CaskDiary vs Whiskey Collection Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
CaskDiary
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CaskDiary is the simplest way to journal your whiskey tastings. LOG EVERY DRAM Add a tasting in under a minute. Pick your whiskey type, rate it, and add optional details like distillery, age, ABV, cask finish, and region. Choose from 9 whiskey types including Bourbon, Single Malt Scotch, Irish, Japanese, and Rye. BUILD YOUR AROMA PROFILE Select from 40+ aroma notes across 7 categories: Fruity, Sweet, Spicy, Smoky, Woody, Floral, and Other. Capture nose, palate, and finish separately. Rate body, sweetness, and heat on simple sliders. TRACK YOUR COLLECTION Browse your tastings in a beautiful list view. Filter by type, search by name or distillery. Mark favorites and track which bottles you'd buy again. KNOW YOUR PALATE Discover your flavor preferences with detailed stats. See which whiskey types you prefer, your favorite distilleries, and your combined aroma profile across all tastings. TRACK YOUR INVESTMENT See your total spent, average bottle price, most expensive dram, and whether expensive whiskey really tastes better with price vs rating analysis. AVAILABLE IN 7 LANGUAGES English, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, and Italian. PREMIUM FEATURES Upgrade to unlock: ⢠Interactive aroma wheel visualization ⢠Collection value and price analysis ⢠Price vs rating insights ⢠Monthly tasting trends and region distribution ⢠CSV export for your data ⢠iCloud sync across all your devices ⢠Beautiful share cards for social media Free to use with unlimited entries. Premium unlocks aroma wheel, advanced stats, and sync for $9.99/year or $24.99 lifetime. Privacy Policy: https://caskdiary.xyz/privacy Terms of Use: https://caskdiary.xyz/terms
Whiskey Collection Tracker
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Your whiskey shelf, finally organized the way collectors actually think. Log every bottle by proof, mash bill, distillery, age statement, and batch or barrel number ā then track every pour until the fill level runs down. Private, offline, no feed, no marketplace. Whiskey Collection Tracker is a proper cabinet for anyone who has outgrown the spreadsheet: the home collector with a growing shelf, the hunter chasing allocated drops, and the pour-tracker who just wants to know what's open and how much is left. Bourbon, scotch, rye, single malt, Irish, or blends ā if it's on your shelf, it belongs in here. CATALOG EVERY BOTTLE ⢠Real whiskey fields: proof, mash bill, age statement, distillery, and batch or barrel number ⢠Every type that fits the shelf ā bourbon, rye, Tennessee, single malt, scotch, Irish, and blends ⢠Autocomplete from a built-in reference of major distilleries and hundreds of common expressions ⢠Record price paid, purchase date, storage location, and store-pick details ⢠Add photos and personal notes to any bottle ⢠Quick Add mode to catalog a whole haul in minutes TRACK EVERY POUR ⢠Mark a bottle open and log each dram ā the fill level drops as you sip ⢠A five-second pour log for a neat, on the rocks, a cocktail, a tasting, or a share ⢠See your open bottles at a glance the moment you open the app ⢠Full pour history per bottle, so you remember the third pour versus the first TASTING NOTES THAT SOUND LIKE YOU ⢠Write your own nose, palate, and finish, with a personal rating out of 10 ⢠A built-in tasting guide that explains nose, palate, finish, proof, mash bill, age, single barrel, store picks, and bottled-in-bond SHELVES & HUNT LIST ⢠Group bottles into shelves like Allocated, Daily Sippers, or Open Bottles ⢠Keep a hunt list of the bottles you're chasing ā with a target price, priority, and store notes for when you finally spot one in the wild COLLECTION STATS ⢠Bottle count, total spend, average proof, open-bottle count, and shelf count at a glance ⢠A spend-over-time chart showing how your cabinet's cost has grown, snapshot by snapshot ⢠A clean by-type breakdown of your whole shelf ⢠Every figure is based only on what you actually paid ā never a guessed resale number PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your bottles, pours, and tasting notes live on your device. This is a personal collection tool ā not a social network, not a marketplace. Nobody is trying to sell your own cabinet back to you, and nothing leaves your phone unless you export it yourself. MADE TO FIT YOUR SHELF ⢠Light and dark theme, so the cabinet looks right morning or night ⢠Available in 10 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese WHISKEY COLLECTION PRO A few extras for collectors who want more. Pro is an affordable monthly or yearly subscription: ⢠AI tasting-note drafts, grounded on each bottle's own proof, mash bill, distillery, and age (you edit them and make them yours) ⢠"What to open tonight?" ā a pour suggestion by occasion, drawn only from your own open bottles ⢠Advanced analytics: distillery breakdown, most-poured bottle, and a resting-too-long list (30+ days untouched) ⢠Unlimited photos per bottle ⢠Export your whole collection to CSV for your personal records ⢠No ads, ever Cataloging bottles, logging pours, your hunt list, and manual tasting notes are free forever. Pro simply adds the AI assist and the deeper analytics. The AI drafts tasting notes only. It never estimates a bottle's monetary or resale value, and there is no buying or selling inside the app. Start your first shelf tonight ā add a bottle, log a pour, and watch your collection take shape. For collectors 17+. Please drink and enjoy responsibly. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://coddykit.com/terms/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CaskDiary at none against Whiskey Collection Tracker's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. CaskDiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Whiskey Collection Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | CaskDiary | Whiskey Collection Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alican Erdurmaz | MEHMET CANKER (TR) |
In-app purchases
CaskDiary
- Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$24.99
Whiskey Collection Tracker
- Whiskey Collection Pro monthly$4.991 Month
- Whiskey Collection Pro annual$29.991 Year
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