Comparison

Wine Maps vs Robert Parker

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

Head to head
About

Wine Maps

Explore global wine regions with detailed visual maps. Search for specific areas, customize map views, and test your knowledge. Ideal for wine enthusiasts, educators, and commercial use with an optional distribution license.

Highlights
  • 130+ maps of wine regions across 25 countries
  • Search and zoom into specific wine regions
  • Customize map elements (labels, rivers, cities)
  • Print or export maps as images
  • Interactive quizzes for learning
  • Offline access to maps
  • Optional commercial distribution license
Features
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Wine Maps provides a handy visual reference, for the wine regions in twenty countries around the world. Its a great tool for anyone looking to learn more about the world of wine, and even better for those looking for maps to study from. It's perfect for those teaching others about wine, and Wine Maps provides a number of ways of exporting or printing maps. Wine Maps focuses exclusively on mapping the wine regions of the world. It offers one hundred and twenty two maps, defining the wine regions. It is NOT an encyclopaedia of wine, and does not give any textual definitions or comment. Wine Maps is a purely visual reference, which allows you to search for the location of a wine region. With the exception of the top wineries in Bordeaux, individual vineyards do not appear on the maps. There's just too many of them! Each map is one or two taps away from the main screen. Simply choose from the main wine region list, and you instantly have a map of that region. You can search for regions by name, and Wine Maps will neatly zoom into its location. The surrounding regions will be greyed out to highlight the selected region. Each map has the wine regions clearly presented, along with rivers, cities, and major towns.  You can adjust the major components for map. for example to hide the labels for wine regions. You can hide the rivers, or the towns and cities. On each map, controls are provided to show, grey out, or hide individual wine regions. For commercial users, who would like to make more extensive use of the maps, an in-app purchase has been added. This provides a licence to distribute maps, via websites, videos, presentations, and more. Wine Maps is also bundled with a companion app for your Apple TV. Allowing you to show off your wine knowledge, and TV simultaneously! Feature Summary: • Locate one of 1500+ wine regions in seconds • 130 Maps covering 25 countries • Accessible top down approach • Maps can be printed, or exported as images • Test yourself, to help with learning the world's wine regions • A licence for commercial distribution is available as in in-app purchase • Maps can be altered. For example, to hide labels, rivers, or towns and cities. • Individual wine regions can be hidden, or greyed out • Works offline • iPad, iPhone and Apple TV support • Currently on its 28th update. Wine Maps is actively developed (now with a version for the Mac desktop). What regions are included? - Overall World Map - Overall Europe Map - Central and Eastern Europe Map Old World - 17 Countries, and 62 Regions: - Austria - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - France (with fifteen main subregions, and further sub-subregions. Eleven from Bordeaux, six from Burgundy, and Bergerac), - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Italy (with nineteen subregions) - Moldova - Portugal - Romania - Spain (with ten subregions) - Slovenia - Slovakia - Switzerland New World - 9 Countries, and 40 Regions: - Argentina - Australia (with four subregions) - Brazil - Canada (with subregion Ontario) - Chile - Mexico - New Zealand (with two subregions) - South Africa (with the subregion Western Cape) - USA (with subregions of seventeen states, and fifteen subregions of California) Image Copyright All images generated using Wine Maps are issued under the "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License". https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ If you have purchased the Commercial Licence in-app purchase. All images generated are issued under the "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License". https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ By purchasing Wine Maps, or the Commercial Licence in-app purchase; you agree to adhere to the terms of the licence, which is appropriate to your purchase. Your personal data (Name and Email) would only be collected in the event of you choosing to email the developer for support.

About

Robert Parker

Access a vast database of wine tasting notes and scores from a respected publication. Discover new wines, filter by detailed criteria, and stay updated with weekly reviews and vintage reports. Enjoy a mobile-friendly experience for wine enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Browse 400,000+ wine tasting notes and scores
  • Access new reviews weekly
  • Advanced wine search filters
  • Read Wine Advocate articles
  • Vintage Chart for wine regions
  • Notifications for new content
Features
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Robert Parker Wine Advocate is one of the world’s most recognized and respected wine reviews publications. Founded in 1978 by Robert M. Parker, Jr., all articles and reviews are subscriber-funded and therefore unbiased, composed by a small team of fulltime employed, regionally focused wine experts based around the world. Filter and search nearly 400,000 tasting notes and scores via this app, with new reviews added nearly every week and around 30,000 reviews published each year. The online database also houses an archive of dedicated Wine Advocate articles and vintage reports dating back to 1992. FEATURES ◆ Browse wine tasting notes, scores and suggested drinking windows from our database of more than 400,000 wines ◆ Access new reviews as soon as they are published, with new reviews added nearly every week and 30,000 wine reviews added annually ◆ Our Advanced Search allows you to filter wines by vintage, author, issue, country, region, sub-region, wine type, color and sweetness ◆ Read all of our publications and popular opinion pieces in one place, including Wine Advocate, Hedonist's Gazette and Wine Journal ◆ Our famous Vintage Chart offers a quick, easy view of vintages for all major wine regions and styles dating back to 1970 BENEFITS ◆ Clear, quick and easy-to-use navigation of our extensive database to find exactly the wine you are looking for or discover something new ◆ Fast, accurate, no-frustration and no-hassle search capabilities ◆ Be the first to know: receive notifications on your mobile device as soon as new tasting notes and articles are published ◆ Mobile-friendly landing pages and article views bring the desktop experience right to your phone! REQUIREMENTS ◆ Internet connection is required More information: https://www.robertparker.com Privacy Policy: https://www.robertparker.com/terms-and-conditions/privacy-statement Terms of Use: https://www.robertparker.com/terms-and-conditions/terms-of-use SUBSCRIPTIONS Robert Parker Wine Advocate Mobile App is free to sign up and preview. A subscription is required to view wines and tasting notes from our wine database. Enjoy these benefits as a Personal subscriber at USD 11.99 per month: Access All Wine Advocate Professional Tasting Notes and Articles Join Matter of Taste wine tasting events worldwide Subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Once the subscription is activated, you will not be able to cancel/receive a refund for the remainder of your activation period. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. UPCOMING INTEGRATIONS ◆ RP Cellar Integration

Screenshots

Wine Maps4 screens
Robert Parker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wine Maps at 82% against Robert Parker's 8%. Wine Maps also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (110 vs 14). Robert Parker's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Robert Parker is free to download; Wine Maps costs $0.99 up front. Wine Maps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Robert Parker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wine Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wine Maps has 110 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Wine Maps's written reviews are positive against 8% of Robert Parker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Maps ships an update every 4 months, Robert Parker monthly. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Wine Maps versus Robert Parker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine MapsRobert Parker
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (110 ratings) — better2.2 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews — better8.0% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#23 — better#88
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.8 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB25 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperJonathan LordTablet Inc

Customer experience

Wine Maps

All ratings109 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative11.0%

Robert Parker

All ratings13 ratings
Positive30.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative69.2%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive8.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wine Maps

One-time1
  • Commercial Copyright Licence$4.99
1 purchases

Robert Parker

Subscriptions1
  • Personal Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Wine Maps free?
Wine Maps costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Robert Parker free?
Robert Parker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wine Maps or Robert Parker?
Wine Maps is rated higher. Wine Maps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while Robert Parker averages 2.2 from 14 ratings.
Do Wine Maps or Robert Parker have ads?
Neither Wine Maps nor Robert Parker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wine Maps or Robert Parker?
Wine Maps ships an update every 4 months, and Robert Parker monthly. Most recently, Wine Maps was updated on October 26, 2026 and Robert Parker on October 26, 2026.
Which is more popular, Wine Maps or Robert Parker?
Wine Maps currently peaks at #23 in the App Store charts, and Robert Parker at #88. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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