Comparison

Wine Maps vs DinnerRole

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

DinnerRole

This app simplifies meal planning by generating customized weekly dinner menus. It can scan recipes from links or photos, create organized grocery lists, and sync plans across household devices. Enjoy offline access and customizable themes for a stress-free cooking experience.

Highlights
  • AI-generated weekly meal plans
  • Recipe scanning from links/photos
  • Automated grocery list creation
  • Household sync for shared planning
  • Offline-first functionality
  • Customizable themes and rules
Features
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Is the daily 5:00 PM "What's for dinner?" question destroying your soul? We get it. Enter DinnerRoll — the culinary sidekick that turns meal planning from a dreaded chore into a game you actually want to play. Load your family's favorites, pick your proteins, roll the dice. A full week of dinners — done. Roll for Dinner Builds a balanced weekly menu from YOUR recipes. Avoids repeats, balances proteins (no chicken three days running!), respects crockpot days. Not feeling Tuesday's pick? Tap to re-roll just that day. Long-press a protein to star it — starred proteins get used first when generating your week. AI Recipe Scanner Found a recipe buried under 12 paragraphs about the author's dog? Paste the link, snap a photo, or search by dish name — AI extracts the title, ingredients, and instructions instantly. AI Recipe Ideas (NEW) Stuck in a rut? Pick a protein and a cooking style, and get five AI-curated dish suggestions matched to real recipes — complete with photos. Tap any suggestion to send it straight to Add Meal. Aisle Assassin Grocery List Your menu's ingredients flow into a sorted list, auto-grouped by aisle (editable) with a Frequent Items section for staples. Check-all, clear checked, or dictate new items by voice. Swipe pantry items, check off the rest, conquer the store. Meal Ratings (NEW) After you cook a meal, rate it thumbs up or down. DinnerRoll learns what your household actually likes and quietly deprioritizes dishes nobody loved. Squad Sync Create a Household, share a join code, and sync menus, meals, and grocery on a rolling 3-week window. Your partner has zero excuses now. Forge Your Household Crest (NEW) Design a heraldic shield — shape, emblem, backing supporter (swords, sabres, katanas), and custom colors. It stamps every Guild post and Settings card. Unlock fancier border tiers — common, rare, epic, legendary, even an animated iridescent Celestial halo — by earning achievements. Chef's Guild (NEW — Pro) Share your best recipes and browse curated dinners from other home chefs. Heart favorites and save them straight to your meal book. Every post carries your Crest like a coat of arms. 100 Achievements, 6 Rarity Tiers From Common to Mythic Celestial, every action chips toward something. Surprise pop-ups with rarity-tiered shine, particles, and lightning. Cloud Backup & Offline-First Recipes live on your device — no account needed. Back up when ready, restore your whole library on a new phone with one tap. No Wi-Fi? Works fully offline. 6 Themes, 24 Accents Light, Dark, Magic, Scroll, Ink, Tech — each with custom fonts, ornaments, and meal-card palettes. Color-code by day or protein. Your app should look as good as your food tastes. FREE Store up to 14 meals Randomized weekly menus Reroll, skip, swap individual days Smart grocery list w/ pantry tracking + aisle grouping Voice dictation for grocery items Check-all / clear checked grocery actions Sort meals by name, recently cooked, or long overdue Meal ratings (thumbs up/down) Vacation Mode — pause planning while you're away Light & Dark themes Common-tier achievements Fully offline PRO — One-Time Purchase, Yours Forever Unlimited meals AI Recipe Import (URL, photo, or search by name) AI Recipe Ideas — curated suggestions by protein + cooking style Batch URL import — paste multiple links at once Magic, Scroll, Ink & Tech themes + custom accents Household Crest customization Chef's Guild — share & discover community recipes Cloud Backup & Restore Household Sync (3-week rolling window) Export & Import recipe library Multi-week menu planning All 100 achievements + every rarity tier Stop stressing. Start rolling. Download DinnerRoll today!

Screenshots

Wine Maps4 screens
DinnerRole4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DinnerRole at Free against Wine Maps's $0.99. DinnerRole also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Wine Maps's advantage is ratings volume (109 vs 1) and chart position (#29 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DinnerRole holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wine Maps has 109 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Maps ships an update every 4 months, DinnerRole every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Wine Maps versus DinnerRole: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine MapsDinnerRole
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (109 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings109 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#29 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.8 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB63 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJonathan LordJames Calloway

Customer experience

Wine Maps

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

DinnerRole

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wine Maps

One-time1
  • Commercial Copyright Licence$4.99
1 purchases

DinnerRole

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Wine Maps free?
Wine Maps costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is DinnerRole free?
DinnerRole is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wine Maps or DinnerRole?
DinnerRole is rated higher. Wine Maps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 109 ratings, while DinnerRole averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Wine Maps or DinnerRole have ads?
Neither Wine Maps nor DinnerRole shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wine Maps or DinnerRole?
Wine Maps ships an update every 4 months, and DinnerRole every 4 days. Most recently, Wine Maps was updated on October 18, 2026 and DinnerRole on October 16, 2026.

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