Comparison

Drinkist vs Grapehop

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

Head to head
About

Drinkist

Features
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Never forget a drink again with Drinkist. Log, rate, and organize every beverage you try — wine, beer, coffee, cocktails, and more. Smart Pick — what to order, picked for you: • Photograph any drinks menu and get a recommendation in seconds • Every pick is matched to your own tasting history and explains itself • Say what you're after first: a solid choice or something new • Save a pick to your wishlist or log it as "I ordered it" Wishlist: • Keep the drinks you want to try, out of your library and out of your stats • "I tried it" logs a tasting and moves it across Key features: • Log drinks manually or scan them with AI-powered camera identification • Rate drinks 1–10, add price, location, and tasting notes • Log multiple tastings per drink to track how your experience evolves • Organize into collections: Wine, Beer, Coffee, Tea, Cocktails, Whisky, Spirits • Create custom collections and tags for flexible organization • Mark favorites for quick access Statistics & Insights: • Total drinks, tastings, money spent, and average rating at a glance • Bar chart breakdown by collection • Top-rated drinks list • Timeline view of your full tasting history • Random drink picker when you can't decide what to try next Personalization: • Dark mode, light mode, or follow system theme • 20 supported currencies • 32 supported languages Whether you're a casual sipper or a beverage enthusiast, Drinkist helps you remember your favorites and discover new ones. Free: up to 30 drinks, 1 AI scan per day, and 3 Smart Picks then 1 a week. Premium: unlimited drinks, AI scans, and Smart Picks. Privacy Policy: https://drinkist.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Grapehop

Features
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Every great wine deserves to be remembered. Every hidden gem of a craft beer deserves a second chance. Grapehop is your personal drinks diary - built for people who love what they drink and want to remember why. Log a drink in seconds. Snap a photo of the label and let smart OCR scanning automatically detect the name, winery or brewery, vintage, ABV, grape variety, and country of origin. Fewer taps. More drinking. --- FEATURES --- Smart Label Scanning Point your camera at any wine or beer label and Grapehop fills in the details for you using on-device OCR. Works offline. Nothing leaves your phone. Location Tagging and Map View Every entry is automatically geocoded with the city and country where you enjoyed the drink. Explore your full tasting history on an interactive map - filter by rating to find your best spots at a glance. Yey / Meh / Ney Rating No 100-point scales. No overthinking. Just your honest, immediate reaction: Yey if you loved it, Meh if it was fine, Ney if it wasn't for you. Simple and surprisingly effective. Favorites Tab Every drink you rate Yey lands automatically in your Favorites - a curated hall of fame of your personal bests, always ready to share. Search and Filter Full-text search across all your entries. Filter by drink type, style, or rating. Find that amazing IPA from two summers ago in seconds. iCloud Sync Your entire diary - entries, photos, and all - syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices via iCloud. Private, automatic, and always up to date. English and Spanish The full app experience in both languages. Switch anytime in Settings. --- YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS --- Grapehop collects no personal data. No accounts. No sign-in. No tracking. No ads. Your diary lives on your device and in your private iCloud - accessible only to you. --- WHAT YOU CAN LOG --- Wines: Red, White, Rose, Sparkling, Dessert, Fortified, Orange Beers: IPA, Lager, Stout, Pale Ale, Sour, Porter, Wheat, and 25+ more styles Fields: name, producer, type, style, grape/hop variety, vintage, ABV, country, city, tasting notes, photo, rating, and date. Start your drinks diary today. Your first Yey is one tap away.

Screenshots

Drinkist4 screens
Grapehop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grapehop at none against Drinkist's 4. Drinkist's advantage is iOS requirement (15.3 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Drinkist sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Grapehop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Drinkist versus Grapehop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrinkistGrapehop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.3 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB7 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAndrii CherniakhovJonathan Contreras

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Drinkist

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Premium access$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium access$3.991 Month
  • Annual Premium access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Annual Premium access3 Days trial$34.991 Year
None

Grapehop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drinkist free?
Drinkist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grapehop free?
Grapehop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drinkist or Grapehop have ads?
Neither Drinkist nor Grapehop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drinkist or Grapehop?
Drinkist ships an update every 3 weeks, and Grapehop every 3 weeks. Most recently, Drinkist was updated on October 7, 2026 and Grapehop on October 1, 2026.

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