Cellar Star vs Bottles
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.
Bottles
Easily manage your wine collection with this app. Track where each bottle is stored, view your inventory by varietal or winery, and mark bottles as opened. It helps you remember to rate wines and repurchase favorites.
- Manage wine collection
- Track bottle location
- View wine lists
- Mark bottles as opened
- Rate wines
- Syncs via iCloud
- Supports light/dark mode
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Bottles lets you easily manage your wine collection. Perfect for those of us that have a collection of wine. Allows you to rate the wines you open, so that you know which bottles you liked most when purchasing more wine. There are no additional fees, no ads, and none of your data is shared. Add your wine to the Bottles app, specifying the location you store each bottle. Use the app to view lists of your wine, pick a bottle to enjoy, see where it is located, and mark the bottle as opened. Later Bottles can remind you to rate that wine, helping in the future to pick your favorite wines, and helping you to purchase more of your favorites. Wines can be viewed by varietal, winery, vintage, favorites and more. List can be easily sorted and searched. Since your wine data is stored in iCloud, you can safely access your collection from all your iPhones, iPads and Macs. Bottles may be used when not connected to the internet, and your changes will sync the next time you run Bottles with an internet connection. Bottles supports light and dark mode, and your Text Size setting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cellar Star at Free against Bottles's $2.99. Cellar Star also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 56%) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.4). Bottles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 22 months). On ads and device support 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
Cellar Star is free to download; Bottles costs $2.99 up front. Cellar Star sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Bottles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cellar Star ships an update every 22 months, Bottles every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cellar Star | Bottles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #147 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ThinkMobile | Paul Hangas |
Customer experience
Cellar Star
Bottles
In-app purchases
Cellar Star
- 50-100 Bottles$1.99
- Unlimited Bottles$4.99
Bottles
No in-app purchases









