Comparison

Wine notes & journal vs Cellar Somm

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

Head to head
About

Wine notes & journal

Features
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Tannotes helps you capture wine tasting notes using the WSET method — fast, structured, and consistent. What you can do: * Create tasting notes following the WSET approach (appearance, nose, palate, conclusion) * Pro: Get insights from your notes, so you learn what you truly like * Pro: Add friends and share tasting notes together * Pro: Create groups like your WSET class, local tasting groups, or friends & family Turn every tasting into a clearer learning curve — and a better next bottle. The WSET Level 3 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® (SAT) is reproduced with permission from WSET. Copyright © WSET. All rights reserved. Uses the WSET Level 3 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® with permission from WSET. We use Apple’s Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cellar Somm

Manage your wine collection with detailed tracking, AI sommelier insights, and community features. Log every bottle, get personalized recommendations, and analyze your cellar's value and profile. Connect with other wine enthusiasts and import your existing data.

Highlights
  • Detailed bottle tracking
  • AI sommelier for insights and pairings
  • Community sharing and reviews
  • Import from other platforms
  • Cellar value estimation
  • Customizable lists and search
Features
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Created by a NASA Engineer who loves wine! Cellar Somm is the wine cellar manager built for serious collectors and casual enthusiasts alike. Track every bottle from purchase to pour, tap into AI-powered sommelier intelligence, and connect with a community of fellow wine lovers. Subscribe to unlock all the great features; if you don't love it, cancel in your App Store subscriptions before the 30 day trial ends and you won’t be charged. Cellar Somm is smartly engineered for collectors who would rather spend money on wine than software. By using the power and storage already built into your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and iCloud account, Cellar Somm keeps pricing simple: one low annual subscription, no bottle-count tiers, and the same price whether your cellar has 50 bottles or 5,000. Compare with other paid cellar management apps annual subscription: 50 bottles: Cellar Somm $14.99/year. Other paid cellar apps can cost $40-$149.99/year. 500 bottles: Cellar Somm $14.99/year. Other paid cellar apps can cost $160+/year or require higher-tier/custom plans 2,500 bottles: Cellar Somm $14.99/year. Other paid cellar apps can cost $320+/year or require higher-tier/custom plans. 2,500+ bottles: Cellar Somm $14.99/year. Other paid cellar apps can cost $500+/year or require higher-tier/custom plans. MANAGE YOUR CELLAR • Add wines with detailed profiles — winery, vintage, varietal, region, appellation, and more • Track multiple bottle lots per wine with individual storage locations and bin assignments • Log purchase details including store, date, price, and pending shipments • Monitor your cellar's estimated value at a glance • Organize wines into custom lists — favorites, wishlists, ready to drink • Snap or search and store wine label photos for quick identification TRACK EVERY BOTTLE • Record drinking events, gifts, sales, and missing bottles • Log tasting notes with scores on a 100-point scale • Browse your complete bottle history with powerful search and filtering • View purchase history with spend tracking across your collection • Bulk manage bottles — move between locations, receive pending shipments AI SOMMELIER • Chat with an AI sommelier that knows your entire cellar • Generate detailed wine summaries with critic scores and drinking windows • Get personalized meal pairing recommendations from your own collection • Analyze your cellar's strengths, gaps, and investment profile • Import wines from invoices — paste an order confirmation and let AI extract the details • Import professional reviews from Wine Advocate, Vinous, James Suckling, Jeb Dunnuck, and more • Powered by Google Gemini — use the provided free AI engine with user limits or provide your own free API key with no recurring AI costs and near unlimited use. COMMUNITY • Share tasting notes with the Cellar Somm community • Read reviews from other collectors on wines in your cellar • Reply to and discuss community notes • Control your privacy — block users, disable replies, or keep notes private IMPORT & MIGRATE • Import your cellar from CellarTracker with a single CSV import • Bring in your full drinking and tasting note history • One step import from Invintory CSV • Generic import template available for other inventory formats, including spreadsheets BUILT FOR COLLECTORS • iCloud sync keeps your cellar in sync across all your Apple devices • Automatic daily backups with 30-day history • Beautiful dark mode with a wine-inspired burgundy theme • Adjustable text size for comfortable browsing • Designed for iPad with full keyboard and trackpad support • Works on newer Macs with Apple's iOS on MacOS implementation Cellar Somm — your cellar, your sommelier.

Screenshots

Wine notes & journal4 screens
Cellar Somm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wine notes & journal at 15.6 against Cellar Somm's 17.6. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wine notes & journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Cellar Somm sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine notes & journal ships an update every 6 days, Cellar Somm every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Wine notes & journal versus Cellar Somm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine notes & journalCellar Somm
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB63 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRaween KalicharanInfiniti Engineering, Inc

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Wine notes & journal

Subscriptions2
  • Pro user per month$2.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription1 Month trial$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Cellar Somm

Subscriptions1
  • Cellar Somm1 Month trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Wine notes & journal free?
Wine notes & journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cellar Somm free?
Cellar Somm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wine notes & journal or Cellar Somm have ads?
Neither Wine notes & journal nor Cellar Somm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wine notes & journal or Cellar Somm?
Wine notes & journal ships an update every 6 days, and Cellar Somm every 4 days. Most recently, Wine notes & journal was updated on November 4, 2026 and Cellar Somm on November 5, 2026.

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