Comparison

BottleVault vs BarVault

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

Head to head
About

BottleVault

Features
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BottleVault is an elegant, straightforward inventory for wine, beer, sparkling drinks, spirits, mixers, soda, water and every other beverage. Create a grid with your own width and height, or add shelves that hold several bottles and boxes. Insert a row or column later without breaking the link between an existing drink and its physical place. Save photos, remaining amount, who gave it to you, when you received it and the suggested time to open it. Everything works offline and synchronises when a connection returns. Invite people you trust with a private link or QR code. Natural-language search finds a Shiraz, producer, gift or flavour across your notes and AI text. Download, inventory, sharing and sync are free. Optional bottle-image analysis uses one credit per successful analysis.

About

BarVault

Features
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BarVault is a home bar inventory for people who collect bottles: whiskey, bourbon, scotch, gin, rum, tequila, mezcal, brandy, vodka, wine, sake, vermouth and liqueurs. See what you own, what's open, how much is left and what you want to buy next. No account and no sign-up. YOUR BAR, GROUPED Bottles are grouped by product, so three bottles of the same whiskey sit together. A compact list fits a whole shelf on one screen, or switch to cards. Mark each bottle sealed or opened, set how much is left with a slider, and add a photo and notes. FAST TO ADD Start typing and BarVault suggests from a built-in catalogue of more than 2,000 brands and 4,700 bottles, filling in the type, strength and country. Bottles that aren't in the catalogue are typed in freely and remembered for next time. OPENED BOTTLES THAT DON'T LAST Vermouth, port, sherry, cream liqueurs, wine and sake fade once opened. BarVault suggests a typical number of days after opening, which you can change, and flags bottles before they turn. EVERY DETAIL A COLLECTOR KEEPS Date bought, where you bought it, store pick, barrel, batch and release year. Give a product your own star rating and a "buy again?" mark, and sort by what has been on the shelf the longest. A finished bottle moves to a Finished list, and one tap puts it back on the wishlist. A WISHLIST THAT SHOPS WITH YOU Keep the bottles you're hunting for with the price you want to pay. In a shop, type the price and size on the label and see the price per litre and how it compares with your target. Turn on Restock and bottles running low or recently finished show up on the wishlist. BRING YOUR SPREADSHEET Import bottles from a CSV file saved in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets: match the columns, check the preview, then add. Export the whole collection to a CSV any time. FIND ANY BOTTLE Search by name or brand, even with a typo, and filter by type, opened, sealed, expiring or finished. BACKUP YOU CONTROL Save the whole collection to one file, see when you last saved, and restore it on a new phone. Choose replace or merge. PRIVATE AND CALM BarVault has no account and no server of its own. Your collection stays on your device unless you save a backup or switch on Keep in iCloud, which uses your own t themes. Volumes in ml, cl or fl oz. InEnglish, Russian and Armenian. FREE AND SUPPORTER Everything above is free. The free app holds 5s 50 finished ones and shows a small banner ad. Supporter is a one-time purchase, no subscription, and adds: no ads, no bottle limit, Keep in iCloud on iPhone and iPad, a pour log with each bottle's history, cics screen with your own exchange rates, andaccent colours. Made by a solo developer with a home bar of their own.

Screenshots

BottleVault3 screens
BarVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BottleVault at none against BarVault's shown. BarVault's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BottleVault sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and BarVault sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BottleVault ships an update every 9 days, BarVault every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
BottleVault versus BarVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBottleVaultBarVault
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB34 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperIT24 Develops ABKaren Simonyan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BottleVault

One-time3
  • 5 AI analysis credits$0.99
  • 15 AI analysis credits$3.99
  • 50 AI analysis credits$11.99
4 purchases

BarVault

One-time4
  • Small tip$1.99
  • Supporter$4.99
  • Tip$4.99
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  • Generous tip$9.99

Questions

Is BottleVault free?
BottleVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BarVault free?
BarVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BottleVault or BarVault have ads?
BarVault shows ads; BottleVault does not.
Which is updated more often, BottleVault or BarVault?
BottleVault ships an update every 9 days, and BarVault every 10 days. Most recently, BottleVault was updated on October 31, 2026 and BarVault on October 31, 2026.

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