Cellar Star vs vinopad+
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.
vinopad+
This app provides an always up-to-date digital wine list for iPads, powered by CellarTracker.com. It enhances guest experience, educates staff, and helps sell more wine by including bottle images, reviews, and tasting notes. Inventory management is simple via desktop or smartphone.
- Always up-to-date digital wine list
- Powered by CellarTracker.com
- Enhances guest experience
- Educates staff
- Increases wine sales
- Customizable with logo and pricing
- Includes bottle images, reviews, and tasting notes
- Easy inventory management
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Gone forever are outdated wine lists, incorrect vintages, out of stocks and printing costs. vinopad provides an always up to date wine list presented on the iPad and powered by CellarTracker.com the world's largest database of wines. Enhance your guest experience, educate your staff and sell more wine. Most users see a 25% increase in wine sales. Each iPad is customized with your logo, wine list, pricing, vintage and includes bottle images, professional reviews and tasting notes for each bottle and glass. Your wine inventory is easily managed by adding/deleteing/changing vintages in seconds from a desktop or smartphone anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: vinopad+ at 5.0 against Cellar Star's 4.2. vinopad+ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 22 months). Cellar Star's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Cellar Star sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. vinopad+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
vinopad+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cellar Star has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Cellar Star's written reviews are positive against 100% of vinopad+'s.
Cellar Star ships an update every 22 months, vinopad+ every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cellar Star | vinopad+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ThinkMobile | Sternberg Consulting LLC |
Customer experience
Cellar Star
vinopad+
In-app purchases
Cellar Star
- 50-100 Bottles$1.99
- Unlimited Bottles$4.99
vinopad+
No in-app purchases









