Comparison

CellarIQ vs Aboutwine

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

Head to head
About

CellarIQ

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Your wine collection, intelligently managed. CellarIQ is a beautifully designed wine cellar manager that brings intelligence to your collection. Scan labels with AI, track every bottle, visualize your cellar, and know exactly when each wine is ready to drink. 100% FREE. NO ADS. EVER. CellarIQ is completely free to download and use with no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, and no advertisements. We built this for wine lovers, not for profit. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Your collection data never leaves your device. No accounts to create, no data harvested, no analytics tracking. Your wine cellar is your business. Period. iCloud sync is handled entirely through your personal Apple ID β€” we never see your data. AI-POWERED LABEL SCANNING Point your camera at any wine label and let AI do the rest. CellarIQ uses Claude AI to instantly identify the producer, wine name, vintage, varietal, region, and even suggests a retail price range. Adding bottles to your cellar takes seconds, not minutes. Bring your own API key β€” each scan costs less than a penny. VISUAL CELLAR MANAGEMENT See your entire cellar at a glance with beautiful color-coded grid views. Every bottle has its place β€” organize by rack, shelf, row, and slot. Support for multiple cellars, from your basement to your kitchen wine fridge. Pinch to zoom on large collections. KNOW WHEN TO DRINK Smart drinking window notifications tell you when bottles are entering their prime, at peak, and approaching the end of their window. Never miss the perfect moment to open a special bottle. TASTING JOURNAL Rate wines, tag aromas and palate characteristics, record food pairings and occasions. Build a personal tasting history that helps you discover what you truly love. CELLAR ANALYTICS Beautiful charts reveal the story of your collection: value breakdown, regional diversity, vintage distribution, varietal balance, and drinking readiness. Data-driven insights for the modern collector. ALSO INCLUDES β€’ CellarTracker import β€” bring your existing collection in seconds β€’ Barcode scanning for quick bottle lookup β€’ CSV export for backup and analysis β€’ iCloud sync across all your devices β€’ Share your cellar with a partner via iCloud β€’ Dark mode optimized β€” your labels look stunning β€’ Works offline β€” no internet required for core features Built by Longevity Health Analytics. Wine is a pillar of the good life β€” CellarIQ helps you enjoy it to the fullest. Note: The optional AI scanning feature sends label images directly from the user’s device to the Anthropic API using the user’s own API key. This is a direct device-to-API call β€” no data passes through our servers. The user initiates each call explicitly by pressing β€œScan.” This qualifies as β€œData Not Collected” per Apple’s guidelines since the developer does not collect or have access to the data.

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Aboutwine

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Ever finish a great bottle and forget what it was a week later? Aboutwine fixes that. Point your camera at the label and you'll know the wine in seconds: how it tastes, what it goes with, and who made it. Save the ones you like, add a quick note, and your cellar builds itself. What you can do: - Scan a label to identify a wine from a photo and see its details. - Check how it tastes before you pour: sweetness, acidity, body, and tannin, plus the aromas and grapes. - Ask the AI sommelier anything β€” tonight's dinner, a mood, a budget β€” and get real bottles to pour. - Explore the Wine Atlas, a world map of regions and estates with your saved wineries pinned across it. - Keep a cellar you'll actually remember. Save bottles, rate them, write your own notes. - Read the story behind the estate that made it. - Search any wine, winery, or region, or browse by red, white, sparkling, and rosΓ©. Whether you're just getting into wine or you've been collecting for years, Aboutwine helps you remember what you loved. Pour something good tonight. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aboutwine.app/privacy

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CellarIQ at none against Aboutwine's 2. Aboutwine's advantage is device support. On price and iOS requirement 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. Aboutwine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. CellarIQ asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
CellarIQ versus Aboutwine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellarIQAboutwine
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 3 days
Adsβ€”No
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
Devicesβ€”iPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS26.226.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLegit Ledger, LLCPacifiq

In-app purchases

None

CellarIQ

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Aboutwine

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is CellarIQ free?
CellarIQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aboutwine free?
Aboutwine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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