BlindVine vs Josh and Johns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlindVine
This app offers an interactive and educational wine tasting experience. Learn about wine characteristics, compete with friends by answering questions, and discover your preferences before making larger purchases.
- Interactive wine tasting experience
- Learn wine characteristics
- Compete with friends and family
- Discover wine preferences
- Favorite and review wines
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SCAN. SIP. OUTSMART YOUR FRIENDS. Wine night just got even more competitive. Scan a supported bottle and BlindVine launches a game built for that exact wine - instantly. Or, grab one of our 5-wine mystery tasting kits at getblindvine.com and taste blind like you mean it. GROWING LIBRARY OF PLAYABLE GAMES. Blind tastings of popular wines. Answers colors, aromas, flavors, and trivia that'll humble even the friend who "really knows their wine." REAL-TIME MULTIPLAYER. Same bottle, same table – except now there are winners and losers. Scores update live. Egos may not recover. FOOD PAIRING, SETTLED. Stop debating what wine goes with the meal. BlindVine tells you what pairs well, so you can argue about something else. GAME RECAPS WITH RECEIPTS. Full breakdown of who guessed what. Screenshot it. Send it. Never let them forget. SAVE YOUR FAVORITES. Finally found a bottle everyone agrees on? Save it before someone forgets the name after glass number two. DOWNLOAD BLINDVINE. Because good wine deserves a better story than "it was nice."
Josh and Johns
Order delicious handcrafted ice cream, cookie sandwiches, and pies. Pay securely with Apple Pay and earn rewards on every purchase. Enjoy exclusive treats and convenient ordering.
- Order ice cream, cookie sandwiches, and pies
- Pay with Apple Pay
- Earn rewards on purchases
- Convenient mobile ordering
- Exclusive treats
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Order handcrafted ice cream, cookie sandwiches, and pies with the Josh & John’s app. Pay with Apple Pay and earn rewards with every purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Josh and Johns at 5.0 against BlindVine's 4.8. BlindVine's advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 12) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Josh and Johns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlindVine has 66 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlindVine | Josh and Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (66 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blind Vine LLC | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. |
Customer experience
BlindVine
Josh and Johns
In-app purchases
BlindVine
No in-app purchases
Josh and Johns
No in-app purchases
Questions
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