Wine Scanner vs Sorbo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wine Scanner
Instantly identify wines by scanning their labels to learn about producer, region, and grape. Get food pairing suggestions and track your personal wine cellar with tasting notes and optimal drinking windows.
- Instant wine label scanning
- 185,000-wine identification database
- Food & wine pairing suggestions
- Personal cellar tracker
- Drink-window tracking
- Tasting journal
- Offline scanning
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Know every bottle. Track your cellar. Pair every meal. Grappi is your new wine scanner — the beautifully simple way to scan, save, and enjoy wine with total confidence. Whether you're staring down a restaurant list, browsing a wine shop, or planning dinner, Grappi turns "I'm not sure" into "I've got this." NEVER FEEL UNSURE ABOUT A WINE AGAIN Point your camera at any label and instantly discover what's in the bottle — the producer, region, grape, and style. Every scan is matched against a professional reference of 185,000 wines, so you get real answers, not guesses. And the more you use it, the smarter it gets at recognizing the wines you love. POUR THE RIGHT WINE, EVERY TIME Tell Grappi what's for dinner and get a wine that fits — or start with the bottle you just opened and find the dish that makes it shine. Every pairing comes with a plain-English reason why it works, so you'll host like a pro and never second-guess a bottle again. REMEMBER EVERY WINE WORTH REMEMBERING That amazing bottle you can never recall the name of? Never again. Save tasting notes, rate wines on a 0–100 scale, and build a personal "buy again" list so you're never blank at the store. Your taste, captured one bottle at a time. YOUR WHOLE CELLAR, IN YOUR POCKET Keep every bottle organized — quantities, storage locations, what you paid, and when each wine is at its best. Drink-window tracking means no great bottle is ever forgotten or wasted, and you can find any wine in seconds. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. Your cellar, notes, and photos stay on your device — not on someone's server. Grappi is honest, too: clear estimates instead of invented prices or fake ratings. Just you and your wine. FREE TO USE — EVERYTHING HERE IS INCLUDED • Instant wine label scanner (works offline) — unlimited scans • 185,000-wine identification database • Food & wine pairing — both directions, with reasons • Personal cellar tracker: quantity, location, price, status — no limit • Drink-window tracking so bottles peak on time • Tasting journal with 0–100 scores, favorites & buy-again list • Scan history — revisit every wine you've scanned • Beautiful, calm, clutter-free design • No ads — no account required GRAPPI PREMIUM (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) Grappi is free to download and everything above is free to use, forever. Grappi Premium is an optional upgrade that unlocks one extra feature: • Collection value — see what your whole cellar is worth, totalled at a glance Premium is available as an auto-renewing weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase, and auto-renewing subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. From shelf to table, Grappi helps you choose better, drink better, and remember every great bottle. Download Grappi and taste the difference confidence makes. — Privacy Policy: https://tossitonline.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://tossitonline.com/terms Questions? We can't reply to App Store reviews — reach us at info@tossitonline.com
Sorbo
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Sorbo is your wine tasting notebook: serious and fast at once. Note what you drink, understand your own taste and discover your next favourite bottle. No showing off, no impossible forms — just you and the wine. TASTE IN SECONDS Log any wine with a quick card: type, body, acidity, tannins, aromas and your score from 50 to 100. The card is pre-filled with the typical profile for that style, so you only fine-tune what you actually perceive. Add the grape (over 600 varieties) and a photo. YOUR CELLAR, ALWAYS WITH YOU All your saved tastings, with search and filters. Save the bottles you haven't opened yet and let Sorbo tell you when they're at their peak with the drinking window. Coming from another app? Import your history from Vivino, CellarTracker or any CSV. SCAN AND GET IT RIGHT Photograph a restaurant's wine list and Sorbo ranks the wines that match your palate, with a budget filter and food pairing based on what you're eating. At the supermarket? Scan the shelf and find out which bottle is worth it. TABLE MODE: BLIND TASTING WITH FRIENDS Create a room, invite by code or QR and taste together, open or blind. Score, reveal and crown the winner on the podium. EXPLORER MODE: TRAIN YOUR PALATE Beat challenges, answer the daily quiz, earn badges and watch the wine map light up with every country and region you taste. Challenges and Quizzes, free for everyone. YOUR PALATE, MADE CLEAR Discover your taster profile, how you score and where your taste is heading. And at the end of the year, relive your year in wine to share it. PLANS — Free: unlimited tastings, Challenges and Quizzes. — Premium: scan lists and shops (10/month), full Table Mode, your palate in depth and your country's map. — Unlimited: everything in Premium, with unlimited scans and the whole world map. Available in 7 languages. For ages 18+. Please drink responsibly. Terms of Use (standard Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wine Scanner at every 4 days against Sorbo's every 3 weeks. Sorbo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Wine Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Sorbo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wine Scanner ships an update every 4 days, Sorbo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wine Scanner | Sorbo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Elard Tissot | Jordi Lluis |
In-app purchases
Wine Scanner
- Grappi Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Grappi Pro Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Grappi Pro Lifetime$99.99
Sorbo
- Sorbo Premium Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Sorbo Premium Anual$14.991 Year








