Comparison

CellarTracker vs High Proof

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

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About

CellarTracker

This app helps you discover, track, and manage your wine collection. Access millions of ratings and reviews, scan bottles for quick logging, and get personalized recommendations. It's designed for everyone from casual drinkers to serious collectors.

Highlights
  • Track wine tasting notes and ratings
  • Access millions of wine reviews
  • Scan bottles with barcode tool
  • View real-time pricing data
  • Get personalized wine recommendations
  • Manage cellar inventory and storage
  • Discover new wines and producers
Features
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CellarTracker is the top-rated wine app with 4.9 of 5 stars, over 13.6 million wine ratings and reviews, and over 8.8 million users globally, collectively tracking $21 billion of wine and millions of personal memories captured over the last 20 years.  CellarTracker is the most current, accurate, and comprehensive wine database globally with over 5 million unique wines to explore, 1000 + new wines added each day, and over 193 million bottles tracked by members. Featured in leading publications globally including the New York Times, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Robb Report, CNN, Financial Times, Decanter, Fox Business and more. CellarTracker empowers millions of people around the world to discover and experience wines they love. If you’ve ever wondered what wine to pick from a restaurant wine list, have a small collection at home, or are a long-time wine enthusiast with a $10 million cellar, CellarTracker is the best wine cellar management app and wine tracker hands down. We completely modernized the CellarTracker experience and our new wine app was released last year – we have carefully built AI into the product over the last two years, powered by over 20 years of tasting notes and wine rating data that is unparalleled in the industry. TRACK YOUR WINE EXPERIENCE The best wine app and wine cellar tracker for casual drinkers, collectors, and connoisseurs alike. CellarTracker is the go-to wine app for wine ratings. - Add personal wine tasting notes, reviews, and wine ratings for each bottle - Access over 13M wine reviews: 11M community tasting notes + 2M professional reviews - Use the wine scanner or barcode tool to log bottles in seconds KNOW A FAIR PRICE TO PAY Make smarter purchases with real-time price transparency using the wine cellar application and wine inventory software trusted by serious collectors. - View 15+ years of valuation data and values based on over 80+ million data points - Access auction data and average Wine-Searcher prices from 37,000+ merchants and compare 20M+ listings: retail, auction, and more CHOOSE THE BEST BOTTLE OF WINE The best wine tracking app to help you open the perfect bottle at the perfect time—based on your collection, taste, and timing. - Get personalized wine recommendations from your ratings - Stay alert on bottles ready to drink vs. those needing more time - Compare community tasting notes, wine reviews, wine ratings, and your notes EFFORTLESSLY MANAGE YOUR CELLAR The most intuitive wine tracker and wine scanner for organizing your collection—without complexity or cost. - Add wines via wine scanner, barcode, label scan, or digital receipt forwarding - Track storage locations and pending deliveries - Manage wine inventory collections across multiple storage sites - Monitor cellar value and consumption trends DISCOVER NEW WINES & PRODUCERS Use our wine cellar tracker and wine rating app to explore top wines and trending producers from the global wine community. - Get tailored wine suggestions based on your preferences - Use the wine scanner to see what others are drinking and loving THE MOST ACCURATE WINE DATABASE CellarTracker’s community-powered platform delivers unmatched coverage and accuracy and is well established as the best wine reviews app and wine tracker. - Search from 5M+ unique wines with 1000+ new wines added daily - Rich data on producers, regions, vintages, and varietals SEAMLESS WINE-SEARCHER INTEGRATION A powerful feature of our cellar tracker app and wine tracker, Wine-Searcher integration ensures real-time market intelligence. - Instantly view and compare prices from 37,000+ global merchants - Access over 20M offers across retail and auctions SMARTER WINE DECISIONS WITH THE BEST AI WINE APP The only AI wine app and cellar tracker powered by over 13M+ tasting notes, reviews, and ratings - Get recommendations on whether you’ll like a wine based on your unique taste - Get expert-grade food pairing recommendations

About

High Proof

Discover cocktails you can make with ingredients you have. Browse over 680 recipes, create your own, and share them easily. Works offline with a single one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Inventory-based recipe discovery
  • Over 680 curated recipes
  • Create and save custom recipes
  • Offline functionality
  • Shareable recipe cards
  • Recipe submission for featured updates
Features
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High Proof is the ultimate home bar companion for the serious cocktail enthusiast. Whether you're stocking your bar for the first time or you've got a well-curated collection, High Proof tells you exactly what you can make — and what you're missing. YOUR BAR, YOUR RECIPES Tell High Proof what's in your bar and instantly see every cocktail you can make right now. Browse over 690 (and growing!) hand-curated recipes spanning classics, tiki drinks, craft cocktails, seasonal favorites, and everything in between. The ingredient inventory is organized into intuitive categories — spirits, liqueurs, mixers, syrups, fresh herbs, and more — so checking off your bar takes seconds, not minutes. NEVER MISS A DRINK High Proof shows you cocktails sorted by how close you are to making them. One bottle away from a Penicillin? It'll tell you. Two ingredients short of a Last Word? It knows. BUILD YOUR OWN You didn't learn to bartend just to follow other people's recipes. Create and save your own recipes alongside the built-in library — your custom cocktails appear right in the main list so nothing gets lost. SHARE THE LOVE Your best recipes deserve an audience. Generate beautiful recipe cards and share them with friends directly from the app. They tap the link, the recipe imports instantly — no copying, no pasting, no friction. Just great drinks, shared the way they should be. GROW THE LIBRARY High Proof is built on great cocktails from great bartenders — and now you're part of building it. Submit your original recipes straight to us from the My Recipes tab. The best submissions get featured in future updates, credited exactly the way you wrote them. When someone makes your drink, they'll know who invented it. WORKS OFFLINE No internet required. High Proof works anywhere — at the bar cart, at the ranch, or anywhere your phone goes. ONE PRICE. EVERYTHING UNLOCKED. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No premium tiers. No tricks. Unlike other cocktail apps that nickel and dime you for basic features, High Proof is a single one-time purchase that unlocks everything — every recipe, every feature, forever. Pay once and it's yours. OVER 690 RECIPES AND GROWING From the Negroni to the Naked and Famous, the Sazerac to the Singapore Sling — High Proof has the classics covered and then some.

Screenshots

CellarTracker4 screens
High Proof4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CellarTracker at Free against High Proof's $1.99. CellarTracker also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 11) and chart position (#15 vs unranked). High Proof's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On rating, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CellarTracker is free to download; High Proof costs $1.99 up front. CellarTracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. High Proof asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CellarTracker against 5.0 for High Proof. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellarTracker has 13K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of CellarTracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of High Proof's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CellarTracker ships an update every 3 weeks, High Proof every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
CellarTracker versus High Proof: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellarTrackerHigh Proof
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.9 (13K ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB12 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCellarTrackerDarren Chapman

Customer experience

CellarTracker

All ratings13,032 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative21.1%

High Proof

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

CellarTracker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Couldn't make it past the second screen to make an account
  • Autocorrect does not appear to be working in the text fields
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Add wish list features
  • Easier way to print out a list of wines past due drinking date
  • Add ability to switch currency
  • Dark mode option

High Proof

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

CellarTracker

Subscriptions6
  • Up to 100 Bottles14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Up to 250 Bottles14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Up to 500 Bottles14 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Up to 1,000 Bottles14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Up to 2,500 Bottles14 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • 2,500+ Bottles14 Days trial$44.991 Month
None

High Proof

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CellarTracker free?
CellarTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is High Proof free?
High Proof costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CellarTracker or High Proof?
High Proof is rated higher. CellarTracker averages 4.9 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while High Proof averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do CellarTracker or High Proof have ads?
Neither CellarTracker nor High Proof shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CellarTracker or High Proof?
CellarTracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and High Proof every 6 days. Most recently, CellarTracker was updated on October 21, 2026 and High Proof on October 16, 2026.

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