Whiskey Shelf vs WhiskeyTrove
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whiskey Shelf
Track your whiskey, rum, and tequila collection with unlimited bottle entries. Manage your wishlist, calculate bottle valuations, and organize your Infinity Bottle. Discover new spirits and connect with other enthusiasts.
- Unlimited bottle inventory
- Wishlist management
- Bottle valuation calculator
- Infinity Bottle management
- Whiskey Friends network
- Customizable reports
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Whiskey Shelf is fastest growing app which can track your whiskey inventory including rum and tequila with unlimited bottles, tracks your wish list, calculates bottle valuations including open bottles, manages your Infinity Bottle, creates reports and helps you find sought after whiskeys with other Whiskey Shelf users as Whiskey Friends - all in one simple app!
WhiskeyTrove
Explore the world of whiskey by tracking your collection, discovering new bottles, and logging tasting notes. This app offers personalized recommendations and helps you organize your favorite spirits. It's designed for both experienced whiskey lovers and newcomers alike.
- Track whiskey collection
- Discover new bottles
- Log tasting notes
- Personalized recommendations
- Organize spirits
- Share tasting experiences
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NEW & IMPROVED! WhiskeyTrove 2.0 is here and it's better than ever with completely new features and enhancements! Introducing SPEAKEASY! WhiskeyTrove's new social platform to make it even easier for you to share your passion for whiskey with other Trovers! Post images, polls, and more as you interact with our WhiskeyTrove community. As always, please keep your content respectful! We have also updated the Wishlist functionality to make it easier for you to re-order and share your Wishlist bottles so you can provide not-so-subtle hints to your friends and family. Many other updates to enhance your WhiskeyTrove experience! With these updates, our Terms and Conditions have been updated, so please make sure to read them!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Whiskey Shelf at every 2 weeks against WhiskeyTrove's every 3 months. Whiskey Shelf also leads on ratings volume (133 vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Whiskey Shelf against 4.5 for WhiskeyTrove. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whiskey Shelf has 133 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Whiskey Shelf's written reviews are positive against 83% of WhiskeyTrove's.
Whiskey Shelf ships an update every 2 weeks, WhiskeyTrove every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whiskey Shelf | WhiskeyTrove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (133 ratings) | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Flint Hills Group | Pointing Cabinet, LLC |
Customer experience
Whiskey Shelf
WhiskeyTrove
In-app purchases
Whiskey Shelf
No in-app purchases
WhiskeyTrove
No in-app purchases
