Dram Diary vs Racked
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dram Diary
This app helps whiskey enthusiasts meticulously track their collection, analyze its value, and discover new bottles. Log tasting notes, monitor fill levels, and earn achievements as your collection grows. Connect with a community of fellow collectors and manage your wishlist.
- Catalog bottles with detailed information
- Track portfolio value and market trends
- Barcode scanner for quick bottle lookup
- Deep analytics on collection composition
- Earn achievements and track milestones
- Manage a personalized wishlist
- Connect with a community of collectors
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Built by a whiskey collector, for whiskey collectors. Dram Diary started because keeping a serious whiskey collection in spreadsheets became cumbersome. We wanted a better way to know what we owned, what we'd paid, what we'd tasted, and how the collection was changing — so we built it. Dram Diary is the premium whiskey collection tracker built for serious collectors. Whether you're hunting allocated releases, building a cellar, or simply logging every dram, Dram Diary gives you the tools to track, analyze, and share your passion. IMPORT YOUR COLLECTION Already tracking your bottles in a spreadsheet or another app? Import your whole collection in minutes. We match your columns and check each bottle against the catalog. COLLECTION TRACKING Catalog every bottle with proof, age, distillery, purchase price, market value, barrel number, storage location, and more. Track fill levels as you enjoy each bottle and log tasting notes and personal ratings. PORTFOLIO VALUE See exactly what your collection is worth. Track what you paid versus current market value, view your total gain, and identify your top performing bottles by return on investment. BARCODE SCANNER Scan any bottle barcode to instantly look up details and market pricing. Add it to your collection or wishlist in seconds — no typing required. DEEP ANALYTICS Understand your collection like never before. Distillery loyalty breakdowns, price-per-ounce rankings, collection rarity analysis, and bottle removal history all in one place. ACHIEVEMENTS Earn badges as your collection grows. From First Dram to The Warehouse, track your milestones and see how you rank against the Dram Diary community. WISHLIST Build and prioritize your hunt list. Set maximum prices and notes for every bottle you're chasing. COMMUNITY See how your collection stacks up on the leaderboard. Connect with fellow collectors and share your passion for whiskey. --- SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Dram Diary Premium unlocks Analytics, Community, Infinity Bottles, and Pick My Flight. - Monthly: $3.99/month, auto-renewing - Annual: $34.99/year, auto-renewing Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.dramdiary.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.dramdiary.com/terms.html
Racked
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You bought the wine. Racked helps you enjoy it. Somewhere in your house there's a bottle you meant to open two years ago. Racked is a cellar book for people who actually drink what they buy — it keeps track of what you own, where you put it, and when each bottle wants opening. START BY PHOTOGRAPHING THE LABEL Point your camera at a bottle. Racked reads the label and matches it against a reference of more than 205,000 wines and spirits, then fills in the producer, region and vintage for you. All of it happens on your device — no account, no upload, and no connection required. When your bottle is in the reference, adding it takes seconds. AND WHEN IT ISN'T IN THE BOOK Racked still reads what it can from the label, and then makes typing the rest as light as possible: every field suggests as you go, drawing on both the reference and the bottles you've already added. Enter a producer once and it's waiting for you the next time. KNOW WHERE EVERY BOTTLE IS Build your cellars, fridges, racks and boxes the way they're really laid out, down to the row and slot. Then ask where something is and Racked tells you the shelf. KEEP COUNT WITHOUT COUNTING Racked always knows how many bottles you have, of what, and where they're split across your locations. Drink one and log it in a tap; the count and your tasting history look after themselves. OPEN IT AT THE RIGHT MOMENT Every wine gets a drinking window. Racked shows you what's ready now, what's still coming along, and — the useful one — what's closing soon and should be opened this month. Nothing quietly goes past its best while you forget it's in there. TAKE IT TO WINE COUNTRY — OR BEER AND WHISKY COUNTRY A map of more than 155,000 wineries and 20,000 breweries and distilleries: see who's pouring near you, save the ones worth the drive, and plan the weekend as a trip, day by day and stop by stop. On iPad, the Mac and an unfolded iPhone Duo, the trip sits beside the map. Check in when you're there; your notes and photos become a journal. Any producer's page shows what's already in your cellar from it. MAKE IT YOURS Choose wineries, breweries or distilleries in Settings, and the app's colors, its home-screen icon and the launch screen follow. PLAN IT TOGETHER Share a trip the way you share a cellar: everyone sees the same stops, adds check-ins, notes and photos, and the plan stays in sync through iCloud. ASK YOUR SOMMELIER Tell Racked what you're cooking and it recommends a bottle you already own, never one you don't, and explains why that pairing works. Ask it what to bring to dinner, what a wine will taste like, how to write a tasting note, or what to buy someone as a gift. It answers about your collection, because it can see your collection. Pairing works without Apple Intelligence too, from real reference data for each grape variety. JUST ASK SIRI "What's ready to drink?" "Where is the Barolo?" "How many bottles do I have?" Ten shortcuts answer out loud, most without opening the app. On iOS 27 they get considerably smarter. SHARE A CELLAR Share a location with your partner or a friend and you both see the same bottles, kept in sync. YOUR COLLECTION STAYS YOURS There's no account, and your cellar never reaches a server of ours. It syncs through your own iCloud, between your own devices. FREE · One storage location · Up to 25 bottles · Photo capture, drinking windows, search, Siri and food pairing PREMIUM · Unlimited locations and bottles · The full sommelier: pairing chat, tasting-note help, smart tags, gift suggestions and insights into your collection $5/month or $40/year, free for the first 7 days. PRIVACY & TERMS Privacy Policy: https://www.getracked.wine/?privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Requires iOS 26 or later. Apple Intelligence features need a compatible device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dram Diary at none against Racked's shown. Dram Diary also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Racked's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and in-app purchases 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. Dram Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Racked sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dram Diary ships an update monthly, Racked every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Dram Diary | Racked |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 330 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ROBERT BLANCHARD | Christopher Peterson |
In-app purchases
Dram Diary
- Dram Diary Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Dram Diary Premium Annual$34.991 Year
Racked
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.001 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$40.001 Year









