Comparison

Wine Cellar Database vs SwiftTip

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

SwiftTip

Effortlessly calculate tips and split bills with this intuitive tool. Quickly enter your bill amount, select custom tip percentages, and see instant breakdowns for the total and per-person cost. Personalize your experience with theme colors and enjoy smart rounding options.

Highlights
  • Customizable tip percentages
  • Smart rounding options
  • Bill splitting up to 20 people
  • Quick keypad for fast entry
  • Theme color customization
  • Remembers last bill details
Features
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SwiftTip is a fast, focused tip calculator for restaurants, bars, delivery, and anywhere else you want to leave a tip. Enter the bill with the large keypad and instantly see the tip and total. Splitting the check? SwiftTip keeps the full amounts visible while also showing exactly what each person owes. FEATURES • Choose from up to seven customizable quick tip percentages • Enter any custom tip from 0% to 100% • Use exact amounts, round the tip, or round the total • Split a bill between 1 and 20 people • See both full and per-person tip and total amounts • Clear or correct the bill quickly with dedicated controls • Personalize the calculator with twelve color themes • Automatically use your local currency format • Remember your bill, tip, split, rounding, and theme choices • Support larger text and clear VoiceOver descriptions PRIVATE BY DESIGN SwiftTip does not collect your data. Your calculator choices stay on your device.

Screenshots

Wine Cellar Database4 screens
SwiftTip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SwiftTip at none against Wine Cellar Database's shown. SwiftTip also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Wine Cellar Database's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 SwiftTip sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wine Cellar Database against 5.0 for SwiftTip. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 8 days, SwiftTip every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wine Cellar Database versus SwiftTip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine Cellar DatabaseSwiftTip
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews57.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAdysseusDoug Diego

Customer experience

Wine Cellar Database

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive57.7%
Neutral10.6%
Negative31.7%

SwiftTip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

SwiftTip

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
Show 7 more
  • 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
3 purchases

SwiftTip

One-time3
  • Excellent Tip$0.99
  • Awesome Tip$1.99
  • Epic Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Wine Cellar Database free?
Wine Cellar Database is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SwiftTip free?
SwiftTip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wine Cellar Database or SwiftTip?
Wine Cellar Database and SwiftTip are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Wine Cellar Database or SwiftTip have ads?
Wine Cellar Database shows ads; SwiftTip does not.
Which is updated more often, Wine Cellar Database or SwiftTip?
Wine Cellar Database ships an update every 8 days, and SwiftTip every 10 months. Most recently, Wine Cellar Database was updated on September 23, 2026 and SwiftTip on July 23, 2026.

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