Comparison

Cella vs Cave Note

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

Head to head
About

Cella

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Cellaは、ワイン体験を手軽に記録できる日本語ワインダイアリーアプリです。 ■ ラベルスキャンで簡単記録 ワインラベルをカメラで撮影するだけで、AIがワイン名・生産者・産地・品種・タイプを自動認識。30秒で記録が完了します。裏ラベルなどサブ画像の追加にも対応。 ■ テイスティングノート 甘味・酸味・タンニン・ボディ・果実味の5軸で味わいを記録。レーダーチャートで自分の好みを視覚的に振り返れます。 ■ テイスト統計 品種・産地・タイプ別の統計で、あなたの好みの傾向が一目でわかります。 ■ 日本語に最適化された検索 カタカナの表記ゆれ(ヴィ→ビ、全角→半角)を自動変換。日本語のワイン名でも確実に見つかります。 ■ プライベートで安全 あなたの記録はあなただけのもの。GoogleまたはAppleアカウントで安全にログインできます。アカウント削除時にはすべてのデータが完全に削除されます。

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Cave Note

Features
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Snap a photo of a wine label and the AI reads the producer, wine name, vintage, grape, and region, then drafts your tasting note. Add a star rating and save. That's the whole record. It's a journal of the wines you drink, not a shop or a ratings feed. There are no ads. ■ Start a Record With One Photo • Photograph the front and back labels, up to two photos. The AI reads each detail field by field. • Labels are read as printed, whether they're English, French, Italian, Spanish, or Japanese. • Small producers and natural wines are covered too. When a label isn't enough, the app checks the web to confirm. • Line the label up in the guide frame for a steadier shot and a more accurate read. • Fix anything on the spot. Low-confidence fields are shown dimmed, so you know what to check. • Start from a photo already in your library. • If the AI can't read a label, or the bottle has none, enter it by hand. A wine name and a type are enough to save. ■ Remember How It Tasted • Rate from 0.5 to 5 stars, in half-star steps. • Taste tags such as tannin, acidity, fruit, maturity, sweetness, and body. • Price, glass or bottle, where you drank it, the date, and free-form notes. ■ See Where You Drank • Switch the list to a map, and pins with label photos appear where you drank. • Keeping the location is your choice for each record. It starts on by default, and you can change the default in Settings. ■ Find and Revisit • Full-text search across wines, producers, and notes. • Filter by type, region, grape, rating, price range, and date. • Records of the same wine are grouped together, so you can compare with the last time you had it. • Curious about a bottle? Jump to a web search built from the producer and wine name. ■ See It in Numbers • Bottles by month and year, share by wine type, average price, and rating distribution. ■ Take Your Records With You • Export every record as CSV and photos, anytime, for free. • Deleted records stay in the trash for 30 days. ■ Sync and Account • Sign in with Apple, sign in with Google, or use an email code. • Records and photos sync to the cloud, so they come back when you sign in on a new phone. • Delete your account and all your data from Settings anytime. ■ Pricing Logging, search, the map, and export are free. The free plan includes 10 AI scans a month (a front and back label count as 2). After you reach the limit, you can keep logging by hand. Cave Note Premium raises the limit to 100 AI scans a month. In the US it's $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year. It renews automatically, and you can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. ■ Your Data • Label photos are sent to Google (Gemini API) only to read the label. They aren't used to train models. • Exif data in your photos, such as the date and location, is removed on your device before upload. • Only for records with "Keep location" on, the coordinates read from the photo are saved separately, as numbers. • No ads, and no tracking for advertising. Terms of Use https://esquisseworks.com/cavenote/en/terms/ Privacy Policy https://esquisseworks.com/cavenote/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Cella4 screens
Cave Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cella at none against Cave Note's 2. Cave Note's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cave Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Cella asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cella ships an update every 2 months, Cave Note every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Cella versus Cave Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellaCave Note
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB152 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperYasutaka ShinzakiEsquisse Works

In-app purchases

None

Cella

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cave Note

Subscriptions2
  • プレミアム(月額)$3.991 Month
  • プレミアム(年額)$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Cella free?
Cella is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cave Note free?
Cave Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cella or Cave Note have ads?
Neither Cella nor Cave Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cella or Cave Note?
Cella ships an update every 2 months, and Cave Note every 2 days. Most recently, Cella was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cave Note on October 25, 2026.

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