Cella vs Cellar Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- AI wine label scanning
- Collection inventory management
- Drinking window estimates
- Market value tracking
- Food pairing suggestions
- Tasting notes journal
- Multiple cellar support (Premium)
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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 • Keep an inventory of every bottle: quantity, bottle size, what you paid and where it's from • Search and filter by type, grape, vintage and more • See your collection by type, region, country, grape and vintage • Keep a separate cellar for each place you store wine (Premium) KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY BOTTLE (CELLA PREMIUM) • Drinking window: hold it, drink it now, at its peak or past it • Estimated market value, and how the value of your cellar changes over time • Critic scores • Taste profile: body, tannins, acidity and sweetness • Food pairings for every bottle • How to serve it: temperature, decanting time and the right glass • 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
Cellar Notes
A private, structured wine tasting journal to practice sensory assessment and remember every wine. Features a guided flow for recording appearance, aroma, palate, and conclusion, with options for blind tasting and offline use. Search and filter past tastings for a useful history.
- Structured tasting journal
- Guided sensory assessment flow
- Blind tasting option
- Offline functionality
- Searchable tasting history
- Private and ad-free
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Taste with intention. Keep what you learn. Cellar Notes is a private, structured wine tasting journal for people who want to practice sensory assessment and remember every wine they try. A focused guided flow moves from appearance through nose, palate, and conclusion without turning the experience into a dense form. STRUCTURED, NOT OVERWHELMING Record appearance, aroma, structure, flavor, finish, quality, readiness, confidence, enjoyment, and whether you would buy the wine again. Grouped tasting vocabulary, search, and custom descriptors keep common choices quick while leaving room for your own words. TASTE BLIND Hide the wine’s identity while you assess it, then reveal and add the bottle details at the end—or keep the entry as a blind record. NEVER LOSE YOUR PLACE Progress is saved as a clearly marked draft. Leave a tasting, return later, and resume from the same section. A USEFUL HISTORY Search completed tastings by wine, producer, grape, country, or region. Filter by category, rating, and buy-again decision, then sort by date, rating, or name. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No social feed. No analytics. No advertising. Your records and selected bottle photos are stored locally, and the complete tasting workflow works offline. Cellar Notes is an independent journal using general sensory-assessment concepts. It is not official, approved, certified, or affiliated with any educational body.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cellar Notes at none against Cella's 3. Cellar Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown). Cella's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Cella sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Cellar Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Cella | Cellar Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BESHARAH INC. | Creatix, LLC |
In-app purchases
Cella
- Cella Premium$7.991 Month
- Cella Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- Cella Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year
Cellar Notes
No in-app purchases









