Wine vs CellarScope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Scan wine labels
- Compare prices
- Find purchase locations
- Access critic scores
- View vintage information
- Rate and review wines
- Explore drink encyclopedia
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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
CellarScope
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CellarScope, the app that makes managing your wine collection a breeze. With a few taps and by following a few simple instruction, you can quickly and easily build a virtual version of your cellar or wine rack and fill it with wine. Simply, 1. Take a photo of the cellar or rack within the app or use a photo from your photo album. 2. From the photo, build your cellar. Whether it has one or several sections, composed of grid or diamond-shapes, mixed with rows for large format bottles or multi-bottle cells, or all of the above -- CellarScope can handle it all. 3. Inventory your wine. Pre-loaded data tables that come with the app will save you time with thousands of vintners, appellations, and varietals ready at your fingertips. Have a wine or winemaker not in the database? Just press "+" to add. And if desired, you can add label photos, barcodes, professional or personal ratings, notes, and more to each bottle. 4. All that's left is to place your bottles. That's it! With a few taps you can quickly fill your cellar. Ready to drink? Open Power Search and quickly find the bottle you want -- by vintage, varietal, vintner, origin, rating, etc. Use the visual interface to narrow your results. Then tap the results to see exactly where a bottle is. Curious what others think of the bottle? Use the internet search function and to set and search an assortment of sites for the latest reviews, prices, etc. Forgot that bottle you enjoyed months ago? Just as easily, search your bottle history. Never again rummage through your cellar, pulling out bottles one by one, looking for that elusive wine in a haystack. With the power and ease of CellarScope, you can always see all of your wines -- wherever you are. And, more importantly, find the bottles you want -- wherever they are. Features: ○ Preloaded varietals, vintners, appellations ○ Built-in photo feature ○ Barcode scanner ○ Quick Internet search on individual bottles ○ Powerful Cellar search function ○ Visual, intuitive interface, with your cellar as the backdrop Pricing: App is free to download; however, to utilize all app functions a subscription is required. CellarScope All-access Subscription plans: Monthly: $0.59/month Annual: $4.99/year Payments and Renewal: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ CellarScope Terms and Conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/cellarscope/terms-and-conditions CellarScope Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/cellarscope/cellarscope-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wine at every 9 days against CellarScope's every 26 months. Wine also leads on chart position (#21 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Wine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month and CellarScope sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.59 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wine ships an update every 9 days, CellarScope every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wine | CellarScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #21 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wine-Searcher Ltd | Kirk Ohanian |
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
CellarScope
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wine
- Wine-Searcher PRO7 Days trial$10.991 Month
- Wine-Searcher PRO7 Days trial$98.991 Year
CellarScope
- One Month Subscription14 Days trial$0.591 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Year









