Comparison

Smart Wine Cellar vs Simple Wine Manager

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

Head to head
About

Smart Wine Cellar

Features
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Smart Wine Cellar is the complete app for managing, valuing, and enjoying your wine collection. Whether you have a dozen bottles or a serious cellar, Smart Wine Cellar helps you track what you own, know what it's worth, drink it at its peak, and discover what to open next. MANAGE YOUR CELLAR Add bottles by hand or scan a label, organize by location, and see your whole collection at a glance. A smart dashboard shows what's ready to drink, what's still maturing, and what to enjoy next. KNOW YOUR CELLAR'S VALUE See exactly what your collection is worth with live market prices, and watch its value grow over time. FIND THE PERFECT BOTTLE Tell us what's for dinner and the Food Matcher picks the ideal wine from your own cellar. Or explore your collection by grape, country, region, price, and vintage rating. HOST UNFORGETTABLE TASTINGS Plan blind tastings, invite friends, vote on the night's best wine, and let the app suggest the perfect pouring order. DRINK SMARTER Discover the best vintages by country, region, and grape before you buy, and let the app analyze your cellar to reveal its strengths and gaps. SEE THE FULL PICTURE Beautiful statistics break down your collection by grape, country, type, vintage, and more. A virtual wine rack maps every bottle to its exact spot, so you always know where to find it. MORE WINE-LOVER FEATURES • Rate and add tasting notes to every bottle • Build a wishlist of wines to buy • AI sommelier chat for pairing ideas • Track consumption history over time • Import your collection from CellarTracker • Optional smart-rack LED and temperature monitoring Start your free 30-day trial today — no credit card required. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Simple Wine Manager

Easily manage your wine collection with AI-assisted input, quick additions, and customizable views. Generate wine menus for guests and back up your data. Find specific bottles with powerful search and filtering tools.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted wine entry
  • Quick add and copy wines
  • Storage location management
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Customizable sorting
  • Generate wine menus
  • Import/export data
Features
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Wine Bottle Management must be simple! - Consume wines with a swipe - Add wines to your cellar quickly with as much information as you wish - also with the help of AI! - Copy wines to quickly add new vintages or other types of wines from the same producer. Add your storage locations. - Search & Filter: Quickly find specific wines, producers, vintages or wines from certain regions in your collection - Sort your views as you like and store different sort orders - Print: Generate beautiful wine menus from all or a selection of your wines to present to guests and friends - Data Management: Import/export your wine data for easy sharing or backup - Check the history and statistics of your wine collection - Works best on iPhone, but also does on iPad

Screenshots

Smart Wine Cellar4 screens
Simple Wine Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Wine Manager at none against Smart Wine Cellar's 1. Smart Wine Cellar's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Smart Wine Cellar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Simple Wine Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Wine Cellar ships an update every 2 weeks, Simple Wine Manager every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Smart Wine Cellar versus Simple Wine Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Wine CellarSimple Wine Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperIlluminated Infinity ABDieter Lempen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Wine Cellar

Subscriptions1
  • Smartwinecellar PRO$5.991 Month
None

Simple Wine Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Wine Cellar free?
Smart Wine Cellar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Wine Manager free?
Simple Wine Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Wine Cellar or Simple Wine Manager have ads?
Neither Smart Wine Cellar nor Simple Wine Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Wine Cellar or Simple Wine Manager?
Smart Wine Cellar ships an update every 2 weeks, and Simple Wine Manager every 10 days. Most recently, Smart Wine Cellar was updated on September 20, 2026 and Simple Wine Manager on June 1, 2026.

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