Comparison

Wine Cellar Database vs Vinotag

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

Head to head
About

Wine Cellar Database

Manage your wine collection with flexible inventory tracking. Search online databases for wine details, add custom categories, and track bottle valuations. Supports multiple photos and international currencies.

Highlights
  • Online wine search and recommendations
  • Customizable wine categories and sorting
  • Add unlimited photos per wine
  • Multi-device transfer via Dropbox
  • Import/export from spreadsheets
  • Real-time cellar valuation statistics
Features
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Every cellar is kept differently. This one lets you keep yours your way. Wine Cellar Database is an inventory app for a real collection: what you own, how many bottles, where it is stored, what you paid, what you thought of it. You decide which of those it asks about. Add a column, rename one, hide one, put them in the order you want, and every wine in the cellar picks up the change. Version 5 is a rebuild. Everything below is new or rewritten. FIND A WINE WITHOUT TYPING IT OUT A catalog of 210,000 wines from 38,000 producers ships inside the app. Search it, tap a wine, and the producer, region, sub-region, vineyard, designation and color are filled in for you. It makes no network request. It works on a plane, and in a cellar with no signal. YOUR COLUMNS, NOT OURS • Add columns of your own: text, large text, number, yes/no, year or date • Rename and reorder the ones that came with the app, and hide the ones you never use • Choose which columns appear under a wine's name in the list • Your own spreadsheet headings are remembered, so an export comes back the way you sent it ONE CELLAR ON TWO DEVICES (BETA) Turn on iCloud Sync and your iPhone and iPad keep the same cellar: wines, photographs, columns and saved filters. It goes to the private database of your own iCloud account, not to a server of ours, because there isn't one. It stays off until you turn it on, and it will not turn on until you have taken a full backup. A BACKUP YOU CAN HOLD One file holds the whole cellar: every wine, every column, every photograph. Save it to Files or iCloud Drive, put it on a Mac, or mail it to yourself. Open one later and look at the wines inside it before you restore anything. Spreadsheets too. Import a CSV from Cellar Tracker or from a spreadsheet you keep yourself, and export the cellar back out under your own headings. FIND THE BOTTLE • Search as you type • Filters you build and save, on your columns, by text, number or date • Favourites and Wishlist, each its own list • Sort by name or vintage, in either direction AND • As many photographs per wine as you like: the label, the back label, the receipt • Prices in your own currency, converted at current rates • A dark appearance, and type that scales with the rest of your phone • On iPad, your cellar and the wine side by side — and it shares the screen, in Split View or Slide Over WHAT IT COSTS Ten spaces are free. A space is one unique wine, however many bottles of it you have: a 2007 and a 2008 of the same wine are two spaces, and twenty-eight bottles of the 2008 are still one. More spaces are a one-time purchase, and any purchase also removes the ad at the bottom of the list. No account. No subscription. No sign-in. Your cellar lives on your device and goes nowhere you do not send it.

About

Vinotag

Digitally manage your wine cellar with this app. Photograph labels for automatic entry or add details manually. Track bottle locations, save favorites, and receive stock alerts. Share your collection with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Digital wine cellar inventory
  • Automatic label scanning
  • Manual wine entry
  • Bottle location tracking
  • Favorite wines library
  • Stock alerts
  • Cellar sharing
Features
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VINOTAG ® is a wine cellar management application. The application is compatible with a selection of wine cabinets from the brands Avintage, Climadiff and La Sommelière. Your wine cellar, everywhere with you! Manage your cellars with ease thanks to a digital and precise register of your wines. Photograph the label of a wine bottle and access a detailed VIVINO® wine sheet or fill them in manually. Place the bottle in your cellar and record its location in your digital cellar. Consult and fill your cellar at any time. Save your favorite wines in your wine library area. Rate, comment and personalize your wine sheets. Share your passion by giving your relatives or friends access to the digital version of your cellar. Do you have an ECELLAR - La Sommelière cellar? VINOTAG ® allows you to manage your cellar. Thanks to a permanent link between the application and the ECELLAR, you benefit from a real-time view of your cellar. You add a bottle, your cellar detects it and automatically informs VINOTAG ®, all you need is a photo of its label for the bottle to be automatically registered in your digital wine cellar, with its detailed wine sheet and in its exact location. You consume a bottle, your cellar informs VINOTAG ® which automatically deducts the bottle in question from your inventory. More than a simple wine cellar management application, VINOTAG ® is a full-fledged application that allows intelligent and innovative management of your cellar. VINOTAG ® is all that: Wine cellar management application to keep a precise inventory of your grands crus A Vinotheque area to register your favorite wines Share your passion with your loved ones by giving them access to the digital version of your wine cellar Combine the useful with the pleasant and program bottle stock alerts so you never run out of your favorite bottles. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE AND USE OF THE VINOTAG APPLICATION : https://vinotag.prod.pmw.io/gdpr/terms?format=html&language=en

Screenshots

Wine Cellar Database4 screens
Vinotag4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Vinotag at none against Wine Cellar Database's shown. Vinotag also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Wine Cellar Database's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 29%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Wine Cellar Database sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Vinotag sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 8 days, Vinotag every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wine Cellar Database versus Vinotag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine Cellar DatabaseVinotag
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.7% of reviews — better29.5% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB109 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAdysseusFRIO ENTREPRISE

Customer experience

Wine Cellar Database

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive57.7%
Neutral10.6%
Negative31.7%

Vinotag

Written reviews78 reviews
Positive29.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative65.4%

Bugs and requests

Wine Cellar Database

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 14.2 and later
  • Online wine search no longer functions
  • Dropbox sync failures
  • Data corruption and loss
  • Restore function broken
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  • Purchased storage spaces not recognized
  • App won't open after iOS updates
  • Syncing between iPad and iPhone fails
  • Support website links to expired domain
  • App defaults to old file versions
  • Incorrect wine deletion when removing entries
  • Missing color and region fields in some versions

Requested features

15 requests
  • Barcode/label scanning functionality
  • OCR technology for automatic data entry
  • Automatic cloud syncing (not manual)
  • Web-based access to cellar database
  • Visual cellar layout/location mapping
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  • Expanded international wine database
  • Notifications for optimal drinking dates
  • Cellar value/worth calculation
  • Data export to web dashboard
  • API access for data extraction
  • Printing functionality
  • Expanded food pairing suggestions
  • Duplicate wine entry for different vintages
  • Copy/paste functionality for data entry
  • Tutorial for new users

Vinotag

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Wine Cellar Database

One-time10
  • 10 More Spaces$0.99
  • 40 More Spaces$0.99
  • 20 More Spaces$1.99
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  • 100 More Spaces$1.99
  • 30 More Spaces$2.99
  • 50 More Spaces$3.99
  • 225 More Spaces$3.99
  • 500 More Spaces (Most Popular)$9.99
  • 1000 More Spaces$9.99
  • Infinite Spaces$24.99
5 purchases

Vinotag

Subscriptions2
  • Smart IA assistant1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Smart IA assistant1 Month trial$17.991 Year
One-time3
  • 200 scans$4.99
  • 400 scans$8.99
  • 1000 scans$17.99

Questions

Is Wine Cellar Database free?
Wine Cellar Database is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vinotag free?
Vinotag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wine Cellar Database or Vinotag have ads?
Wine Cellar Database shows ads; Vinotag does not.
Which is updated more often, Wine Cellar Database or Vinotag?
Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 8 days, and Vinotag every 3 weeks. Most recently, Wine Cellar Database was updated on October 14, 2026 and Vinotag on October 16, 2026.

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