Comparison

Cellared vs Caveau

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

Head to head
About

Cellared

This app helps you track your wine collection and know exactly when to open each bottle. It also suggests wine pairings for your meals based on what you have available.

Highlights
  • Drinking window calculation
  • Food and mood-based pairing
  • Collection tracking
  • Bottle import from CellarTracker
  • Track opened bottles
  • Peak bottle identification
Features
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Know what to open and when. Cellared is a wine cellar manager for collectors who want a clearer view of every bottle. Start free with unlimited bottles. Track what you own, see drinking windows, and keep the bottles you love in one place. KNOW WHEN TO DRINK IT Every bottle gets a drinking window built from the wine itself: grape, region, vintage, structure, storage, and bottle size. Cellared tells you what's at peak right now, what needs more time, and what you've waited too long to open. WHAT PAIRS WITH DINNER TONIGHT Tell Cellared what you're cooking. It pulls from your cellar and tells you what to open, and why it works. Chicken piccata, steak night, Tuesday tacos. You pick the food, Cellared picks the bottle. ANSWERS FROM YOUR COLLECTION "What's the best bottle I have for under $50?" "What should I open for my anniversary dinner?" "Is my 2018 Barolo ready?" Cellared knows your collection and gives you answers that make sense. WHETHER YOU HAVE 6 BOTTLES OR 600 No wine expertise required. You know what you're having for dinner. That's enough. Cellared keeps track of the rest, from your first bottle to your five hundredth. • Add bottles manually or import your existing cellar in seconds • Drinking windows built from grape, region, vintage, and structure • Food and mood-based pairing from your own cellar • Track every bottle you've opened • Know what's at peak right now Terms of Use (EULA): https://cellared.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://cellared.ai/privacy

About

Caveau

Track your wine collection, discover its current market value, and know the optimal time to drink each bottle. Scan labels to instantly add bottles and manage your cellar across devices. Advanced features for insurance and auditing are available with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Bottle valuation by vintage
  • Label scanning for instant entry
  • Drinking window recommendations
  • Cross-device cellar syncing
  • CSV/PDF export (Pro)
  • Insurance-ready valuation (Pro)
Features
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Find out what your wine is worth. Caveau prices every bottle by vintage from current US retail listings, so you know what your cellar is worth today, not what it cost years ago. Scan a label, and your bottle shows up with its market value and a drinking window. KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH Real shop prices for your exact vintage. When a shop doesn't list your year, Caveau estimates from the nearest vintages and tells you which years it used. Your cellar total updates as the market moves, and once a month we tell you what changed. SCAN AND DONE Point your camera at any label. Producer, wine, vintage and region fill in before the bottle is back in the rack. Got a case? Add six at once. KNOW WHEN TO DRINK Every bottle gets a drinking window tuned to its grape, region and structure, and the Ready to Drink view always knows what to open tonight. YOUR CELLAR NEVER DISAPPEARS Your cellar syncs across devices with Sign in with Apple, Google or email, and you can export the whole thing as a CSV or PDF any time. Switching from another app or a spreadsheet? Import it in about a minute. INSURANCE AND THE AUDIT (PRO) An insurance-ready valuation export, plus the cellar audit: reconcile what you think you own against what's actually in your racks, bottle by bottle. FLAT, FAIR PRICING Adding bottles, scanning, drinking windows, tasting notes and food pairings are free forever. Caveau Pro ($29.99/year in the US with a 7-day free trial, or $4.99/month) unlocks exact market values, the audit, insurance export, analytics and CSV/PDF export. One price at any cellar size. We will never charge per bottle. Also in Caveau: - Wine club and allocation tracking, with a Member star on every bottle from your clubs - A tasting journal that turns great nights into shareable cards - Wishlist, sommelier food pairings and serving guidance Caveau Pro, auto-renewable subscription - Annual: $29.99 / year in the US (price varies by country), with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers - Monthly: $4.99 / month Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, or when the free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getcaveau.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Cellared4 screens
Caveau4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Caveau at none against Cellared's shown. Caveau also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Cellared's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Cellared sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Caveau sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cellared against 5.0 for Caveau. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Cellared's written reviews are positive against 100% of Caveau's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cellared ships an update every 8 days, Caveau every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cellared versus Caveau: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellaredCaveau
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB57 MB
Age rating+1717+
DeveloperCellared, LLCSEAN MICHAEL MC DERMOTT

Customer experience

Cellared

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Caveau

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cellared

Subscriptions5
  • Family Household Sharing2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Cellared Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Cellared Collector - Monthly7 Days trial$15.991 Month
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  • Cellared Pro — Annual7 Days trial$79.001 Year
  • Cellared Collector — Annual7 Days trial$149.001 Year
2 purchases

Caveau

Subscriptions2
  • Caveau Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Caveau Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Cellared free?
Cellared is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Caveau free?
Caveau is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cellared or Caveau?
Cellared and Caveau are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Cellared or Caveau have ads?
Cellared shows ads; Caveau does not.
Which is updated more often, Cellared or Caveau?
Cellared ships an update every 8 days, and Caveau every 2 days. Most recently, Cellared was updated on November 5, 2026 and Caveau on November 7, 2026.

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