Blind Wine Notes vs Corkwell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blind Wine Notes
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Blind Wine Notes is a tasting journal for recording the glass in front of you with your own senses, and looking back on it the next time you drink the same grape or a wine from the same country. ■ Log today's wine with a few taps Record color, aromas, palate and overall impressions by choosing from clear options. Aromas are grouped by category. Snap the label and AI reads the wine name, grape and region for you. ■ Compare with your earlier self Open a note and compare it right away with your last bottle of the same grape from the same country, or with the same grape from other countries. ■ See how a grape differs by country The grape note lays your impressions side by side by country. For example, how did Cabernet Sauvignon from France and from the US feel different to you? It shows your average palate, the aromas you found in every country, and the aromas you found in only one. ■ Blind tasting, if you like Hide the label, reason out the grape, country, region and vintage, then check the answer with your guess shown next to it. ■ Keep the habit of looking back A weekly goal, a grape collection and badges show your notes adding up. Review quizzes help you re-read your own notes. ■ Feedback from the AI sommelier AI points out what you noticed well and what to pay attention to next. AI features have a monthly allowance. No account is required. Records are stored on your device and can be exported as JSON. When you use AI features, the necessary records or images are sent for processing. ■ About the subscription Blind Wine Notes Pro (weekly / monthly) raises your AI allowance (10 credits a month on the free tier, 300 on Pro). ・Payment is charged to your Apple ID account 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. ・Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions on your device. ・Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Corkwell
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You know the feeling: a case that came in during harvest, a few bottles from a tasting you liked, a magnum nobody has opened. At some point a cellar stops being a pile and needs to become a list — one that says what you actually have, and what’s ready tonight. From a label to a full card Photograph a bottle and Corkwell reads the label — producer, vintage, appellation, region, grapes and alcohol by volume — then hands you a card to check and correct. It happens on your phone. The photo never leaves it, so it works in a cellar with no signal. A cellar that matches the room Describe your own racks, shelves, wine fridge, or the case still on the floor, then tap a slot or drag a bottle into it. Corkwell tells you which one to reach for. A bottle with no slot yet waits in a tray, so the layout never quietly stops matching what’s in front of you. Know what’s ready Corkwell estimates a drinking window for every bottle from its appellation, its grapes and its size — a magnum keeps longer than a standard bottle, and it counts that. A Tonight list ranks what has come into range, so you’re not guessing at the back of a rack. It’s an estimate, and it says so — change any window in two taps. Corkwell knows around seven hundred appellations, their grapes, and how long each tends to keep. Bottles in, bottles out Log what happens to each one — drunk, given, sold, broken — and see its whole history. Bring in an existing list as a CSV; Corkwell works out which column is which by itself, in several languages, and shows you what it understood before anything is saved. Export everything, any time, as CSV. Your cellar is never locked in here. Tasting notes, kept with the bottle Eye, nose, palate, five structural axes, a score and a photo — write a note once and it stays with that wine, so a vertical of one estate across five vintages reads as one story instead of five scraps of paper. The shape of the cellar Charts for bottles by color, region, grape and vintage, and what the cellar cost against what you reckon it’s worth — built entirely from your own figures. Corkwell never looks up a market price; a number from some merchant would be wrong about your cellar in particular. On the counter, not just in the app Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show what’s ready without opening anything. Yours Everything syncs through your own iCloud. There’s no Corkwell account, nothing to sign up for, and no feed attached to your bottles. Corkwell works offline, exactly where a cellar usually is. What’s free The cellar is free, and so is adding to it — no cap on bottles. Corkwell Pro adds drinking windows across the whole cellar, tasting notes, the charts, and iCloud sync, as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial, a monthly subscription, or a one-time purchase. • Label scanning, done on your phone • A cellar laid out to match your own racks and fridge • Drinking windows for around 700 appellations • A Tonight list of what’s ready • CSV import and export, any time • Tasting notes, scores and verticals • Charts by color, region, grape and vintage • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Sync through your own iCloud, no account needed Made by Develak. Corkwell is free to download. Corkwell Pro is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial, as a monthly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel yours in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://develak.com/apps/corkwell/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Blind Wine Notes at weekly against Corkwell's every 2 months. 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. Blind Wine Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Corkwell sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Blind Wine Notes ships an update weekly, Corkwell every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blind Wine Notes | Corkwell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shuya Hiranuma | Develak |
In-app purchases
Blind Wine Notes
- Blind Wine Notes Pro (Weekly)$2.997 Days
- Blind Wine Notes Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
- AI Credits 200$6.99
Corkwell
- Corkwell Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Corkwell Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Corkwell Pro Lifetime$39.99









