Comparison

Cella vs Mashpad

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

Head to head
About

Cella

Effortlessly catalog your wine collection with a powerful label scanner and organizer. Track inventory, discover drinking windows, estimate value, and get food pairing suggestions. Manage your cellar and tasting notes with this comprehensive wine journal.

Highlights
  • AI wine label scanning
  • Collection inventory management
  • Drinking window estimates
  • Market value tracking
  • Food pairing suggestions
  • Tasting notes journal
  • Multiple cellar support (Premium)
Features
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Cella is the wine cellar app for iPhone: a label scanner, collection tracker and wine journal in one. Scan any bottle to add it in seconds, keep your whole cellar organized, and know when to drink each wine, what it's worth and what to serve with it. SCAN ANY WINE LABEL Point your camera at a label, or pick a photo, and Cella's AI identifies the wine: producer, name, vintage, region and grapes. Add several bottles at once with Scan Multiple, or type a wine in yourself. No account needed to start. YOUR WINE CELLAR IN YOUR POCKET β€’ Keep an inventory of every bottle: quantity, bottle size, what you paid and where it's from β€’ Search and filter by type, grape, vintage and more β€’ See your collection by type, region, country, grape and vintage β€’ Keep a separate cellar for each place you store wine (Premium) KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY BOTTLE (CELLA PREMIUM) β€’ Drinking window: hold it, drink it now, at its peak or past it β€’ Estimated market value, and how the value of your cellar changes over time β€’ Critic scores β€’ Taste profile: body, tannins, acidity and sweetness β€’ Food pairings for every bottle β€’ How to serve it: temperature, decanting time and the right glass β€’ The story of the producer WINE JOURNAL (CELLA PREMIUM) Rate each bottle you open, note the occasion and keep your tasting notes. Insights then show how often you open a bottle and which wines you rated best. THE RIGHT BOTTLE FOR DINNER Tell Cella what you're eating and it suggests wines from your own cellar, like a sommelier in your pocket. BACKED UP AND PRIVATE Sign in with Apple or email to back up your cellar and use it on another iPhone. No ads, and we never sell your data. Export your collection whenever you like. Prices and values in 20 currencies. FREE AND CELLA PREMIUM Cella is free to download and free to use for up to 12 bottles in one cellar, including label scanning and cloud backup. Cella Premium is an optional subscription, monthly or yearly, that adds unlimited bottles and cellars and everything marked Premium above. New subscribers to the yearly plan start with a one-month free trial; when it ends, the yearly price is charged unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Values, drinking windows and scores are estimates gathered with the help of AI and are for guidance only. Cella is for adults of legal drinking age. Please enjoy wine responsibly. Terms of Use: https://cellasupport.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://cellasupport.com/privacy

About

Mashpad

Features
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Mashpad is a production tracking tool built for distillers. Track every stage of your spirits production, from the wash to the bottle, with the math, recipes, and calculators a serious workflow needs. Free for 2 logs, then unlimited logs with purchase. - Five-stage lifecycle Cook, ferment, distill, age, and bottle β€” each with timeline-based detail screens. Log measurements, additions, transfers, samples, environment, notes, and issues at every stage. Liquid flows naturally between stages as you mark each complete. - Estimated yield, honestly framed Pre-distillation yield estimates with explicit Β±25% ranges. A two-axis cut model lets you tune the typical splits per run type and per-still cut weighting. Worked examples show how every number is computed. - 21 calculators built for the still Mash water, grain yield, sugar wash, ABV, theoretical yield, dilution, cut points, reflux ratio, barrel entry, angel's share, bottles from batch, proof gallons, temperature correction, gravity conversion, blending, and more. - Recipe library Multi-stage recipes covering mash, ferment, distill, and aging. Instantiate logs from a recipe to keep variations side-by-side. Saves recipes as you progress. - Inventory and blending Track every cut and stock item with full allocation accounting. Volume-precise partial cut blending. Per-spirit dilution math with conservation safeguards. - Built for offline. Yours alone. Mashpad is fully offline. No account, no telemetry, no cloud sync. Your data stays on your device. Daily local backups. JSON export and import. One-time purchase β€” no subscription. - Who it's for Mashpad is a production tracking tool. It does not provide instructions on how to make distilled spirits and is intended for licensed distillers and hobbyists operating where permitted by law. Users are responsible for compliance with applicable regulations.

Screenshots

Cella4 screens
Mashpad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mashpad at none against Cella's shown. Cella's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Cella sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Mashpad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cella ships an update every 6 days, Mashpad every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Cella versus Mashpad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellaMashpad
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 6 days β€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size68 MB18 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBESHARAH INC.BOLD COAST CREATIVE LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cella

Subscriptions3
  • Cella Premium$7.991 Month
  • Cella Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Cella Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Mashpad

One-time1
  • Unlimited logs$19.99

Questions

Is Cella free?
Cella is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mashpad free?
Mashpad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cella or Mashpad have ads?
Cella shows ads; Mashpad does not.
Which is updated more often, Cella or Mashpad?
Cella ships an update every 6 days, and Mashpad every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cella was updated on October 31, 2026 and Mashpad on October 31, 2026.

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