Comparison

Wine Cellar Database vs Vinara

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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Full iPhone Duo Support 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

Vinara

Effortlessly manage your wine collection with smart scanning and a visual cellar. Track bottle maturity, discover food pairings, and analyze your stock with collector-grade statistics. Your cellar is automatically backed up to the cloud.

Highlights
  • Smart label scanning for bottle details
  • Visual wine cellar organization
  • Maturity tracking for optimal drinking
  • Food and wine pairing suggestions
  • Collector-grade cellar statistics
  • Automatic cloud backup
Features
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Vinara isn't an app for discovering new wines: it's the tool that manages the ones you already own. Simple, elegant, designed for wine lovers and large cellars alike. Scan your wine labels and Vinara fills in the vintage, peak drinking window and serving temperature for you. Arrange your bottles in a visual wine cellar, find any one of them in a second, and never lose track of a bottle forgotten at the back of your cellar again. A SMART SCANNER Add a bottle by photographing its label. Appellation, grape varieties, vintage, aging potential, serving temperature and much more are retrieved automatically. Manual entry stays available, free and unlimited: you're never blocked from building your cellar. YOUR CELLAR, JUST LIKE THE REAL ONE Design your wine cellar with an intuitive visual editor, then place each bottle in its spot. At a glance, you know what you have and where to find it. Looking for a Bordeaux, a Burgundy or a Champagne ready to drink? The search engine and filters bring it up in an instant. DRINK EVERY WINE AT THE RIGHT TIME Vinara tracks the maturity of your wines and shows you which ones are approaching their peak. You'll never miss the ideal moment again, and you'll never open a fine wine too soon. THE RIGHT FOOD AND WINE PAIRINGS Tell Vinara what you're cooking and it suggests the best bottle to open. Automatic detection of tasting notes connects your dish to your cellar. COLLECTOR-GRADE STATISTICS Analyze your cellar by color, vintage, origin or maturity. Track how your stock evolves and keep the full picture, like a true cellar book. YOUR BOTTLES, KEPT SAFE Your cellar is backed up automatically and free of charge to the cloud, for life. Switch phones without losing a thing: sign back in, and everything is there. Start with 50 free bottle scans, then new free scans every month. The premium option unlocks unlimited scanning for enthusiasts and large cellars. Download Vinara and manage your wine cellar with complete peace of mind. Terms of Use: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: vinara.app/about

Screenshots

Wine Cellar Database4 screens
Vinara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vinara at 5.0 against Wine Cellar Database's 3.8. Vinara also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (90% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wine Cellar Database sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Vinara sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vinara holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Wine Cellar Database's written reviews are positive against 90% of Vinara's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 6 days, Vinara weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wine Cellar Database versus Vinara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine Cellar DatabaseVinara
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.0% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB57 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAdysseusVinara

Customer experience

Wine Cellar Database

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive58.0%
Neutral10.5%
Negative31.5%

Vinara

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

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

Vinara

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
2 purchases

Vinara

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Club$2.991 Month
  • Annual Club$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Wine Cellar Database free?
Wine Cellar Database is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vinara free?
Vinara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wine Cellar Database or Vinara?
Vinara is rated higher. Wine Cellar Database averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Vinara averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Wine Cellar Database or Vinara have ads?
Wine Cellar Database shows ads; Vinara does not.
Which is updated more often, Wine Cellar Database or Vinara?
Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 6 days, and Vinara weekly. Most recently, Wine Cellar Database was updated on November 1, 2026 and Vinara on November 3, 2026.

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