Cella vs CellarBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cella
Get personalized wine recommendations without needing any wine knowledge. Simply answer a few questions to create a taste profile, then scan wine lists or bottles for instant, plain-English suggestions tailored to your preferences and budget.
- Personalized wine taste profile
- Scan wine lists and bottles
- Plain-English recommendations
- Budget-conscious suggestions
- Occasion-based picks
- No wine jargon required
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Finally. A wine app that isn't for wine snobs. Instant, personalized wine picks wherever wine shows up. With Cella Pro, point your phone at any wine list, store shelf, or bottle and get a plain-English recommendation tailored to your taste. No wine knowledge needed. Not even a little. IMPORTANT: Quiz and Wine Vibe are free. Scanning wine lists, shelves, menus, and bottles requires Cella Pro (free trial available). HOW CELLA WORKS Start with a quick, easy quiz. Six questions about things you already know, like whether you prefer cold brew or something sweeter, sparkling water or fruit juice. Nothing about wine. No jargon. Cella uses your answers to build your personal wine taste profile, called your Wine Vibe. Subscribe to Cella Pro to unlock scanning. Take a photo of any wine bottle, wine list, or restaurant menu and get instant wine recommendations in plain English, matched exactly to your taste. Whether it's red wine, white wine, rosé, or something sparkling, Cella finds your next favorite before you ever open the bottle. Done in seconds. WHERE CELLA CHANGES EVERYTHING At the restaurant, holding a leather-bound wine list while the sommelier waits. Take a quick photo and Cella tells you exactly what to order, matched to your taste and your budget, with a confident answer ready before the sommelier returns. No guessing. No being quietly steered toward the most expensive option by someone who profits from your uncertainty. Every recommendation comes with a plain-English sentence you can say out loud when you order. Not wine-speak. Something you'd actually say: "I got this because it's light and fruity, easy to drink, nothing too serious." Confidence. Standing in front of 200 bottles at Costco, Trader Joe's, Safeway, or Total Wine with five minutes to spare. Point your phone at any section of the shelf. Cella reads the wine labels, matches them to your taste profile, and hands you your best pick. Walk out knowing you made a real choice instead of a hopeful guess. At a wine shop when something interesting catches your eye but you have no idea if it's your kind of thing. Point your phone at the label and get the full story: what it actually tastes like, whether it fits your preferences, and a plain verdict. Buy it, skip it, or worth a try. Hosting a dinner party and want to look like you picked these bottles on purpose. Heading to a birthday with something that needs to feel considered. Taking a bottle to a friend's and wanting to say something real about it when you hand it over. Cella has a pick for all of it. WHY THE PICKS ARE ONES YOU CAN TRUST Most wine apps show you crowd ratings, what millions of other people gave four stars, averaged out. Useful if you already know wine. Mostly noise if you don't. Cella works differently. Your personal wine taste profile is the starting point for every recommendation. Each pick is built around your specific flavor preferences, the occasion, and your budget that day, then explained in plain English so you understand exactly why it's the right bottle for you. Not a confident-sounding guess. An actual answer. With Cella Pro (subscription required): • Wine picks from any restaurant wine list, wine menu, or store shelf • Personalized wine taste profile built from your preferences • Wine label identifier for any bottle you come across • Food and wine pairing suggestions in plain, everyday language • Red wine, white wine, rosé, and sparkling recommendations • Works at restaurants, wine bars, grocery stores, wine shops, and warehouse clubs Cella Pro — unlimited wine scans. 7-day free trial on annual ($29.99/year) or 3-day trial on weekly ($1.99/week). Auto-renews unless cancelled in Apple Subscriptions settings. Start with a free taste quiz. Try Cella Pro free. No wine expertise required. 21+ only. Drink responsibly. Cella does not sell alcohol. Terms of Use (EULA): https://cellawine.com/privacy/ Privacy Policy: https://cellawine.com/privacy/
CellarBook
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CellarBook is the cellar book your wine deserves: every bottle cataloged with its photo, location, value, and drink-by window, plus one honest answer to the nightly question: what should we open? Add a bottle in seconds: style, grape, region, vintage, quantity, and where it sleeps (rack, fridge, crate, with capacity and fill levels). Give it a drink-by window and CellarBook watches the calendar for you. WHAT SHIPS - Bottle catalog with label photos, locations, and search by wine, region, grape, or spot - Drink-by windows with alerts: one ping when a bottle enters its final year, a nudge before the window closes - What-to-open-tonight picker: filter by style and budget, get a ranked pick with its reasons - Tasting notes with your 5-star rating; the story of every bottle you open - Purchase price, estimated value, and value notes (provenance, gifts, trades) - Cellar stats: bottles by region, vintage, and style, window health, and your top-rated region - The Cellar Book PDF: every location, bottle, window, value, and rating on paper - Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud FREE VS LIFETIME Free includes the full cellar workflow for up to 25 bottles: photos, locations, windows, alerts, tasting notes, and the tonight picker. The Lifetime Unlock ($14.99 USD, one payment, no subscription) removes the bottle limit and opens the stats charts and the Cellar Book PDF export. Buy once, keep it forever, on all your devices. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your cellar lives on your device and in your private iCloud; we run no servers and cannot see your data. Made in Montreal by InnovaLabWorks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CellarBook at every 2 days against Cella's monthly. Cella's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Cella sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and CellarBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cella ships an update monthly, CellarBook every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cella | CellarBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Broderick Street Partners LLc | InnovaLabWorks |
In-app purchases
Cella
- Cella - Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Cella - Annual7 Days trial$35.991 Year
CellarBook
- CellarBook Lifetime$2.99









