Comparison

SipCircle Wine vs Thick as Thieves

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

Head to head
About

SipCircle Wine

This app helps you discover wines with friends and understand your palate. Log wines, share recommendations in private groups, and decode restaurant wine lists. Premium features offer advanced insights and collection import.

Highlights
  • Private invite-only groups
  • Personalized wine recommendations
  • Restaurant wine list scanner
  • Structured group tastings
  • Personal wine journal
  • Shareable tasting cards
Features
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SipCircle Wine helps you share discoveries, decode any restaurant wine list and map your palate with absolute confidence. Create invite-only groups with the friends you drink with. No public feeds, no crowd ratings. Just authentic recommendations. Free to start and genuinely useful: log unlimited wines, write private journal notes, host group tastings, and share beautiful tasting cards with zero paywalls on the essentials. LEARN FROM FRIENDS, NOT STRANGERS Create a private Circle with the people you enjoy wine with. See what friends are drinking, share recommendations, react to discoveries, and maintain a shared wishlist. Invite-only groups keep conversations meaningful. No followers, no public feeds, no noise. DISCOVER WINES YOU WILL ACTUALLY LOVE Get recommendations based on your personal taste profile and the wines enjoyed by people you trust. Looking for the perfect bottle for dinner? Curious what to try next? SipCircle helps you find wines that match your preferences, not generic crowd ratings. ORDER WITH CONFIDENCE (Premium) Scan a restaurant wine list and instantly see which bottles best fit your palate. Skip the overwhelm and make better wine decisions wherever you are. TURN TASTINGS INTO DISCOVERIES Host structured tastings, compare notes, and see which wines stood out to the group. Capture photos, reactions, and tasting impressions, then automatically generate beautiful recap cards everyone can revisit. UNDERSTAND YOUR PALATE (Premium) Build a personalized taste profile and discover the regions, styles, and characteristics that define your preferences. Track how your taste evolves over time and gain deeper insight into what you truly enjoy. Import your existing collection from Vivino or CellarTracker to get started faster. REMEMBER EVERY GREAT BOTTLE Quickly save wines with the label scanner or add them manually. Keep private notes, ratings, photos, and memories in a personal wine journal that grows with every bottle. Your notes remain private unless you choose to share them. BEAUTIFUL SHARING Share favorite bottles, tasting highlights, and discoveries with beautifully designed wine cards. Every recommendation becomes easier to remember and easier to share. FREE VS. PREMIUM Free and genuinely useful: - Unlimited wine logs - Private journal notes - Group tasting creation and entry - Shared tasting recap cards Premium unlocks the power tools: - Instantly scan restaurant wine lists - AI-powered Wine Discovery - Advanced palate insights and style distribution charts - Seamless collection import from Vivino or CellarTracker PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your personal tasting notes are completely private and are never shared without your explicit permission. Groups are strictly invite-only and built for trusted friends, ensuring your data stays within your circle. Must be of legal drinking age in your region to use this app. Terms of Use: https://sipnotes.app/terms

About

Thick as Thieves

This membership app rewards wine and beer purchases with points, allowing users to track their status and receive exclusive alerts for new arrivals and scarce allocations. It also provides live updates on wines by the glass and a searchable cellar with member pricing.

Highlights
  • Earn points on wine and beer purchases
  • Track membership status
  • Receive alerts for new wine drops
  • View live by-the-glass pour list
  • Browse searchable wine cellar
  • Access purchase history
Features
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Thick as Thieves is the membership app for The Thief Fine Wine & Beer in Walla Walla, Washington. EARN BRIX. Every bottle you buy in the shop earns Brix, our house points. Climb from Bourgogne to Village to Premier Cru to Grand Cru, and carry a member card on your phone that shows your standing at a glance. CATCH THE DROPS. When a wine you love lands back in the shop, or a scarce allocation opens up, you hear about it first. Claim what you want in the app and pick it up at the counter. SEE WHAT'S POURING. The machine and the by-the-glass list, live in your pocket. Know what's open, what it costs by the ounce, and what's actually in the glass before you order. BROWSE THE CELLAR. The whole shop lives in your pocket: nearly four thousand bottles, searchable by producer, region, or grape, with your member pricing shown where it applies. YOUR WINES. Your purchase history, kept like a cellar book. Remember what you drank, find it again, buy it again. Thick as Thieves is for customers 21 and over. Nothing is sold inside the app; wine goes home from the shop, the old fashioned way.

Screenshots

SipCircle Wine4 screens
Thick as Thieves4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thick as Thieves at none against SipCircle Wine's 2. Thick as Thieves also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). 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. SipCircle Wine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Thick as Thieves 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 SipCircle Wine against 5.0 for Thick as Thieves. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SipCircle Wine ships an update every 5 days, Thick as Thieves every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SipCircle Wine versus Thick as Thieves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSipCircle WineThick as Thieves
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB57 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCCQuel Inc.Kyle Pottorff

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SipCircle Wine

Subscriptions2
  • Sip Circle Pro Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Sip Circle Pro Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
None

Thick as Thieves

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SipCircle Wine free?
SipCircle Wine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thick as Thieves free?
Thick as Thieves is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SipCircle Wine or Thick as Thieves?
SipCircle Wine and Thick as Thieves are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SipCircle Wine or Thick as Thieves have ads?
Neither SipCircle Wine nor Thick as Thieves shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SipCircle Wine or Thick as Thieves?
SipCircle Wine ships an update every 5 days, and Thick as Thieves every 2 days. Most recently, SipCircle Wine was updated on November 5, 2026 and Thick as Thieves on October 31, 2026.

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