Wine vs Wine Cellar
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
Wine Cellar
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Your wine cellar, finally organised — in your pocket. Log every bottle, keep tasting notes you can actually search, and always know which wine is ready to open tonight. Offline-first. No public feed. No account required to start. Wine Cellar Tracker is a private collection log for enthusiasts who've outgrown the notes app but don't want a social network. Your cellar lives on your device — built to catalogue and enjoy the wine you already own, and nothing more. Add bottles in seconds, remember exactly what you loved, and stop opening the right wine a year too late. — LOG YOUR COLLECTION — • Capture every bottle: producer, cuvée, vintage (or NV), varietal, region, country and wine type • Track quantity, rack or bin location, purchase price, purchase date and a photo of the label • Reds, whites, rosé, sparkling, dessert, fortified and orange wines all supported • Search instantly by name, varietal, region, country or where it's shelved • Fully offline — built for a real cellar with no signal • Keep a wishlist of bottles you still want, then move them into your cellar the day they arrive — TASTING NOTES, YOUR WAY — • Write structured notes the classic way: appearance, nose, palate and finish • Add a personal 1–5 rating, the occasion and a one-line summary you can find again later • Open a bottle to drop the quantity and log the tasting in a single step • Every note stays tied to the exact bottle, so your history builds itself — KNOW WHEN TO OPEN IT — • Every bottle gets a drink-window estimate from its varietal and region — always editable • See at a glance which bottles are ready to drink now • Get a reminder the moment a bottle enters its window, so a wine you love never slips past its peak — YOUR CELLAR AT A GLANCE — • Total bottles, distinct labels and how many are ready right now • Total spend based only on the prices you entered — what you paid, never a market estimate • Breakdowns by type, region and varietal to see the shape of your collection — AI CELLAR ASSISTANT (PRO) — Like a knowledgeable friend who knows your cellar: • Tasting notes — generate a structured appearance / nose / palate / finish draft for a bottle you own • Food pairing — concrete dish ideas, each with a quick why • Drink-window guidance — drink now, hold a while, or enjoy soon, in plain language • "What should I open tonight?" — name the occasion, food or mood and it picks a bottle from your own cellar and explains the choice AI output is original guidance for your own enjoyment — not professional advice, and never a bottle valuation. — WINE CELLAR PRO — Pro unlocks the full AI cellar assistant, unlimited bottles (free covers your first 25), complete collection analytics, drink-window reminders on every bottle, and an ad-free experience. Choose what fits you: • Annual — the best value, billed once a year • Monthly — if you'd rather pay as you go Start free and log your first bottles before you decide. The core cellar and your own tasting notes always stay yours. — PRIVATE BY DESIGN — Your cellar lives on your device. There's no public feed and no account needed to begin. Dark and light themes, plus 10 languages. Wine Cellar Tracker is a personal collection manager — not a marketplace. We don't sell or ship wine. — PLEASE ENJOY RESPONSIBLY — Wine Cellar Tracker is a collection-management tool for enthusiasts aged 17 and over, built for organising and appreciating the wine you already own. Please always drink responsibly. Own your cellar. Log it once, and let the app remind you when each bottle is at its best. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Wine at none against Wine Cellar's shown. Wine also leads on chart position (#24 vs unranked). 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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month and Wine Cellar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Wine | Wine Cellar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #24 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Wine-Searcher Ltd | MEHMET CANKER (TR) |
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
Wine Cellar
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
Wine Cellar
- Wine Cellar Pro monthly$5.991 Month
- Wine Cellar Pro annual$19.991 Year









