Wine notes & journal vs Aboutwine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wine notes & journal
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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/
Aboutwine
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Ever finish a great bottle and forget what it was a week later? Aboutwine fixes that. Point your camera at the label and you'll know the wine in seconds: how it tastes, what it goes with, and who made it. Save the ones you like, add a quick note, and your cellar builds itself. What you can do: - Scan a label to identify a wine from a photo and see its details. - Check how it tastes before you pour: sweetness, acidity, body, and tannin, plus the aromas and grapes. - Ask the AI sommelier anything — tonight's dinner, a mood, a budget — and get real bottles to pour. - Explore the Wine Atlas, a world map of regions and estates with your saved wineries pinned across it. - Keep a cellar you'll actually remember. Save bottles, rate them, write your own notes. - Read the story behind the estate that made it. - Search any wine, winery, or region, or browse by red, white, sparkling, and rosé. Whether you're just getting into wine or you've been collecting for years, Aboutwine helps you remember what you loved. Pour something good tonight. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aboutwine.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wine notes & journal at 15.6 against Aboutwine's 26.0. 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. Wine notes & journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Aboutwine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wine notes & journal ships an update every 6 days, Aboutwine every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wine notes & journal | Aboutwine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Raween Kalicharan | Pacifiq |
In-app purchases
Wine notes & journal
- Pro user per month$2.991 Month
- Yearly subscription1 Month trial$24.991 Year
Aboutwine
- Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year









