Wine Journal vs Cellar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Wine Journal
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A wine journal for every bottle you taste. Log the wine, the vintage, the region and your score in under a minute โ then find that bottle again months later, when you are standing in front of a wall of labels and cannot remember which one you loved. Most people track wine in a photo roll full of unreadable labels or a notes app they never reopen. WineLog gives each bottle a real record โ producer, vintage, wine type, region, country, price, tasting notes, food pairings and a 1-5 score โ plus a cellar that separates what you still have, what you want to buy, and what you have already drunk. Everything is stored on your device, so your journal opens instantly and works with no signal at all. WHAT YOU GET - A searchable tasting journal you can filter by wine type or favorites, so any bottle is two taps away - A cellar view that splits your bottles into In Cellar, Wishlist and Drunk, so you know what to open and what to buy - Charts of your own palate: bottles by type, average score per type, tastings over the last 6 months, and a breakdown by country - A label photo saved with each entry, so you recognise the bottle on the shelf instead of guessing - A Discover section with 8 food pairing guides and 8 classic regions โ Bordeaux, Burgundy, Napa Valley, Tuscany, Champagne, Rioja, Mosel, Mendoza โ and their key varietals - Somm, a built-in wine advisor that answers questions on pairings, regions, varietals and tasting terms with no internet connection PERFECT FOR - Wine drinkers who keep buying the same forgettable bottle because they never wrote the good one down - Collectors who need to know what is in the rack and what is still on the wishlist - Restaurant and tasting-room regulars who want notes captured at the table, not later - Anyone learning wine who wants pairing and region reference in the same app as their own notes WHY NOT JUST USE A NOTES APP A note is text you have to read back. WineLog is structured: because every entry carries a type, a score, a country and a date, the app can show you that you rate Rioja higher than Napa, that you drink more white in summer, and which vintage you scored a 5. A notes app cannot do that, and it cannot tell you what is left in your cellar. PRIVACY Every tasting, photo and note stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics. This is your personal wine diary, not a marketplace. FULL ACCESS Full access unlocks unlimited tastings, ratings, notes and label photos, the complete cellar and wishlist, palate insights and charts, the pairing and region library, and Somm โ available as a weekly plan, a yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. The lifetime option is a single payment and does not renew. Please enjoy wine responsibly. Intended for users of legal drinking age. Open the app the next time a bottle impresses you and log it before the glass is empty. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com
Cellar
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Point your camera at a wine label. Cellar reads the name, vintage, producer, region and grape by itself, so a new bottle takes one photo, not a form. Your cellar looks the way a real one does: bottles standing on wooden racks. Pinch out to see every rack at once, pinch in to read a label off the glass. Swipe between racks the way you'd walk along them. Open a bottle and it moves to what's still breathing. Finish it and rate it, the one thing about a bottle only you can say. Search finds any word on any label, not just the fields you filled in, so a producer or region you half remember still turns up the bottle. Rack, case or box: organize your cellar however it actually sits, not however an app assumes it should. Everything stays on your phone. Nothing about your cellar goes anywhere else. WHAT'S INSIDE - Camera scan reads label details automatically - Visual racks you pinch to zoom, exactly like standing in front of them - Search across every word on every label - Track what's open, what's finished, and your own rating - Multiple racks, including cases and boxes - Notices when a vintage turns a year older Privacy Policy: https://cellar-track-wines.web.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cellar at every 2 days against Wine Journal's monthly. Cellar also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Wine Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Cellar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wine Journal ships an update monthly, Cellar every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wine Journal | Cellar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Phuc Pham | klaus jakobsen |
In-app purchases
Wine Journal
- Weekly$9.997 Days
- Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
Cellar
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year





