CellarTracker vs Pocket Chef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Pocket Chef
Easily save, organize, and import recipes from various sources. Plan your weekly meals and generate an organized grocery list. Get AI-powered cooking assistance and customize your experience.
- Save and organize recipes
- Import recipes from websites, photos, PDFs, and audio
- Weekly meal planning
- Automated grocery list generation
- AI-powered cooking questions
- Customizable themes and units
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Save the recipes you want to make, plan the week, and turn your meals into a grocery list with Pocket Chef. Save and organize recipes Import from a recipe website, a cookbook photo, a PDF, dictated text or an audio file. You can also share selected content from Safari and other apps. Review ingredients, directions and photos before saving, and keep the original source link with the recipe. Share a recipe Send a recipe link or QR code to someone else. Choose the original website or a saved copy of recipe text you created or have permission to share. Recipients can review the recipe before saving it. Eligible shared copies do not use recipe-import credits; importing an original website follows the recipient's normal allowance. Creating links requires sign-in and acceptance of the sharing agreement. Anyone with an active link can open or forward it. Manage and revoke your links in My Recipe Links. Revocation stops future access through Pocket Chef, but copies already saved by recipients and cached previews may remain. Plan meals and shop Add recipes to your weekly calendar and move meals when plans change. Combine ingredients into an organized grocery list, review product matches and package quantities, and send your list to Walmart or a Kroger-family store with Pocket Chef Plus. Optional Apple Reminders sync helps you keep a grocery list handy. Ask your chef Type or dictate a cooking question, find a recipe in your library, or ask for help adding a meal to the calendar. Choose from seven chef personalities. AI answers and imported recipes should always be checked before use. Make it comfortable Use original, US, metric or weight-based ingredient displays. Choose from four themes, with light and dark appearances, on iPhone and iPad. Free and Plus The free plan includes room for 50 active saved recipes, 7 recipe imports per 7-day cycle, 5 AI pantry walkthroughs per calendar month, meal planning and grocery lists. Bundled samples and eligible received shared copies do not count toward that library limit. Pocket Chef Plus adds an unlimited paid recipe library, unlimited AI imports and pantry walkthroughs, retailer-cart sending and household sync. Eligible new subscribers can try Plus free for 14 days. During the trial, you can add up to 100 additional recipes; the paid library is unlimited. Family Sharing is supported. Plus is $6.99/month or $49.99/year. A limited-time founding offer of $4.99/month or $39.99/year may be available. Prices vary by region; the purchase screen shows your current price and eligibility. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before that end. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Any unused free-trial portion is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Pocket Chef is not affiliated with Kroger, Walmart or any retailer. Retailers confirm final prices, availability and checkout. Your library stays private to your account or household unless you choose to create a recipe share link. Imported content remains subject to its creator's rights. Terms of Use: https://garritsonapps.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://garritson-works.web.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: CellarTracker at 14K against Pocket Chef's 2. CellarTracker also leads on chart position (#15 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. CellarTracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Pocket Chef sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CellarTracker against 5.0 for Pocket Chef. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellarTracker has 14K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CellarTracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Pocket Chef every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CellarTracker | Pocket Chef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 295 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CellarTracker | Garritson Works LLC |
Customer experience
CellarTracker
Pocket Chef
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
Pocket Chef
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CellarTracker
- 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
Pocket Chef
- Pocket Chef Plus14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Pocket Chef Plus14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Pocket Chef Plus14 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Pocket Chef Plus14 Days trial$49.991 Year









