Comparison

CellarTracker vs glugluglug

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

Head to head
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

glugluglug

Features
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glugluglug is a wine cellar you can keep with your friends. Free, and it stays on your phone: make a place for bottles — a wine fridge, a shelf, a box in the hallway — and put wine in it. See everything you have at a glance, drink one, and watch the rack empty. No account, no sign-up, no nagging. THE NOTEBOOK Not every bottle goes in the cellar. Some you drink at a bar and want to remember. Write it down: give it a verdict from "nope" to "again!!", then pick what it looked, smelled and tasted like from a proper tasting vocabulary — or just say "went great with the pizza" and move on. Over time, the notebook works out what you actually go for. EVERY BOTTLE, FINDABLE One searchable list across every place you keep wine. Producer, grape, region, vintage — find the thing you know you have somewhere. FRIENDS, FREE An account costs nothing and adds friends, so someone can share a bottle with you the day they hear about this. What they share turns up in your app straight away. GLUG PLUS Sharing back, and everything that needs a server, is the subscription: • Sharing — share one bottle out of a case with a friend, or the whole case, and the count stays right without a spreadsheet or an awkward conversation • Shared places — the fridge you keep with the person you live with, visible to you both • Sync — your cellar on every phone, backed up • The label scanner — point the camera at a bottle, or pick a photo you already took, and get the wine Free keeps working. Your cellar just stays on this phone. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO No adverts. No analytics. No scores out of 100 from someone who isn't you. Your cellar is yours, and you can export it as a spreadsheet whenever you like. GLUG PLUS, THE SUBSCRIPTION glug plus is an auto-renewing monthly subscription. It renews each month unless you switch it off at least 24 hours before the month is up, and you can cancel any time in your App Store settings. The free app keeps working either way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Our service terms: https://glugluglug.com/terms Privacy policy: https://glugluglug.com/privacy np.lol — small apps, made with care.

Screenshots

CellarTracker4 screens
glugluglug4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: glugluglug at none against CellarTracker's 6. glugluglug also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). CellarTracker's advantage is chart position (#16 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CellarTracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. glugluglug asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CellarTracker ships an update every 3 weeks, glugluglug every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
CellarTracker versus glugluglug: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellarTrackerglugluglug
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB2 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCellarTrackerKen Grønnbeck

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

glugluglug

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

glugluglug

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CellarTracker free?
CellarTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is glugluglug free?
glugluglug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CellarTracker or glugluglug have ads?
Neither CellarTracker nor glugluglug shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CellarTracker or glugluglug?
CellarTracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and glugluglug every 3 days. Most recently, CellarTracker was updated on November 10, 2026 and glugluglug on November 6, 2026.

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