Comparison

Wine vs Weinguide

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

Head to head
About

Wine

This app helps you find, compare, and buy wines, beers, and spirits globally. Scan labels or search by name to access pricing, critic scores, and purchase locations. Discover new drinks and expand your knowledge with its extensive encyclopedia.

Highlights
  • Scan wine labels
  • Compare prices
  • Find purchase locations
  • Access critic scores
  • View vintage information
  • Rate and review wines
  • Explore drink encyclopedia
Features
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Find, compare and buy wines using the world’s #1 wine resource. The Wine-Searcher app is a genius shortcut to your favorite wines, beers and spirits – wherever you are on earth. Just scan the label and find a wealth of info on 8 million wine offers from 55,000 merchants. With the Wine-Searcher app, you can look up a wine to find out prices, critic scores, grape and region information, available vintages, and most importantly, where to buy. You can even rate and review your own favorites, and share them with the community. Looking to compare prices for the 2005 Mouton Rothschild? Or wanting to get information on a rare Cognac, bourbon or single malt Scotch whisky? Maybe you’re just interested in the best vintages for your favorite vineyards and wineries. Search quickly and easily Use our Label Scanner tool to scan the wine, beer or whisky in front of you, or just type in the name of a product you want to learn more about. Find out about grape varieties, producers and regions, access pricing information across vintages, and even see how critics have scored it.
 Ratings: Remember the memorable With the Wine-Searcher app, you can always buy a five star wine from a palate you trust – your own. Rate and review wines you've been drinking, and see what others have been enjoying. You can even save wines you haven't tried yet for later.
 Locate stores near you
Find out what wine stores are closest to you, and see what wines are the best value at your local wine merchant. Buy wines online through the merchant’s site, or get in touch with a store directly through the app.
 Expand your wine knowledge Access Wine-Searcher’s exhaustive encyclopedia covering producers, wine regions, appellations and grape varieties – from the ubiquitous to the obscure.
 Broaden your horizons The Wine-Searcher app is so much more than that: find and compare prices of some of the world’s best Scotch whisky, bourbon, Cognac, gin, rum, tequila, and even beer. 
“Thanks to Wine-Searcher, the most successful, and seriously useful, price comparison website, everyone should now be paying the right price for the wines they buy.” – Jancis Robinson MW
 “There is no better tool than Wine-Searcher. This web site offers the world’s most comprehensive database of wines available for sale online.” – Alder Yarrow, Vinography 
“Whether you’re looking for something as ubiquitous as Mouton Cadet Bordeaux or something as rare as a Riesling TBA from Egon Müller in Germany, Wine-Searcher will point you to the right place and show you the prices.” – The New York Times Wine-Searcher is free to use. You can purchase a subscription to Wine-Searcher PRO through an In-App Purchase. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your Apple account. Your subscription will renew automatically, unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel the subscription at any time. You can manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.wine-searcher.com/policies.lml Terms of use: https://www.wine-searcher.com/user-terms.lml

About

Weinguide

Discover Germany's finest wines and winemakers with this comprehensive guide. Features independent reviews, detailed wine information, and a special focus on South Tyrol. Easily search, sort, and save your favorites.

Highlights
  • German wine regions and producers
  • Over 10,000 rated wines
  • South Tyrol special region
  • Top 10 wine lists
  • Sort by grape, price, region
  • Map and proximity search
  • Create favorite lists
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Entdecken Sie in dieser übersichtlichen und umfassenden App alle wichtigen Weine und Winzer Deutschlands sowie ein Special zur Gastregion Südtirol – unabhängig getestet und bewertet von der Redaktion des VINUM Weinguide Deutschland unter der Leitung von Matthias F. Mangold und Harald Scholl. Die VINUM Weinguide App 2026 enthält Informationen zu • den 13 deutschen Weinanbaugebieten, • den über 950 besten Weinerzeugern, • über 10.000 ausgewählten und bewerteten Weinen, • ausgewählten Winzerinnen und Winzern und Weinen der Gastregion Südtirol, • den besten Weinen sowie Best Buy-Weinen in Top-10-Listen, • den Preisträgern des VINUM Weinguide 2026. Die VINUM Weinguide Deutschland App bietet im handlichen Format schnellen und praktischen Service: • vielfältige Standard-Sortierfunktionen, z.B. nach Rebsorte, Preis, Bewertung, Anbaugebiet, Erzeuger oder Jahrgang, • zusätzliche Sortierfunktionen wie etwa die gezielte Suche nach den Spitzenweinen des Jahrgangs, zu Preis-Leistungs-Siegern, Bio-Weingütern oder den besonderen Trinktipps der Redaktion, • Karten- und Umkreissuche, • direkte Telefon- und E-Mail-Funktion sowie Verlinkung auf die Websites der Weingüter, • die Möglichkeit, eigene Favoritenlisten anzulegen, • Aktualisierung der Daten bis zum Erscheinen der Folgeausgabe VINUM Weinguide Deutschland 2027 Der VINUM Weinguide Deutschland erscheint jährlich, herausgegeben von VINUM, Europas größtem Weinmagazin. Inhaltlich verantwortliche Chefredakteure sind Matthias F. Mangold und Harald Scholl, denen ein eingespieltes Verkosterteam aus professionellen Weinexperten zur Seite steht. Anders als bei anderen deutschen Weinführern ist die Aufnahme in den VINUM Weinguide für Winzer kostenlos – sie bezahlen weder für die Verkostung und Bewertung ihrer Weine noch für die Platzierung von Bildern. Der Anspruch der Redaktion: Kein Winzer und kein Wein von Bedeutung soll im VINUM Weinguide Deutschland fehlen. Bei Fragen oder technischen Problemen wenden Sie sich bitte an unseren Support unter: www.vinum.eu/weinguideapp-support

Screenshots

Wine4 screens
Weinguide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wine at 76% against Weinguide's 26%. Wine also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 38 months). Weinguide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 16.0). On price 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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Weinguide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wine holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wine has 17K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Wine's written reviews are positive against 26% of Weinguide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine ships an update every 9 days, Weinguide every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Wine versus Weinguide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWineWeinguide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17K ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews — better25.9% of reviews
Number of ratings17K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#28 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB127 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperWine-Searcher LtdIntervinum AG

Customer experience

Wine

All ratings17,165 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews493 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.1%

Weinguide

Written reviews27 reviews
Positive25.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative70.4%

Bugs and requests

Wine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Saved wines not syncing properly
  • Landscape mode not working on iPad

Requested features

4 requests
  • Wish list feature for wines to buy
  • Improved label scanning and recognition
  • Ability to save and rate tasted wines
  • More integration with wine critic reviews

Weinguide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Wine

Subscriptions2
  • Wine-Searcher PRO7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • Wine-Searcher PRO7 Days trial$98.991 Year
None

Weinguide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wine free?
Wine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weinguide free?
Weinguide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wine or Weinguide?
Wine is rated higher. Wine averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Weinguide averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Wine or Weinguide?
Wine ships an update every 9 days, and Weinguide every 38 months. Most recently, Wine was updated on November 2, 2026 and Weinguide on October 29, 2026.

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