Cellar Star vs CellarEye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
CellarEye
This app reimagines wine collection management by turning any inventory into a smart, interactive cellar. It offers photo mapping, instant bottle location, and tap-to-manage access for fast and accurate cellar organization.
- Instant bottle location with digital mapping
- SmartStickers for quick inventory access
- Streamlined collection management
- Total accuracy and flexibility for any storage
- Personalized visual storage mapping
- Search and filter collection by various details
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Your wine collection, reimagined. CellarEye is the modern wine tracker built by collectors for collectors. Turn any wine inventory into a fully interactive smart cellar on your iPhone. Replace spreadsheets and outdated tools with photo mapping, instant bottle location, and tap to manage access that make cellar management fast and accurate. Why choose CellarEye? Instant bottle location Find any bottle in seconds. Digitally map your racks, fridges, shelves, cases, and offsite lockers so you always know exactly where each wine lives. It is like a wine search inside your cellar, precise and fast. SmartStickers for Quick Access High-tech SmartStickers bridge your physical storage and your digital inventory. Place a sticker on a rack, shelf, bin, or box. Bump your iPhone to open that location, see bottles, add new ones, move items, or update details on the spot. No barcodes. No clipboards. Just scan, bump, and go. Streamlined Collection Management Manage your wine inventory in half the time compared to traditional methods. Add bottles quickly, assign locations with a tap, and keep everything organized for your next pull. CellarEye is the wine app that makes day-to-day tasks simple. Total Accuracy and Flexibility CellarEye adapts to your setup, whether you have a small wine fridge or a large cellar with mixed storage. Track bottles stored at home or offsite. Keep a clear, trusted record so you never lose track of a single bottle. Personalized storage mapping Use real photos of your racks and shelves to create a visual map of your cellar. Draw digital zones, assign bottles to exact spots, and see your entire layout at a glance. No more cryptic codes or paper diagrams. Your cellar looks and feels like your cellar. Why was CellarEye created? Traditional wine management has not kept up with collectors. Spreadsheets break. Paper lists go missing. Many apps add friction instead of removing it. As collectors, we built CellarEye to be fast, intuitive, and satisfying to use. The result is a smart cellar tracker that makes organization effortless and keeps you engaged over time. It's the first wine app you'll love to use and stick with. What can you do with CellarEye? - Locate any bottle in seconds using an interactive map of your storage - Tap a SmartSticker with your iPhone to open a bin or shelf and update inventory instantly - Add bottles quickly, then place and confirm their exact location with a bump - Search and filter your collection by name, tag, location, and other details you choose to track - Map mixed storage types, from traditional racks to boxes on the floor and off-site lockers - Work faster with a clean, focused interface built for serious collectors - Stay accurate and organized, no matter how many bottles you have Perfect for Any Collector Whether your collection is just getting started or spans multiple storage areas, CellarEye fits the way you store wine. It is perfect for: - Traditional wine racks - Wine fridges of all sizes - Boxes on shelves - Cases stacked on the ground - Offsite lockers - Merchant storage CellarEye brings the best parts of a cellar tracker, a wine app, and a smart inventory system together in one place. If you are looking for a reliable wine tracker that saves time, improves accuracy, and gives you instant location clarity, this is it. Download CellarEye today and experience a smarter way to manage your wine collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CellarEye at fortnightly against Cellar Star's every 22 months. CellarEye also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (50 vs 12). Cellar Star's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, 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. Cellar Star sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and CellarEye sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CellarEye holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 50 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Cellar Star's written reviews are positive against 97% of CellarEye's.
Cellar Star ships an update every 22 months, CellarEye fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cellar Star | CellarEye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | 97.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 381 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +17 |
| Developer | ThinkMobile | CellarEye |
Customer experience
Cellar Star
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In-app purchases
Cellar Star
- 50-100 Bottles$1.99
- Unlimited Bottles$4.99
CellarEye
- CellarEye Pro (monthly)$12.991 Month
- CellarEye Pro+ (monthly)$14.991 Month
- Premium+ (monthly)$29.991 Month
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- CellarEye+$69.001 Year
- Starter+14 Days trial$129.001 Year
- CellarEye Pro+ (yearly)$149.001 Year
- Collector's Club$299.001 Year








