Comparison

Cellar Star vs Wine Cellar

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

Wine Cellar

Effortlessly manage your wine collection with this app. Catalog wines with details like vintage and region, organize their cellar location, and gain insights with statistics. Add tasting notes and memories for each bottle.

Highlights
  • Effortless wine tracking
  • Intuitive organization by location
  • Insightful collection statistics
  • Personalized tasting notes
  • Beautifully designed interface
Features
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Know exactly what wine you own and exactly where it sits. Vinventory is a wine cellar tracker built around two ideas: adding a bottle should take seconds, and finding it later should take less. SCAN THE LABEL, SKIP THE TYPING Photograph the front and back label and Vinventory reads the producer, wine, vintage and region for you. Label scanning runs on your device, so nothing about your cellar leaves your phone. A 3D MODEL OF YOUR FRIDGE Build your wine fridge, rack or cellar shelf by shelf, with rows that hold different numbers of bottles front to back. Shelves pull out in 3D, and each bottle shows its own label photo. Give a bottle a slot and you never hunt for it again. EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY BOTTLE - Front and back label photos - Vintage, producer, region, grape and country - Quantity, purchase date and ratings - Your own tasting notes and pairing ideas - Suggested drinking windows A LIBRARY THAT FILLS ITSELF IN Start typing a wine and Vinventory completes the details from a built-in library of well-known wines. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Vinventory is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). INSIGHTS ON YOUR COLLECTION See your cellar by region, grape, vintage and bottle count, and spot what is ready to drink. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Export your whole cellar as a CSV any time. Whether you keep a dozen bottles in a wine fridge or a few hundred in a cellar, Vinventory keeps your collection organized, searchable and always at hand. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cellar Star4 screens
Wine Cellar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wine Cellar at 5.0 against Cellar Star's 4.2. Wine Cellar also leads on update cadence (every 8 months vs every 22 months). Cellar Star's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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. Wine Cellar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cellar Star asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wine Cellar 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 Wine Cellar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cellar Star ships an update every 22 months, Wine Cellar every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cellar Star versus Wine Cellar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellar StarWine Cellar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperThinkMobileEilon Udi

Customer experience

Cellar Star

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

Wine Cellar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cellar Star

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wine Cellar

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Cellar Star free?
Cellar Star is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wine Cellar free?
Wine Cellar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cellar Star or Wine Cellar?
Wine Cellar is rated higher. Cellar Star averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Wine Cellar averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cellar Star or Wine Cellar have ads?
Wine Cellar shows ads; Cellar Star does not.
Which is updated more often, Cellar Star or Wine Cellar?
Cellar Star ships an update every 22 months, and Wine Cellar every 8 months. Most recently, Cellar Star was updated on November 1, 2026 and Wine Cellar on October 30, 2026.

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