Wine Cellar Database vs Cellar Star
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.
Cellar Star
Easily track your wine collection, whether it's a few bottles or a full cellar. Make informed choices about which wines to open and when, ensuring your inventory is always up-to-date. Spend more time savoring your wine and less time managing it.
- Import existing cellar data
- Easy wine addition with predictive text
- Search, browse, and filter collection
- iCloud synchronization and backup
- Configure custom cellar layouts
- Rate wines and track optimal opening years
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Whether you have a cellar filled with wine or are just saving a few cases in a hall closet, it's easy to lose track of what you have. Cellar Star is designed with this in mind. Make informed selections from your cellar. Focus your attention on wines that are ready to open. Have confidence that your inventory is up to date. Spend less time managing your cellar and more time enjoying your wine. — Easily Add And Select Wines — Import your inventory from existing cellar tracking applications and spreadsheets. Adding wine is easy with predictive text that knows your collection and the wine regions of the world. Easily select wines from your cellar in the way that works best for you: - Search by keywords. - Browse your collection organized by name, star rating, place of origin, vintage year, and more. - Utilize filters to refine the list of displayed wine. — Manage Your Collection — Complete iCloud integration ensures that your inventory stays synchronized across all your devices and allows for easy backup and restoration to your iCloud Drive. Configure cellars and bins to match your storage layout. Rate each wine on a five star scale and choose the best years for opening. Reconcile what's actually in storage with your Cellar Star inventory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cellar Star at 4.5 against Wine Cellar Database's 3.5. Cellar Star also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 58%) and ads (none vs shown). Wine Cellar Database's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 22 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Wine Cellar Database sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cellar Star sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cellar Star holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Wine Cellar Database's written reviews are positive against 94% of Cellar Star's.
Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 8 days, Cellar Star every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wine Cellar Database | Cellar Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Adysseus | ThinkMobile |
Customer experience
Wine Cellar Database
Cellar Star
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
Cellar Star
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
Cellar Star
- 50-100 Bottles$1.99
- Unlimited Bottles$4.99
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