Comparison

When Wine Tastes Best vs Raisin

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

Head to head
About

When Wine Tastes Best

Discover the optimal days to open and enjoy your wine with this biodynamic calendar. It reveals the best days for wine, drawing on decades of research. Customize for your time zone and choose your preferred time format.

Highlights
  • Best days to open wine
  • Customizable time zones
  • 12/24 hour time format
  • Fruit, flower, root, leaf days
  • Generally unfavorable days
Features
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A biodynamic calendar for wine drinkers • Get the best from your bottle of wine: the best days to open your good wine revealed • Top UK grocery chains use this calendar to choose their critics wine tastings days • Customise for any global time zone, and choose 12-hour or 24-hour time • Based on 50 years of research by biodynamic expert Maria Thun, discover which days are good (fruit and flower days), and which are less good (root and leaf days), as well as Maria Thun’s unique ‘generally unfavourable’ days (not included in other lunar calendars). This free version is for the current day and days past. For future days, purchase the annual data (in-app purchase).

About

Raisin

Discover natural wine bars, restaurants, shops, and events globally. This app helps you find authentic, seasonal, farm-to-table dining and natural wines, allowing you to eat and drink like a local anywhere. Features include a wine label scanner and community interaction.

Highlights
  • Discover natural wine venues worldwide
  • Scan wine labels to verify and learn
  • Save favorite wines with tasting notes
  • Connect with a community of wine lovers
  • Find seasonal and organic food options
  • Book tables directly through the app
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EAT & DRINK LIKE A LOCAL, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! Raisin is your guide to discovering artisanal, seasonal, local, and often organic cuisine, prepared by handpicked chefs at restaurants that serve at least 30% natural wine. Whether you are looking for a hidden wine bar in Tokyo, a farm-to-table restaurant in Paris, or a natural wine fair in New York, Raisin helps you discover places where taste, craftsmanship, and authenticity still matter. Natural wine is at the heart of everything we do. Made from organic grapes, with minimal intervention and sometimes just a little sulfur, natural wine is one of the best indicators of honesty and quality. More than a wine app, Raisin is a cultural and gastronomic guide built around the people who grow, cook, ferment, and share things with care. WHY IS RAISIN DIFFERENT? Traditional gastronomic guides and rating systems based on stars, scores, and rankings aren’t enough to identify the best bars, wine cellars, restaurants, and accommodations. At Raisin, every recommendation is manually verified by our team following a rigorous selection process. To be listed, an establishment must offer at least 30% natural wines. This is our key criterion for identifying places that support independent winemakers, seasonal cuisine, local sourcing, and a genuine commitment to craft. On Raisin, you follow taste, not ratings. KEY FEATURES • Discover restaurants, wine shops, natural wine bars, winemakers, events, and unique stays worldwide • Find farm-to-table, seasonal, local, and often organic food wherever you go • Avoid tourist traps and discover places loved by locals, chefs, winemakers, and natural wine lovers • Scan any wine label to learn more about the wine, the producer, grape varieties, and where to find it • Save and share your favorite wines, places, tasting notes, and discoveries • Explore passionate natural winemakers and their wines • Connect with the community through likes, comments, and “drank it too.” • Submit new places directly in the app • Book a table directly from Raisin when available KEY FIGURES • Over 580,000 downloads worldwide • More than 8,500 recommended venues • Over 49,000 natural wines indexed • More than 3,500 natural winemakers • Over 350,000 monthly sessions • Available in English, French, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish. WHAT OUR USERS ARE SAYING: • “We're passionate about natural wines, and love that your app is bringing more attention to them, and where you can find them!“ - Erin C. - Oakland • “Your app is extraordinary! So practical, lovely, and so well designed! You should be proud!!” - François H. - France • “We only eat in restaurants registered in Raisin, we were never disappointed, we recommend it to everybody!” - Valérie C. - France • “Huge thanks for such an amazing app!” - J D R. - London. • “We love Raisin, please download this great app to find natural wines in NYC!” @winetherapyny Stay savvy: eat well, drink well. Thank you for downloading our application. The Raisin Team Terms of service: https://www.raisin.digital/en/general-conditions-for-use-of-website-and-application/

Screenshots

When Wine Tastes Best1 screens
Raisin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Raisin at 76% against When Wine Tastes Best's 29%. Raisin also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. When Wine Tastes Best sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Raisin sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Raisin holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Raisin has 895 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of When Wine Tastes Best's written reviews are positive against 76% of Raisin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

When Wine Tastes Best ships an update every 10 months, Raisin every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
When Wine Tastes Best versus Raisin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhen Wine Tastes BestRaisin
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (31 ratings)4.9 (895 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews76.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31895 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB81 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperFloris BooksRaisin

Customer experience

When Wine Tastes Best

All ratings31 ratings
Positive45.2%
Neutral19.4%
Negative35.5%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive29.0%
Neutral12.9%
Negative58.1%

Raisin

All ratings895 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative18.1%

Bugs and requests

When Wine Tastes Best

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Raisin

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App not functioning properly (login issues, crashes, etc.)
  • Listed locations being closed or non-existent

Requested features

3 requests
  • More interactive features like likes and comments
  • Easier way to suggest new locations
  • Translation tool or multilingual support

In-app purchases

5 purchases

When Wine Tastes Best

One-time5
  • WWTB data 2023$0.99
  • WWTB data 2026$0.99
  • WWTB data 2025$0.99
Show 2 more
  • WWTB data 2024$0.99
  • WWTB data 2027$5.99
10 purchases

Raisin

Subscriptions5
  • Tip 1 - Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Tip 2 - Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Tip 3 - Monthly Subscription$4.491 Month
Show 2 more
  • Tip 6 - Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Tip 10 - Monthly Subscription$42.991 Month
One-time5
  • Tip 1 - One time tip$0.99
  • Tip 2 - One time tip$3.99
  • Tip 3 - One time tip$7.99
Show 2 more
  • Tip 4 - One time tip$12.99
  • Tip 5 - One time tip$19.99

Questions

Is When Wine Tastes Best free?
When Wine Tastes Best is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Raisin free?
Raisin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, When Wine Tastes Best or Raisin?
Raisin is rated higher. When Wine Tastes Best averages 3.2 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Raisin averages 4.9 from 895 ratings.
Do When Wine Tastes Best or Raisin have ads?
Neither When Wine Tastes Best nor Raisin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, When Wine Tastes Best or Raisin?
When Wine Tastes Best ships an update every 10 months, and Raisin every 3 weeks. Most recently, When Wine Tastes Best was updated on September 23, 2026 and Raisin on September 21, 2026.

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