Comparison

Cellaire vs Fridge pal

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

Head to head
About

Cellaire

Effortlessly catalog your wine and spirits collection using AI-powered label recognition. Get instant details on bottles and ask a personal sommelier for recommendations or insights into your collection's value and rarity. Your data remains private and stored locally.

Highlights
  • AI label recognition
  • Automatic bottle enrichment
  • Personal AI sommelier chat
  • Wishlist tracking
  • Collection value and rarity metrics
  • Local-first data storage
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Cellaire is the most beautiful way to catalog your wine and spirits collection — and the only one with a sommelier built in. Point your camera at any bottle. Cellaire reads the label, identifies the producer, vintage, region, ABV, and rarity, and adds it to your cellar in seconds. No typing. No barcode scanning. No tedious forms. Then ask anything. — "What should I open with grilled lamb tonight?" — "Which of my bourbons is the most allocated?" — "Build me a cocktail with what I have." — "What's the total estimated value of my reds from 2018?" Your collection lives privately on your device. There are no accounts, no sign-ups, no analytics, no ads. Cellaire is a tool for people who care about what they drink, not a platform mining your habits. KEY FEATURES • Instant AI label recognition — powered by Anthropic's Claude vision model • Automatic enrichment: producer, vintage, region, ABV, estimated value, and rarity (1–5) • Personal AI sommelier chat that knows your entire cellar • Wishlist — track bottles you want to acquire, separate from what you own • Collection metrics: total value, rarity distribution, category breakdown • Beautiful, minimalist, dark-first design built for late-night browsing • Fully local-first — your collection never leaves your device • No accounts, no tracking, no ads, ever PRIVACY Cellaire does not collect any personal information. Your bottle inventory is stored only on your device. Photos and chat messages are processed by Anthropic Claude in real time and are not stored on our servers. See the full privacy policy at the support URL below. SUBSCRIPTION Cellaire Plus is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks unlimited AI label scans and unlimited sommelier chat. • Cellaire Plus (Monthly) — $2.99 per month • Cellaire Plus (Annual) — $19.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The 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 prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your device's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://clayms99.github.io/cellaire/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ REQUIREMENTS • iPhone running iOS 16 or later • Internet connection (for AI label scanning and chat) Cellaire is built by an independent developer. If you have ideas, find bugs, or want to say hello, the support URL has my email.

About

Fridge pal

Effortlessly manage your groceries and reduce food waste. Scan receipts to automatically add items to your virtual fridge, pantry, and freezer. Get smart expiry reminders and visual cues to know what to use first.

Highlights
  • Receipt scanning for automatic item entry
  • Virtual fridge, freezer, and pantry
  • Color-coded freshness indicators
  • Smart expiry date reminders
  • Manual item entry with categories
  • Track multiple storage spaces
Features
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Keep forgetting when you bought that yoghurt? Or whether the milk in the back of the fridge is still good? Fridge Pal keeps track of it all for you so nothing gets lost, and nothing goes to waste. Just snap a photo of your receipt and Fridge Pal reads it for you, adding everything straight into your virtual fridge and pantry. No typing, no spreadsheets, no sticky notes. Each item gets an estimated expiry date and a color-coded freshness dot, so you can see what's good, what to use soon, and what's on its way out all at a glance. Tap your fridge, freezer, or pantry to peek inside, just like the real thing. Then let Fridge Pal do the remembering: it gives you a gentle nudge two days before something expires, on the day, and one day after at a time you choose so you actually eat what you bought. Why you'll love it: -Scan a receipt and stock your kitchen in seconds -Color-coded freshness so you always know what to use first -A playful virtual fridge and pantry you can tap to open -Smart expiry reminders, right when you need them -Track multiple spaces fridge, freezer, and pantry -Add items by hand too, with category, location, and quantity Stop throwing money in the bin. Eat fresher, shop smarter, and waste less — one receipt at a time. Download Fridge Pal and take the guesswork out of your kitchen.

Screenshots

Cellaire3 screens
Fridge pal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fridge pal at none against Cellaire's 2. Cellaire's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Cellaire sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Fridge pal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cellaire against 5.0 for Fridge pal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cellaire has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cellaire ships an update every 4 days, Fridge pal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cellaire versus Fridge pal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellaireFridge pal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCMS Technologies LLCEmir Korukluoglu

Customer experience

Cellaire

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fridge pal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cellaire

Subscriptions2
  • Cellaire Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Cellaire Plus Yearly$19.991 Year
None

Fridge pal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cellaire free?
Cellaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fridge pal free?
Fridge pal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cellaire or Fridge pal?
Cellaire and Fridge pal are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Cellaire or Fridge pal have ads?
Neither Cellaire nor Fridge pal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cellaire or Fridge pal?
Cellaire ships an update every 4 days, and Fridge pal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cellaire was updated on October 7, 2026 and Fridge pal on October 24, 2026.

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