Comparison

WineLog vs Drinkful

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

Head to head
About

WineLog

This app helps you privately track wines you've enjoyed and discover new ones. Easily log bottles, add them to a wishlist, and find them later by name, producer, or region. It offers simple descriptions and food pairings for each wine.

Highlights
  • Log wines tasted
  • Create a wine wishlist
  • Search by name, producer, region
  • Scan bottle labels
  • View wine descriptions and food pairings
  • Share wine discoveries
Features
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You had a glass you loved. Months later you're scrolling backward through your camera roll, past birthdays, screenshots, receipts, hunting for that one blurry photo of the label. WineLog is the home for every wine you've tried, and every one you still want to. It's a personal wine journal for people still figuring out what they like. No ratings to compare, no tasting notes to perform. Just a private space to remember what you drank, save what's next, and slowly learn your own taste. Snap a photo of the bottle, note where you were and who you shared it with, and mark the ones worth remembering. Then find any of them again in seconds by name, producer, or region. Spot something interesting at the shop or on a restaurant list? Scan the label or search by name and add it straight to your Wishlist, then filter by wine, region, or price when you're ready to buy. When you finally open that bottle, one tap moves it from Wishlist to log. Not sure what you're looking at? Every wine comes with a short, plain-English description and food pairings that actually make sense. Bottles you add by search get an AI description tailored to that exact wine. Browse a curated library organized by color and take in the whole world of wine at a glance. Found a bottle worth telling someone about? Share any wine from your logs or wishlist with a tap. Your friend opens the link, sees the wine and the wine's story, and can save it to their own WineLog with a tap. No account, no social feed, no sommelier jargon. Just you and your palate.

About

Drinkful

Features
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Ever loved a drink at a bar… and forgot its name by morning? "It was amazing — but what was it called?" "That place last week — what did I order?" "I drank it, and nothing was left behind." Drinkful fixes that. Snap a label, and the drink, the date, and the place are all saved together — one pour at a time, into your own field guide. ■ Snap it, never forget it - One photo captures the name, type, ABV, flavor notes, and food pairings - The date and place are saved too, so you always know what you drank, when, and where - Out late? Just take a photo — log it from your library tomorrow - Star ratings and notes remember how the night went ■ A calendar and a map of everything you've tasted - See at a glance which nights you drank, and which you didn't - Every place you've had a drink stays on your map as a pin — the bar abroad, the spot around the corner - Browse as photo cards, by type, by month, or on a virtual shelf ■ Never order the same thing twice (unless you want to) - Scan a drink you've had before and Drinkful tells you instantly - Earn a "NEW!" badge for your first of a kind, and a "First Find!" for drinks no one else has logged ■ Decode any label or menu - AI reads even brush-script Japanese sake labels that locals struggle with - Snap an izakaya or bar menu and get friendly explanations of every drink - Works in English and Japanese — perfect for travel in Japan ■ Your log stays yours - Automatic iCloud backup: your collection survives a new phone - The first 30 drinks are free. A one-time "Unlimited Collection" purchase keeps every drink after that (everything you've already logged stays free to view) Need a suggestion? Tell us the occasion — non- and low-alcohol options included. Note: This app is intended for users of legal drinking age.

Screenshots

WineLog4 screens
Drinkful4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WineLog at none against Drinkful's shown. WineLog also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WineLog ships an update every 2 weeks, Drinkful every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
WineLog versus Drinkful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWineLogDrinkful
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB67 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKate LeeCircle Asia Pacific K.K.

In-app purchases

None

WineLog

No in-app purchases

None

Drinkful

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WineLog free?
WineLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drinkful free?
Drinkful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WineLog or Drinkful have ads?
Drinkful shows ads; WineLog does not.
Which is updated more often, WineLog or Drinkful?
WineLog ships an update every 2 weeks, and Drinkful every 8 days. Most recently, WineLog was updated on October 31, 2026 and Drinkful on October 31, 2026.

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