Comparison

ThermoMaven vs Cellar Notes

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

Head to head
About

ThermoMaven

This app connects to smart cooking devices, allowing users to monitor cooking progress remotely. It offers real-time temperature graphs, predictive cooking times, and customizable alerts for perfect results.

Highlights
  • Remote device monitoring
  • Real-time temperature graphs
  • Predictive cooking time estimation
  • Manual and Smart cooking modes
  • Customizable notifications and alerts
Features
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At ThermoMaven, our vision is to redefine the culinary landscape by providing every home chef with the tools and knowledge to create exceptional dishes. We aspire to unlock a world of culinary excellence, where precision, durability, and affordability converge to make gourmet cooking accessible to all. ThermoMaven is an all-in-one app that allows you to manage all your ThermoMaven devices, allowing you to monitor your devices, update device software, and receive notifications. The real-time temperature graph and multiple sensors accurately display each point of temperature, providing insight into your cooking progress. Features - Monitor Device: Monitor your cooking from anywhere with an Internet connection. - Manual and Smart Mode: Manual Mode lets you set a target temperature and alerts you when it's reached. Meanwhile, Smart Mode guides you through the cooking process, provides early removal alerts, and signals you when your food is ready. - Predict Cooking Time: Estimate precisely when your food will be done. - Temperature Graph: A real-time temperature graph with temperature curves from six sensors shows the progress of your cooking. - Notifications and Alerts: Receive important notifications and custom alerts to stay completely in control of your cooking and ensure perfect results.

About

Cellar Notes

A private, structured wine tasting journal to practice sensory assessment and remember every wine. Features a guided flow for recording appearance, aroma, palate, and conclusion, with options for blind tasting and offline use. Search and filter past tastings for a useful history.

Highlights
  • Structured tasting journal
  • Guided sensory assessment flow
  • Blind tasting option
  • Offline functionality
  • Searchable tasting history
  • Private and ad-free
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Taste with intention. Keep what you learn. Cellar Notes is a private, structured wine tasting journal for people who want to practice sensory assessment and remember every wine they try. A focused guided flow moves from appearance through nose, palate, and conclusion without turning the experience into a dense form. STRUCTURED, NOT OVERWHELMING Record appearance, aroma, structure, flavor, finish, quality, readiness, confidence, enjoyment, and whether you would buy the wine again. Grouped tasting vocabulary, search, and custom descriptors keep common choices quick while leaving room for your own words. TASTE BLIND Hide the wine’s identity while you assess it, then reveal and add the bottle details at the end—or keep the entry as a blind record. NEVER LOSE YOUR PLACE Progress is saved as a clearly marked draft. Leave a tasting, return later, and resume from the same section. A USEFUL HISTORY Search completed tastings by wine, producer, grape, country, or region. Filter by category, rating, and buy-again decision, then sort by date, rating, or name. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No social feed. No analytics. No advertising. Your records and selected bottle photos are stored locally, and the complete tasting workflow works offline. Cellar Notes is an independent journal using general sensory-assessment concepts. It is not official, approved, certified, or affiliated with any educational body.

Screenshots

ThermoMaven4 screens
Cellar Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: ThermoMaven at 9.6K against Cellar Notes's 1. ThermoMaven also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Cellar Notes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cellar Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ThermoMaven has 9.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ThermoMaven versus Cellar Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThermoMavenCellar Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAUROS INNOVATIONCreatix, LLC

Bugs and requests

ThermoMaven

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inaccurate temperature readings
  • Unexpected network errors

Requested features

3 requests
  • Apple Watch support
  • Exportable cook history
  • Advanced charting and analytics

Cellar Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ThermoMaven

No in-app purchases

None

Cellar Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThermoMaven free?
ThermoMaven is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cellar Notes free?
Cellar Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ThermoMaven or Cellar Notes?
Cellar Notes is rated higher. ThermoMaven averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.6K ratings, while Cellar Notes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ThermoMaven or Cellar Notes have ads?
Neither ThermoMaven nor Cellar Notes shows ads.

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