Comparison

Winedrops Club vs First Sips

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

Head to head
About

Winedrops Club

Discover and purchase wines at discounted prices, often up to 80% off retail. Get personalized daily wine drops and browse a wide selection in the shop. Manage your collection with a virtual cellar, including taste notes and delivery control.

Highlights
  • Daily discounted wine drops
  • Personalized wine recommendations
  • Browse extensive wine shop
  • Virtual wine cellar management
  • Taste notes and delivery control
  • 24/7 customer service
Features
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Winedrops saves you money on your favourite wines. We cut out the middleman to get you trade prices, saving you up to 80%. Every day we drop a new wine that is: - Massively discounted - Personalized to your taste - Critically acclaimed & highly rated You can also browse our huge variety of discounted wines on our shop. Whether you're into cheap or fine wine, we've got something for you! Manage all your wines in one place with our virtual cellar, where you can: - See taste notes - Buy more - Control your own deliveries Our 24/7 customer service makes us the highest rated & fastest growing wine club in the UK. Now accepting new members.

About

First Sips

Features
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First Sips keeps your wine in one place: what's in your cellar, what you've tasted and what to open next. Photograph a label and First Sips does the rest. YOUR CELLAR • Scan a label to add a wine. First Sips identifies the producer, vintage, region and grapes, then adds tasting notes, food pairings and an estimated price. • Drinking windows at a glance: see which bottles are too young, in their prime or best drunk soon, with optional monthly reminders. • Track bottles, sizes, where you bought them, what you paid and where they're stored. • Share a cellar with family or friends. Send an invite and choose who can edit and who can only view. • Keep several cellars, from the wine rack at home to the bottles at your parents'. VINOGRAPHY: YOUR TASTING JOURNAL • Record every wine you drink, at home or out, with a star rating, notes, the occasion and whether you'd buy it again. • Mark a bottle from your cellar as drunk and review it in one step. • Look back at your favourites and find that wine you loved last summer. SOMMELIER: HELP WHEN YOU'RE CHOOSING • Shop Mode: in a wine shop, scan a few bottles and First Sips ranks them for your meal, your taste and your budget. • Scan 1 bottle: a quick buy, consider or skip verdict on a single wine. • What should I open? Tell us what you're eating, set a price range, and get the best matches from your own cellar. • Wine list: photograph a restaurant's wine list, tell us who's drinking and what you're eating, and get a bottle for the table or a glass or bottle for each person, within your budget. YOUR PALATE AND STATS • My palate: the grapes, regions and styles you love (and don't), so suggestions fit your taste. • My stats: bottles, estimated value, colours, countries and grapes in your cellar, plus your drinking history and top-rated wines. AND MORE • Import from Vivino: bring in your ratings, cellar and scans from a Vivino data export. • Light and dark themes that follow your iPhone's setting. • Sign in with Apple, Google or email. Delete your account and data from within the app at any time. First Sips uses AI to identify wines and make suggestions. It can get things wrong, so check anything important, and please drink responsibly. First Sips is free to download and currently all functionality is free. AI-powered scanning and sommelier features will eventually only be available as part of a premium plan.

Screenshots

Winedrops Club4 screens
First Sips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: First Sips at none against Winedrops Club's shown. First Sips also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Winedrops Club ships an update fortnightly, First Sips every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Winedrops Club versus First Sips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinedrops ClubFirst Sips
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (71 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings71 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB94 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperWinedropsEdward Marno

Bugs and requests

Winedrops Club

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App glitches when scrolling through filters
  • Unable to switch payment cards

Requested features

2 requests
  • Search by grape and review score
  • Larger order discounts

First Sips

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Winedrops Club

No in-app purchases

None

First Sips

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Winedrops Club free?
Winedrops Club is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Sips free?
First Sips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Winedrops Club or First Sips have ads?
Winedrops Club shows ads; First Sips does not.
Which is updated more often, Winedrops Club or First Sips?
Winedrops Club ships an update fortnightly, and First Sips every 6 days. Most recently, Winedrops Club was updated on November 11, 2026 and First Sips on November 9, 2026.

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