Firstleaf vs Geblom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firstleaf
Discover your next favorite wine with instant, personalized recommendations. Simply scan a wine label, menu, or shelf to get expert-backed suggestions tailored to your taste. Build a digital wine library and refine your palate with this free pocket sommelier.
- Scan wine labels for instant recommendations
- Personalized taste refinement
- Digital wine library and taste tracking
- Expert-backed wine picks
- Menu and shelf scanning
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Stop guessing and start sipping confidently with Firstleaf. With 1.3M+ wines, 95% label recognition, and expert-backed picks, Firstleaf is your free, pocket sommelier. Whether you're at the store, browsing a restaurant menu, or planning a night in, we make it fast, easy, and fun to find your perfect bottle. HOW IT WORKS: + Scan & Discover: Snap a photo of wine labels, menus, or shelves for instant, tailored recommendations. + Refine Your Taste: Rate wines to improve suggestions and build your personal flavor profile. + Track & Learn: Create a digital wine library and explore your evolving taste with WinePrint™. + Manage Your Club: Members can customize shipments, rate wines, and update preferences in-app. Not a member? Join America’s most personalized wine club and get wines delivered to your door. Whether you're new to wine or a seasoned enthusiast, Firstleaf helps you explore with confidence. The more you sip and rate, the smarter our recommendations become. No ads. No cost. Just smarter sipping. Download now. Cheers!
Geblom
Effortlessly manage your groceries and reduce food waste. Scan receipts or barcodes to automatically organize your pantry, receive timely reminders for items nearing expiration, and share your inventory with household members.
- Receipt scanning for automatic pantry entry
- Barcode scanning for individual item addition
- Estimated and custom expiration date tracking
- Smart reminders for expiring food
- Shared pantry for household synchronization
- Food waste reporting (Geblom Plus)
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Most food gets thrown away for one reason: nobody remembered it was there. Scan a grocery receipt and Geblom turns your shopping into an organized pantry. Items are identified, named, dated, and added with no typing. Then Geblom tells you what needs using while there is still time to enjoy it. Scan a receipt. Skip the typing. Point your camera at your grocery receipt and let Geblom do the rest. It reads the receipt, identifies what you bought, and gives each item an estimated use by date. Abbreviations become clear product names, so something like "CHKN CARB" can become "Chicken." If Geblom is not confident about an item, it flags it for you to review instead of quietly guessing. Scan a barcode Adding one thing rather than a whole shop? Point the camera at the product barcode and Geblom looks it up and fills in the name for you. No typing, and no hunting through a list to find the right product. Know what needs using Open Geblom and see what needs your attention. A summary shows what has expired, what should be used soon, and what is still good, and you can tap a category to focus. Each item has its own illustration, so your pantry is easy to scan without reading every entry. Less searching, less forgetting, less food wasted. Dates that stay right Geblom estimates a use by date from the item it identifies, so you do not have to enter every date by hand. Found the date printed on the package? Enter it and Geblom keeps it, and your confirmed date will not be replaced by an estimate. Correct a name that was scanned wrong and the estimate updates to match. Share it with your household Keep everyone on the same page with one shared pantry. Invite someone using a code and you both see the same items, so when something is added or used your household stays up to date. Everyone knows what is already at home before buying another one. Reminders before food goes off A reminder is only useful if it arrives while you can still act on it. Geblom notifies you two days before an item is due, giving you time to cook it, freeze it, or share it. The goal is simple: help food get eaten instead of forgotten. Geblom Plus Want more from your pantry? Upgrade to Geblom Plus. Recipe ideas turn what is about to expire into something to cook tonight. Geblom picks out what needs using first and suggests dishes built around it, with a short method and roughly how long it takes. No shopping for extra ingredients, and no scrolling through recipe sites for something that fits what you actually have. Custom reminder timing lets you choose when Geblom tells you. Pick one, three, five or seven days ahead instead of the standard two, and pick more than one if you want an early warning and a last call. One tap portion logging is for cooked food. Set how many servings you made and Geblom dates the whole batch, then tap once as you eat each one instead of opening the item and editing the number every time. Geblom is free to use for as long as you like, and Plus is there if you want it. Subscription information Geblom Plus is an auto renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when your purchase is confirmed. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time through your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://geblom.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Geblom at 100% against Firstleaf's 44%. Geblom also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). Firstleaf's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (696 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Geblom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Firstleaf asks for nothing beyond the download.
Geblom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firstleaf has 696 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Firstleaf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Geblom's.
Firstleaf ships an update fortnightly, Geblom daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firstleaf | Geblom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (696 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 696 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firstleaf.com, Inc. | Apex Prime Tax LLC |
Customer experience
Firstleaf
Geblom
Bugs and requests
Firstleaf
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezing or not opening
- Issues with updating preferences
- Inconsistent wine information display
- Trouble canceling membership
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to purchase favorite wines
- Improve app navigation and usability
- Expand rating system beyond like/dislike
- Allow easier subscription management
- Integrate wine cellar tracking
Geblom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Firstleaf
No in-app purchases
Geblom
- Geblom+ Monthly$2.991 Month
- Geblom+ Annual$19.991 Year









