CellarMate vs Simple Wine Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CellarMate
Manage your wine collection with an AI sommelier and smart label recognition. Track inventory, discover new wines, and log tasting notes. Get personalized recommendations and offers from premium partners.
- AI wine sommelier chat
- Smart label recognition via camera
- Cellar inventory management
- Personalized wine discovery
- Digital tasting journal
- Data export (CSV, JSON, PDF)
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CellarMate revolutionizes wine collection management with cutting-edge AI technology and intuitive design. Whether you're a curious beginner or seasoned collector, our intelligent sommelier assistant makes wine discovery effortless and enjoyable. AI Wine Sommelier: Chat naturally with your personal wine expert using advanced GPT-4 technology. Get instant recommendations, food pairings, and detailed wine insights. Our AI understands 14 specialized wine functions including cellar management, consumption tracking, and bulk operations. Smart Label Recognition: Snap photos of wine labels for instant identification and detailed information. Our advanced image analysis detects multiple bottles in a single photo, automatically cataloging producer, vintage, region, and expert tasting notes from Vivino integration. Complete Collection Management: Track your entire wine cellar with precision. Monitor acquisitions, consumption history, and cellar statistics. Advanced filtering by type, region, vintage, and rating makes finding the perfect bottle effortless. Intelligent Wine Discovery: Receive personalized wine offers from premium partners including Last Bottle, Wine Spies, Wine Access, and WTSO. Our matching algorithm analyzes your preferences to surface deals that perfectly match your taste profile. Digital Tasting Journal: Chronicle your wine experiences with comprehensive tasting notes, ratings, and analytics. Export your data in multiple formats including CSV, JSON, and PDF for backup or sharing. Core Features: • AI chat with wine sommelier expertise • Camera-based wine label scanning and recognition • Real-time cellar inventory management • Personalized wine recommendations and deals • Social authentication (Google, Apple) • Advanced search and filtering • Analytics and consumption insights • Multi-format data export • Push notifications for special offers Privacy & Security Your data is encrypted and secure. Native social authentication ensures seamless sign-in while protecting your privacy. All AI processing uses secure edge functions. Cross-Platform Sync Access your collection anywhere with real-time synchronization across all your devices. Start your intelligent wine journey today. Download CellarMate and discover why thousands of wine enthusiasts trust our AI sommelier to enhance their wine experience.
Simple Wine Manager
Easily manage your wine collection with AI-assisted input, quick additions, and customizable views. Generate wine menus for guests and back up your data. Find specific bottles with powerful search and filtering tools.
- AI-assisted wine entry
- Quick add and copy wines
- Storage location management
- Advanced search and filtering
- Customizable sorting
- Generate wine menus
- Import/export data
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Wine Bottle Management must be simple! - Consume wines with a swipe - Add wines to your cellar quickly with as much information as you wish - also with the help of AI! - Copy wines to quickly add new vintages or other types of wines from the same producer. Add your storage locations. - Search & Filter: Quickly find specific wines, producers, vintages or wines from certain regions in your collection - Sort your views as you like and store different sort orders - Print: Generate beautiful wine menus from all or a selection of your wines to present to guests and friends - Data Management: Import/export your wine data for easy sharing or backup - Check the history and statistics of your wine collection - Works best on iPhone, but also does on iPad
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Simple Wine Manager at none against CellarMate's shown. Simple Wine Manager also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). CellarMate's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CellarMate against 5.0 for Simple Wine Manager. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellarMate has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CellarMate ships an update weekly, Simple Wine Manager every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CellarMate | Simple Wine Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | cellarmate LLC | Dieter Lempen |
Customer experience
CellarMate
Simple Wine Manager
In-app purchases
CellarMate
No in-app purchases
Simple Wine Manager
No in-app purchases
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