Comparison

Wines vs mAI Wine

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

Head to head
About

Wines

Easily log and retrieve your wine collection with smart suggestions and photo recognition. Organize your cellar, track tasting notes, and discover new wines with this private and sophisticated app.

Highlights
  • Autofill wine details from label photos
  • Smart suggestions for wine entry
  • Add tasting notes
  • Search and filter by multiple wine details
  • Track bottle count and cellar inventory
  • Export and import wine data
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Wines lets you add and retrieve wines and what you thought about them simple and fast. Take a picture of the wine label and Wines will enter its details. In addition Wines gives suggestions from its database of 1500+ wine regions and 900+ varietals so that you can enter a new wine within seconds. ADD AND RETRIEVE • Autofills wine details, based on photo’s from your wine labels. • Smart suggestions. • Add notes. • Search supports multiple keywords. • Store and sort by Wine details: name, vintage, varietal, country, region, producer, bottles, rating, points, best before/after, shop, price, date added. • Filter by favourites, bottles in cellar and type. RESPECTS PRIVACY • The Wines app analyses your label on your device, without sending it to an external 3rd party. • The suggestions come from a database that is stored on your device. DISCOVER • Search directly with your preferred Search Engine (Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Google, Yahoo). SHARE • Select and share multiple wines. • Import .wib (V1) and .wsf (V2) wine files directly into the app. • Export to CSV file. SIMPLE AND SOPHISTICATED • Counts your bottles. • Edit amount of bottles. • Shows front and back wine labels. • Two color themes: burgundy and vine. • Easily backup all wines. • iCloud syncing. • Your wines stay on iCloud even if you delete or reinstall the app. • Universal, works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Macs. • Supports Dark Mode and Accessibility sizes. Try the app for free with a limited number of wines and options, so you can see how easy it works. No subscriptions, you buy full functionality once. Privacy Policy: https://www.devart.nl/wines/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

mAI Wine

Manage your wine collection, organize tastings with friends, and discover your unique flavor profile using AI. Automatically identify wines by photo and get personalized recommendations. Enjoy creative tasting summaries and share your experiences.

Highlights
  • AI-powered wine label recognition
  • Manage wine collection and inventory
  • Organize and host wine tastings
  • Discover personal flavor profile
  • Interactive world map of wine origins
  • AI-generated tasting summaries
Features
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Your wine collection. Your tastings. Your flavor profile. mAI Wine is the first wine app with AI support: Manage your collection, organize tastings with friends, and discover your personal flavor profile — all in one app. YOUR COLLECTION Add wines by photo — the AI recognizes label, winery, and grape variety automatically. Keep track of vintages, prices, and fill levels. The interactive world map shows you where your wines come from. TASTINGS WITH FRIENDS Create wine tastings and invite guests via QR code — they rate in the browser, no app needed. Each participant gets a personal PIN. The AI suggests the optimal tasting order. AROMA WHEEL & EXPERT MODE Choose from over 30 aromas in 6 categories — from citrus to vanilla to slate. In expert mode, rate 6 flavor dimensions: fruit, acidity, sweetness, tannin, body, and finish. AI FEATURES Automatic label recognition by photo Optimal tasting order Creative tasting summaries Personal flavor profiles with radar chart Collection health check with recommendations Presentations for the big screen Matching Spotify playlists Stylish invitations AFTER THE TASTING The AI generates an entertaining summary with the winner, most controversial wine, and individual participant profiles. Everyone gets their own "Flavor Fingerprint." PREMIUM (optional) Free: Collection, tastings, guest rating + 3 photo recognitions to try. Premium: Unlimited AI features for 3.99/month or 24.99/year. Sante! Terms of Use (EULA): https://api.maitasting.app/api/public/eula Privacy Policy: https://api.maitasting.app/api/public/privacy

Screenshots

Wines4 screens
mAI Wine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: mAI Wine at 100% against Wines's 60%. mAI Wine also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Wines's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Wines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and mAI Wine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wines ships an update every 3 weeks, mAI Wine every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Wines versus mAI Wine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinesmAI Wine
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB37 MB
Age rating+1717+
DeveloperDevart B.V.Fabian Worenkamper

Customer experience

Wines

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

mAI Wine

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wines

One-time1
  • Full app$4.99
2 purchases

mAI Wine

Subscriptions2
  • mAI Wine Premium (monthly)$3.991 Month
  • mAI Wine Premium (yearly)$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Wines free?
Wines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mAI Wine free?
mAI Wine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wines or mAI Wine have ads?
Neither Wines nor mAI Wine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wines or mAI Wine?
Wines ships an update every 3 weeks, and mAI Wine every 4 months. Most recently, Wines was updated on October 8, 2026 and mAI Wine on October 11, 2026.

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