Wine Cellar Database vs CellarEye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
CellarEye
This app reimagines wine collection management by turning any inventory into a smart, interactive cellar. It offers photo mapping, instant bottle location, and tap-to-manage access for fast and accurate cellar organization.
- Instant bottle location with digital mapping
- SmartStickers for quick inventory access
- Streamlined collection management
- Total accuracy and flexibility for any storage
- Personalized visual storage mapping
- Search and filter collection by various details
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Your wine collection, reimagined. CellarEye is the modern wine tracker built by collectors for collectors. Turn any wine inventory into a fully interactive smart cellar on your iPhone. Replace spreadsheets and outdated tools with photo mapping, instant bottle location, and tap to manage access that make cellar management fast and accurate. Why choose CellarEye? Instant bottle location Find any bottle in seconds. Digitally map your racks, fridges, shelves, cases, and offsite lockers so you always know exactly where each wine lives. It is like a wine search inside your cellar, precise and fast. SmartStickers for Quick Access High-tech SmartStickers bridge your physical storage and your digital inventory. Place a sticker on a rack, shelf, bin, or box. Bump your iPhone to open that location, see bottles, add new ones, move items, or update details on the spot. No barcodes. No clipboards. Just scan, bump, and go. Streamlined Collection Management Manage your wine inventory in half the time compared to traditional methods. Add bottles quickly, assign locations with a tap, and keep everything organized for your next pull. CellarEye is the wine app that makes day-to-day tasks simple. Total Accuracy and Flexibility CellarEye adapts to your setup, whether you have a small wine fridge or a large cellar with mixed storage. Track bottles stored at home or offsite. Keep a clear, trusted record so you never lose track of a single bottle. Personalized storage mapping Use real photos of your racks and shelves to create a visual map of your cellar. Draw digital zones, assign bottles to exact spots, and see your entire layout at a glance. No more cryptic codes or paper diagrams. Your cellar looks and feels like your cellar. Why was CellarEye created? Traditional wine management has not kept up with collectors. Spreadsheets break. Paper lists go missing. Many apps add friction instead of removing it. As collectors, we built CellarEye to be fast, intuitive, and satisfying to use. The result is a smart cellar tracker that makes organization effortless and keeps you engaged over time. It's the first wine app you'll love to use and stick with. What can you do with CellarEye? - Locate any bottle in seconds using an interactive map of your storage - Tap a SmartSticker with your iPhone to open a bin or shelf and update inventory instantly - Add bottles quickly, then place and confirm their exact location with a bump - Search and filter your collection by name, tag, location, and other details you choose to track - Map mixed storage types, from traditional racks to boxes on the floor and off-site lockers - Work faster with a clean, focused interface built for serious collectors - Stay accurate and organized, no matter how many bottles you have Perfect for Any Collector Whether your collection is just getting started or spans multiple storage areas, CellarEye fits the way you store wine. It is perfect for: - Traditional wine racks - Wine fridges of all sizes - Boxes on shelves - Cases stacked on the ground - Offsite lockers - Merchant storage CellarEye brings the best parts of a cellar tracker, a wine app, and a smart inventory system together in one place. If you are looking for a reliable wine tracker that saves time, improves accuracy, and gives you instant location clarity, this is it. Download CellarEye today and experience a smarter way to manage your wine collection.
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Verdict
Wine Cellar Database and CellarEye both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 97% of CellarEye's written reviews are positive against 58% of Wine Cellar Database's. CellarEye also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (50 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Wine Cellar Database sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and CellarEye sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wine Cellar Database against 4.9 for CellarEye. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellarEye has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Wine Cellar Database's written reviews are positive against 97% of CellarEye's.
Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 8 days, CellarEye fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wine Cellar Database | CellarEye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | 97.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 381 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +17 |
| Developer | Adysseus | CellarEye |
Customer experience
Wine Cellar Database
CellarEye
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
CellarEye
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wine Cellar Database
- 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
CellarEye
- CellarEye Pro (monthly)$12.991 Month
- CellarEye Pro+ (monthly)$14.991 Month
- Premium+ (monthly)$29.991 Month
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- CellarEye+$69.001 Year
- Starter+14 Days trial$129.001 Year
- CellarEye Pro+ (yearly)$149.001 Year
- Collector's Club$299.001 Year









