Comparison

Cellar Star vs Cellar 2

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

Head to head
About

Cellar Star

Easily track your wine collection, whether it's a few bottles or a full cellar. Make informed choices about which wines to open and when, ensuring your inventory is always up-to-date. Spend more time savoring your wine and less time managing it.

Highlights
  • Import existing cellar data
  • Easy wine addition with predictive text
  • Search, browse, and filter collection
  • iCloud synchronization and backup
  • Configure custom cellar layouts
  • Rate wines and track optimal opening years
Features
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Whether you have a cellar filled with wine or are just saving a few cases in a hall closet, it's easy to lose track of what you have. Cellar Star is designed with this in mind. Make informed selections from your cellar. Focus your attention on wines that are ready to open. Have confidence that your inventory is up to date. Spend less time managing your cellar and more time enjoying your wine. — Easily Add And Select Wines — Import your inventory from existing cellar tracking applications and spreadsheets. Adding wine is easy with predictive text that knows your collection and the wine regions of the world. Easily select wines from your cellar in the way that works best for you: - Search by keywords. - Browse your collection organized by name, star rating, place of origin, vintage year, and more. - Utilize filters to refine the list of displayed wine. — Manage Your Collection — Complete iCloud integration ensures that your inventory stays synchronized across all your devices and allows for easy backup and restoration to your iCloud Drive. Configure cellars and bins to match your storage layout. Rate each wine on a five star scale and choose the best years for opening. Reconcile what's actually in storage with your Cellar Star inventory.

About

Cellar 2

Manage your wine collection with a visually rich interface that mimics a real cellar. Customize bottle details, track wine information, and organize your collection across different locations like Garage, Wishlist, and Trash. Offers search, sorting, and backup features.

Highlights
  • Visual cellar interface
  • Customizable bottle details (shape, color, label)
  • Detailed wine information tracking
  • Location management (Garage, Wishlist, Trash)
  • Search and sort collection
  • Backup, restore, and merge data
  • Share individual bottle details
Features
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Cellar 2 is the new and improved way to manage your wine collection. It's not just a bland list of names and vintages - it looks and feels like a proper cellar! Browsing your wine collection is like looking at the real thing. Try it out with our free trial, and then purchase the full version from within the application. After the free trial period finishes, if you choose not to purchase the full version, then Cellar 2 will switch to read-only mode. Customize each bottle based on: • shape of bottle - including the Bocksbeutel! • color of glass - enjoy new custom colors! • wine label - support for circular labels! • bottle top Add information about each one, such as: • Wine Producer • Vintage • Grape (including blends) • Name • Region • Type • Price • Personal notes • Pairings • Drink from and by… • Personal star rating • 100 pt wine scores Locations -------- Cellar 2 is more than just a Cellar. It's a Garage, Wishlist and Trash as well! Finished a bottle? Move it to the Garage for future reference if you enjoyed it. Didn't like it? Move it to the Trash, where you can locate it later if required. What about wine that you've been recommended or tasted in a restaurant? Enter it straight into your Wishlist and then move it to the Cellar when you eventually purchase it. List mode ---------- If you want to see your wines in a more conventional list, you can easily do so by tapping the list option in the menus. Search and Sort ------------- You can search for wine based on any of the data you've entered, as well as sort your entire collection based on: Type, Region, Vintage, Price or Rating. Search and Sort are available in both cellar and list modes too! Backup/Restore/Merge ---------------------- Worried about losing all that info you've entered? You can now share your backups using native iOS sharing facilities, and the same popular merge option is available to avoid duplicating bottles between devices. Sharing individual bottles ------------------------- Don't just email your bottles to your friends - share them! You share the bottle itself and not just some info about it. Your friends receive a link that they can either import into their own copy of Cellar 2 or review on a webpage. If they import it, the whole bottle is downloaded into their Cellar, shape, glass color, label image, notes and all! Other features -------------- • Statistics on your wine collection • Quick menus for fast data entry in tasting notes • Popups for grape varieties, producers, etc. Follow Cellar 2 on Twitter: @cellarapp ---------------------------------------------- The full version of Cellar 2 can be purchased with a one-time payment, or with a subscription. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://airsource.co.uk/cellar2/privacy Terms of Use: https://airsource.co.uk/cellar2/terms-and-conditions

Screenshots

Cellar Star4 screens
Cellar 24 screens

Verdict

The call

Cellar Star and Cellar 2 both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Cellar Star's written reviews are positive against 56% of Cellar 2's. Cellar Star also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Cellar 2's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (128 vs 12). On price, rating, 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. Cellar Star sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Cellar 2 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Cellar Star against 4.6 for Cellar 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cellar 2 has 128 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Cellar Star's written reviews are positive against 56% of Cellar 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cellar Star ships an update every 22 months, Cellar 2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cellar Star versus Cellar 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellar StarCellar 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (12 ratings)4.6 (128 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better56.3% of reviews
Number of ratings12128 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB71 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperThinkMobileAirsource

Customer experience

Cellar Star

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

Cellar 2

All ratings128 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cellar Star

One-time2
  • 50-100 Bottles$1.99
  • Unlimited Bottles$4.99
4 purchases

Cellar 2

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
One-time3
  • 14-Day TrialFree
  • Full Version$4.99
  • Full Version$9.99

Questions

Is Cellar Star free?
Cellar Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cellar 2 free?
Cellar 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cellar Star or Cellar 2?
Cellar 2 is rated higher. Cellar Star averages 4.5 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Cellar 2 averages 4.6 from 128 ratings.
Do Cellar Star or Cellar 2 have ads?
Neither Cellar Star nor Cellar 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cellar Star or Cellar 2?
Cellar Star ships an update every 22 months, and Cellar 2 monthly. Most recently, Cellar Star was updated on October 2, 2026 and Cellar 2 on October 17, 2026.

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