Comparison

bottld vs Wine Aisle

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

Head to head
About

bottld

This app acts as your personal wine guide, helping you discover wines you'll love without the jargon. Simply scan bottles or menus to get personalized recommendations based on your taste preferences. It remembers your past ratings to refine future suggestions.

Highlights
  • Personalized wine recommendations
  • Scan wine bottles and menus
  • Taste-based matching
  • Simple, plain English descriptions
  • Save and rate past scans
  • Offline data storage
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Photograph any wine shelf or restaurant menu. bottld picks the top bottles for your taste and tells you why, in plain English. Finding the right wine shouldn’t feel like passing a test. bottld is your personal wine guide, built for people who enjoy wine but don’t want to study it. bottld is for you if: You feel lost staring at a wall of grocery store bottles You want to order confidently at a restaurant You always forget which wines you actually liked You just want a simple answer to: “What should I buy?” One photo. Your top matches. Grocery store, wine shop, or restaurant wine list: bottld reads the labels and ranks your top matches based on your taste, not critic scores, not crowd ratings. That highly rated wine everyone loves? Maybe you can’t stand it. bottld recommends wines based on what YOU enjoy, not what works for everyone else. Plain English. No wine-speak. bottld tells you what a bottle actually tastes like and exactly why it matches your profile, in language you can understand and act on. Never lose a great find. Your last 30 days of store and restaurant scans are saved automatically on your device. Go back to any recommendation, rate wines you tried, and share your favorites with friends, all from the History tab. Your data stays yours. No account. No username. No cloud sync. Everything bottld knows about your taste lives on your device and nowhere else. Gets smarter with every sip. Rate wines you’ve tried on a simple 5-star scale. The more you rate, the sharper your recommendations get, at the store, at a restaurant, or anywhere in between. Know your palate at a glance. Som’s Notes turns your ratings into a visual taste profile: what you love, what to avoid, and what you haven’t tried yet. Show it to a clerk or sommelier and they’ll know right where to start. Find it in the My Wines tab. Free to download with 10 free scans. Start by rating wines you’ve already tried, and let bottld do the rest.

About

Wine Aisle

This AI-powered companion helps you find the perfect wine by scanning store shelves. Get instant, personalized recommendations with food pairings and tasting notes based on your taste preferences and budget.

Highlights
  • AI-powered wine recommendations
  • Scan shelves for instant rankings
  • Personalized taste learning
  • Occasion-based suggestions
  • Food pairing guidance
  • Cellar inventory management
  • Save and revisit wine history
Features
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Wine Aisle: The Smart Multi-Bottle Wine Scanner & Tracker Find the perfect wine... every time. Whether you are navigating the aisles of aldis grocery, stocking up at grocery outlet, or browsing your local woolies, shopping for wine can feel like a guessing game. Other apps force you to use a single-bottle wine scanner, making you scan dozens of labels one-by-one just to check a wine rating. Wine Aisle changes everything. It is the ultimate AI-powered wine tracker, invintory manager, and digital sommelier that scans entire shelves instantly. Why Choose Wine Aisle Over Traditional Apps? If you've used a classic wine scanner like vivino, or chat you know the frustration of picking up a single bottle, waiting for a scan, reading a description, and repeating it twenty times. It's time to work smarter. Scan the Whole Shelf instantly: Snap one photo of multiple bottles on any grocery store shelf. Wine Aisle reads every single label simultaneously and ranks them instantly based on your budget, occasion, and palate. Discover: Don't love the top recommendation? Just swipe to the next best bottle on the shelf. It’s the fastest way to find a high-caliber match without the headache. A Smarter Wine Engine Rooted in wine, our app is wise enough to map your exact palate. If your usual go-to is a crisp seltzer with a beer buddy or a complex craft cocktail, Wine Aisle can translate those flavor profiles into wine recommendations. It’s built to make wine accessible, familiar, and easy to love. Better Serving & Pro Features Finding a bottle with a great wine rating is only half the battle. Wine Aisle is a wise companion that ensures you actually enjoy the bottle at its absolute best. 1. The Ultimate Serving Guide We don't just tell you what to buy; we tell you how to drink it. Get exact, bottle-specific instructions for: Temperature: Know exactly how long to chill your reds or whites. Aeration: Learn if your bottle needs a quick swirl or an hour in a decanter to open up. Glassware: Find out which glass maximizes the aroma and flavor profile. 2. Advanced Digital Cellar & Inventory Move past basic spreadsheets. Keep a permanent tracker of your collection. Much like cellartracker, our built-in wine tracker helps you manage your home stash, log your favorites, and answer the ultimate question: "What bottle in my collection goes best with tonight's dinner?" 3. Worldwide Database (Wein & ワイン) Whether you call it wine, wein, vino, vinho, vin, or ワイン, our global database pulls accurate reviews, tasting notes, and regional history for thousands of international labels. Premium Membership Upgrade to unlock unlimited multi-bottle scans, an ad-free experience, and advanced cellar insights. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

bottld4 screens
Wine Aisle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: bottld at every 3 weeks against Wine Aisle's every 4 months. Wine Aisle's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. bottld sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Wine Aisle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for bottld against 5.0 for Wine Aisle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bottld ships an update every 3 weeks, Wine Aisle every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
bottld versus Wine Aisle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbottldWine Aisle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings510 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB86 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSCOTT RICHARD WIESEEzra Wright-Dibble

Customer experience

bottld

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wine Aisle

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

bottld

Subscriptions2
  • bottld Monthly$1.991 Month
  • bottld Annual$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Wine Aisle

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Wine Aisle Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Wine Aisle Premium$2.99

Questions

Is bottld free?
bottld is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wine Aisle free?
Wine Aisle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, bottld or Wine Aisle?
bottld and Wine Aisle are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do bottld or Wine Aisle have ads?
Neither bottld nor Wine Aisle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bottld or Wine Aisle?
bottld ships an update every 3 weeks, and Wine Aisle every 4 months. Most recently, bottld was updated on October 24, 2026 and Wine Aisle on October 24, 2026.

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