Comparison

Simple Wine Manager vs Uncorkd Wine

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted wine entry
  • Quick add and copy wines
  • Storage location management
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Customizable sorting
  • Generate wine menus
  • Import/export data
Features
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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

About

Uncorkd Wine

Easily log and remember wines you've enjoyed by snapping a photo and adding tasting notes. Connect with friends to see what they're drinking and discover new bottles based on your evolving palate.

Highlights
  • Log bottles with photos, ratings, and notes
  • Scan labels or search wine catalog
  • Create a wishlist of wines to try
  • Track personal taste profile
  • Earn badges for exploring wine
  • Follow friends and see their pours
  • Restaurant wine list matching (premium)
Features
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Open a bottle. Snap a photo. Jot what you thought. Most wine apps are built for collectors managing a cellar. Uncorkd is built for the rest of us: people who want to remember the bottle that surprised them last weekend, then see what a few friends are pouring tonight. Uncorkd remembers every bottle and lets your closest wine friends in on it. No strangers, no clutter, no ads, no discovery rabbit hole — just the handful of people you've added and the bottles they're opening. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Log every bottle in seconds — photos, rating, tasting notes, and friends you were with • Scan a label or search a catalog of thousands of wines • Keep a wishlist of bottles you want to try • Watch your palate take shape with a personal taste profile • Earn badges as you explore new regions, grapes, and styles • Follow friends and see what they're pouring THE CELLAR Unlock the Cellar, the premium subscription tier of Uncorkd. • Wine list picks — photograph any restaurant wine list and get a bottle matched to your taste, the menu, and your budget • Sommelier notes — a sommelier's take on any bottle: how it tastes, what to pair it with, and when to drink it • Personal insights — see where you've been and how your palate is evolving • Make it yours — exclusive accent colors and alternate app icons • Activate badge spoilers — see every badge in the catalog and how it's earned • Export all your check-ins as CSV and JSON, anytime Whether you're a curious beginner or a seasoned collector, Uncorkd keeps the wines you love close — and helps you discover the ones you haven't met yet. Cheers! ——— The Cellar is an auto-renewable subscription. • Annual — $19.99/year (with a 7-day free trial) • Monthly — $3.99/month Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://uncorkdwine.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://uncorkdwine.app/terms

Screenshots

Simple Wine Manager4 screens
Uncorkd Wine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Wine Manager at none against Uncorkd Wine's 2. Simple Wine Manager also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Uncorkd Wine's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Uncorkd Wine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Simple Wine Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Wine Manager against 5.0 for Uncorkd Wine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Uncorkd Wine has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Wine Manager ships an update every 10 days, Uncorkd Wine every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple Wine Manager versus Uncorkd Wine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Wine ManagerUncorkd Wine
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB72 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDieter LempenPikeSquare, LLC

Customer experience

Simple Wine Manager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Uncorkd Wine

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Wine Manager

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Uncorkd Wine

Subscriptions2
  • The Cellar — Monthly$3.991 Month
  • The Cellar — Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Wine Manager free?
Simple Wine Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Uncorkd Wine free?
Uncorkd Wine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Wine Manager or Uncorkd Wine?
Simple Wine Manager and Uncorkd Wine are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Simple Wine Manager or Uncorkd Wine have ads?
Neither Simple Wine Manager nor Uncorkd Wine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Wine Manager or Uncorkd Wine?
Simple Wine Manager ships an update every 10 days, and Uncorkd Wine every 2 days. Most recently, Simple Wine Manager was updated on October 7, 2026 and Uncorkd Wine on October 15, 2026.

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