Comparison

Smart Wine Cellar vs Cella

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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 β€’ Rate and add tasting notes to every bottle β€’ Build a wishlist of wines to buy β€’ AI sommelier chat for pairing ideas β€’ Track consumption history over time β€’ Import your collection from CellarTracker β€’ Optional smart-rack LED and temperature monitoring Start your free 30-day trial today β€” no credit card required. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cella

Effortlessly catalog your wine collection with a powerful label scanner and organizer. Track inventory, discover drinking windows, estimate value, and get food pairing suggestions. Manage your cellar and tasting notes with this comprehensive wine journal.

Highlights
  • AI wine label scanning
  • Collection inventory management
  • Drinking window estimates
  • Market value tracking
  • Food pairing suggestions
  • Tasting notes journal
  • Multiple cellar support (Premium)
Features
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Cella is the wine cellar app for iPhone: a label scanner, collection tracker and wine journal in one. Scan any bottle to add it in seconds, keep your whole cellar organized, and know when to drink each wine, what it's worth and what to serve with it. SCAN ANY WINE LABEL Point your camera at a label, or pick a photo, and Cella's AI identifies the wine: producer, name, vintage, region and grapes. Add several bottles at once with Scan Multiple, or type a wine in yourself. No account needed to start. YOUR WINE CELLAR IN YOUR POCKET β€’ Keep an inventory of every bottle: quantity, bottle size, what you paid and where it's from β€’ Search and filter by type, grape, vintage and more β€’ See your collection by type, region, country, grape and vintage β€’ Keep a separate cellar for each place you store wine (Premium) KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY BOTTLE (CELLA PREMIUM) β€’ Drinking window: hold it, drink it now, at its peak or past it β€’ Estimated market value, and how the value of your cellar changes over time β€’ Critic scores β€’ Taste profile: body, tannins, acidity and sweetness β€’ Food pairings for every bottle β€’ How to serve it: temperature, decanting time and the right glass β€’ The story of the producer WINE JOURNAL (CELLA PREMIUM) Rate each bottle you open, note the occasion and keep your tasting notes. Insights then show how often you open a bottle and which wines you rated best. THE RIGHT BOTTLE FOR DINNER Tell Cella what you're eating and it suggests wines from your own cellar, like a sommelier in your pocket. BACKED UP AND PRIVATE Sign in with Apple or email to back up your cellar and use it on another iPhone. No ads, and we never sell your data. Export your collection whenever you like. Prices and values in 20 currencies. FREE AND CELLA PREMIUM Cella is free to download and free to use for up to 12 bottles in one cellar, including label scanning and cloud backup. Cella Premium is an optional subscription, monthly or yearly, that adds unlimited bottles and cellars and everything marked Premium above. New subscribers to the yearly plan start with a one-month free trial; when it ends, the yearly price is charged unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Values, drinking windows and scores are estimates gathered with the help of AI and are for guidance only. Cella is for adults of legal drinking age. Please enjoy wine responsibly. Terms of Use: https://cellasupport.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://cellasupport.com/privacy

Screenshots

Smart Wine Cellar4 screens
Cella4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Smart Wine Cellar at none against Cella's shown. Cella's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Smart Wine Cellar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month and Cella sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Wine Cellar ships an update every 3 weeks, Cella every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Smart Wine Cellar versus Cella: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Wine CellarCella
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days β€” better
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationβ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size10 MB68 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperIlluminated Infinity ABBESHARAH INC.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Wine Cellar

Subscriptions1
  • Smartwinecellar PRO$5.991 Month
3 purchases

Cella

Subscriptions3
  • Cella Premium$7.991 Month
  • Cella Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Cella Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Smart Wine Cellar free?
Smart Wine Cellar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cella free?
Cella is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smart Wine Cellar or Cella have ads?
Cella shows ads; Smart Wine Cellar does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart Wine Cellar or Cella?
Smart Wine Cellar ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cella every 6 days. Most recently, Smart Wine Cellar was updated on November 4, 2026 and Cella on October 31, 2026.

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