Comparison

iGulu vs The Cellar Schematic

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

Head to head
About

iGulu

Brew fresh beer at home with intelligent equipment control and custom recipes. Share your creations and connect with other enthusiasts. Purchase brewing kits and ingredients easily.

Highlights
  • Remote equipment control
  • Real-time brewing status monitoring
  • Customizable brewing processes and recipes
  • Homebrewers' community platform
  • Direct purchase of equipment and ingredients
  • Membership program for brewers
Features
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IGulu APP is an app designed specifically for fresh beer enthusiasts, providing you with a solution for brewing fresh beer at home. Equipment: Remote control of the Aigulu intelligent beer brewing equipment, enabling fresh beer brewing anytime and anywhere, real-time monitoring of beer brewing status, and creating a professional home beer brewing workshop. Craftsmanship: Design a unique beer brewing process, paired with a unique recipe, to brew fresh beer exclusively for you. At the same time, we provide a platform for home brewed beer enthusiasts to share the joy of home brewing. Mall: One click purchase of Aigulu intelligent beer brewing equipment and carefully designed professional ingredient packages, convenient and fast to start a fresh beer home brewing journey. Membership: Join the Love Gulu membership and witness the growth journey of every family brewer.

About

The Cellar Schematic

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The Cellar Schematic is a modern cellar book for people who care about what's in the glass. Add bottles two ways: scan a label, or type a wine in when the bottle isn't in front of you. Every field is editable whichever way you choose. On an iPhone or iPad that supports Apple Intelligence, scanning a label works with nothing connected at all — and the photograph never leaves your device. SCANNING, WITH NOTHING CONNECTED The app reads the label on the device itself — producer, wine, vintage, region, appellation, grape and alcohol, wherever the bottle prints them. The region is matched against a built-in atlas of 834 wine regions under 7,060 names, so the words on the bottle are what place it. Where Apple's private cloud is available, what the label leaves off — the region a producer works in, the grape, the color — is filled in from Apple's own knowledge, at no cost to you. ADD WITHOUT THE BOTTLE Some wine you never hold before it's yours — delivered straight to storage, bought en primeur, or kept by a friend. Tap + and type it in: producer, wine and vintage are enough, and where Apple's private cloud is available the region, grape and color are filled in for you. DRINKING WINDOWS Know when to drink your wine. Each bottle is classified Hold, Drink Now, Drink Soon or Past Peak — set it yourself, or connect an OpenAI account and the window behind it is estimated for you. THE VIRTUAL SOMMELIER (optional AI feature) Ask what to open tonight, what pairs with the salmon, or which bottles are ready now. Recommendations come from your own cellar, not a generic database. THE VIRTUAL CONCIERGE (optional AI feature) Tap and ask. The Concierge answers questions about the app itself, in plain language, so you spend your time pouring rather than reading manuals. WHERE TO BUY (optional AI feature) Find current retailers for any wine near you, in your local currency. Discover similar bottles when the one you want isn't available, or source a whole buying list from one or two retailers in a single sweep. THE CELLAR SCHEMATIC A signature radial diagram — five rings for category, drinkability, vintage, grape and country — that turns your collection into a single, considered image. Shareable, anonymized, and unmistakably yours. The Plans show not what you hold but where it lies: each storage area drawn to plan, a circle for every bottle exactly where it sits. And a world map that plots your cellar rather than listing it — each mark a region you hold, sized by the bottles in it. A SHARED CELLAR Invite a partner, a household, or a tasting circle to one cellar via iCloud. Add and update bottles together. Everyone sees the same shelves, in real time. ALSO INSIDE Tasting notes, personal ratings, food pairings and critics' summaries The Vault — keeps reserve bottles out of everyday recommendations The Buying List — flag bottles you want and source them together Store a bottle in more than one location, with a per-location breakdown Search and filter by color, region, grape, location or drinkability Import existing cellars from Vivino or CellarTracker exports Dark and light appearance Ready for iPhone Duo — held open sideways, the bottle sits beside its details OPTIONAL AI Tasting notes, critics' summaries, drinking windows, label images, the Sommelier, the Concierge and the buying tools run on your own OpenAI account. Setup is one-time and guided step by step inside the app. No app subscription, no markup: you pay OpenAI directly for what you use, typically a fraction of a cent per question. Your key stays in your device's Keychain and your requests go straight to OpenAI — never through us. It is entirely optional: scanning, the Plans, the Schematic, the world map, drinking windows, sharing, search, filters and imports all work with no AI account at all. YOUR CELLAR, YOUR ICLOUD Future updates are included. Your cellar lives in your own iCloud account, not on our servers — your collection stays yours, on devices you own.

Screenshots

iGulu4 screens
The Cellar Schematic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iGulu at Free against The Cellar Schematic's $14.99. iGulu also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.4). The Cellar Schematic's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iGulu is free to download; The Cellar Schematic costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iGulu ships an update weekly, The Cellar Schematic every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iGulu versus The Cellar Schematic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriGuluThe Cellar Schematic
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating4.7 (45 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB12 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperiGulu (Shanghai) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.MILLAR-YOUNG HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

iGulu

No in-app purchases

None

The Cellar Schematic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iGulu free?
iGulu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Cellar Schematic free?
The Cellar Schematic costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iGulu or The Cellar Schematic have ads?
iGulu shows ads; The Cellar Schematic does not.
Which is updated more often, iGulu or The Cellar Schematic?
iGulu ships an update weekly, and The Cellar Schematic every 5 days. Most recently, iGulu was updated on October 22, 2026 and The Cellar Schematic on October 10, 2026.

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