napa, to importing our own favorites - you never know what will show up each day. No matter the wine, you can trust it’s the highest quality. We’re extremely picky, and choose only the most outstanding examples to share with you. If you ever run into a problem of any kind, our excellent customer support team will take care to reach a positive resolution. Download it today and never miss another great deal again.

Screenshots

WineQuest4 screens
Wine Spies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WineQuest at none against Wine Spies's shown. WineQuest also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (98% vs 73%). Wine Spies's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 14) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wine Spies holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wine Spies has 2K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 98% of WineQuest's written reviews are positive against 73% of Wine Spies's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WineQuest ships an update every 3 weeks, Wine Spies monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WineQuest versus Wine Spies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWineQuestWine Spies
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14 ratings)4.9 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.1% of reviews — better73.2% of reviews
Number of ratings142K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB53 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperWineQuestThe Wine Spies, LLC

Customer experience

WineQuest

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive98.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative0.0%

Wine Spies

All ratings1,967 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive73.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative23.2%

User reviews

WineQuest

From 14 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎯 Accurate wine predictions
  • 👍 Learns user preferences
  • 💡 Personalized taste profiles
  • 🤝 Friend profile synchronization
  • 📚 Extensive wine database

Room to improve

  • ⏳ Outdated interface/design
  • 📱 App not working on iPhone
  • 🗄️ Ratings not transferred on phone change
  • ➕ Many wines not in database
  • ⬆️ Needs more frequent updates

Wine Spies

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Customer service
  • 🚀 Fantastic deals and pricing
  • 💡 Locker feature for trying new wines
  • 👍 Easy to use app
  • 👍 Wide variety of wines

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Slow shipping and order fulfillment
  • 🐛 Coupon codes not working
  • 🐛 Oxidized and poor quality wines
  • 🐛 Difficult to contact the company

Bugs and requests

WineQuest

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Ratings didn't transfer when changing phones
  • App quit working on iPhone

Requested features

5 requests
  • Scan bottle instead of typing
  • More than one friend profile
  • More educational content on wine
  • Expand restaurant predictions
  • Show which wines predictions are compared to

Wine Spies

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Shipping delays
  • Coupon code issues
  • Receiving spoiled wines

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve website and app navigation
  • Add more filtering options
  • Develop a native iPad app

In-app purchases

None

WineQuest

No in-app purchases

None

Wine Spies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WineQuest free?
WineQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wine Spies free?
Wine Spies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WineQuest or Wine Spies?
Wine Spies is rated higher. WineQuest averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Wine Spies averages 4.9 from 2K ratings.
Do WineQuest or Wine Spies have ads?
Wine Spies shows ads; WineQuest does not.
Which is updated more often, WineQuest or Wine Spies?
WineQuest ships an update every 3 weeks, and Wine Spies monthly. Most recently, WineQuest was updated on October 21, 2026 and Wine Spies on October 30, 2026.

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