The Leaf Aficionado vs Maduro Cigar Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Leaf Aficionado
Instantly access comprehensive cigar information by scanning a cigar band. Discover brand, origin, flavor profiles, and pairing suggestions to enhance your cigar experience.
- Cigar band scanning
- Brand and origin details
- Flavor profile analysis
- Pairing recommendations
- Comprehensive cigar database
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Maduro Cigar Tracker
Track your cigar collection, manage humidor inventory, and log detailed tasting notes. Features a comprehensive cigar database and a band scanner for easy identification. Designed for cigar enthusiasts to manage their collection privately.
- Extensive cigar database
- Humidor inventory management
- Detailed tasting journal
- Cigar band scanner
- Personalized cigar stats
- Private by design
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Maduro is a cigar tracker built for people who actually collect and smoke cigars — not an algorithm pretending to know your palate. CIGAR DATABASE Search a catalog of over 27,000 cigars across 3,300+ brands. Every cigar shows wrapper, binder, filler, origin, strength, sizes, and manufacturer. The biggest free cigar database out there. HUMIDOR INVENTORY Build and manage multiple humidors. Add cigars in one tap, track quantities, and see how long each one has been aging. Move cigars between humidors, or log one as gifted, traded, or lost — your full inventory history stays intact. TASTING JOURNAL Log a smoke in seconds, or go deep. Rate it, tag flavor notes, break it down by thirds, note the draw and burn, record what you paired it with, add photos. Your cigar journal, your pace. CIGAR STATS Top brands, strength preferences, rating trends, monthly activity, and your best pairings — all pulled from your own journal. Not a recommendation engine. Just your data, tracked honestly. CIGAR BAND SCANNER Can't find a cigar in the database? Our cigar band scanner identifies it from a photo and adds it automatically. Spot something wrong? Submit a correction — every cigar in the database gets better because collectors keep it honest. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No social feed. No public profile. Your humidor, journal, and photos stay on your device. Community ratings and price data are anonymous and opt-in, never required. WHO IT'S FOR - Collectors managing a real humidor inventory, not a spreadsheet - Aficionados who want a proper tasting journal without the busywork - Anyone tired of apps that try to tell you what to smoke next - Beginners who want to learn a cigar's blend before they buy it No ads. No subscriptions. No premium tier. Every feature, free, for everyone. Built by an aficionado, for aficionados.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Maduro Cigar Tracker at free against The Leaf Aficionado's freemium. The Leaf Aficionado's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). 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
Both are free to download. The Leaf Aficionado sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Maduro Cigar Tracker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Leaf Aficionado against 5.0 for Maduro Cigar Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
The Leaf Aficionado ships an update every 10 days, Maduro Cigar Tracker monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Leaf Aficionado | Maduro Cigar Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Emily Bellows | Kennedy Custom Designs LLC |
In-app purchases
The Leaf Aficionado
- Aficionado Monthly2 variants$9.991 Month
- Connoisseur Monthly2 variants$15.991 Month
- Aficionado Yearly2 variants$83.991 Year
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- Connoisseur Yearly2 variants$134.991 Year
Maduro Cigar Tracker
- The Robusto$2.99
- The Robusto$9.99
- The Churchill$19.99
Questions
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