Bourbon Values vs Proof & Ash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bourbon Values
This app provides real-time values for rare and collectible spirits. It manually reviews hundreds of verified sales daily from large secondary groups to maintain an accurate and up-to-date database.
- Real-time values for spirits
- Manual sales verification
- Daily database updates
- Private secondary group reviews
- Collectible spirit focus
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Since 2022 without missing a day, we’ve been manually reviewing every single post from more than a dozen of the largest and most active private national secondary groups, entering hundreds of verified sales into our Values Database every day. This dedication to consistency is what makes BourbonValues the most accurate and up to date values source for rare and collectable spirits available. Privacy Policy: https://bourbonvalues.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Proof & Ash
Digitally catalog your bourbon and cigars, tracking pours, smokes, and tasting notes. It helps you decide what to enjoy next based on your preferences and collection. Data is stored privately on your device or iCloud.
- Digital bourbon and cigar shelf
- Label scanning for catalog matching
- Log pours and smokes with tasting notes
- Personalized recommendations for enjoyment
- Track bottle inventory and cigar counts
- Private data storage on device or iCloud
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Proof & Ash is a private shelf for your bourbon and a humidor for your cigars, on your iPhone. Point the camera at a bottle or a band. The label is read on your phone and matched to a shared catalog of around a thousand bourbons and cigars, with proof, age, style and the flavors reviewers usually find. If it isn't in the catalog, add it by hand and it lives on your shelf like any other bottle. Log the pour or the smoke in a few taps: a verdict, the flavors you actually got, a note, a photo if you like. Over time the app builds a picture of your palate from your own history, not from scores. TONIGHT One screen that answers the question you have at nine o'clock: what should I open? It leans on what you've loved, what you haven't touched in a while, and what's already open. SHELF AND HUMIDOR Every bottle with how much is left, when you last poured it, and what it cost. Every cigar with a count. Chips for wheated, high rye, barrel proof, bottled-in-bond and the rest, drawn from the catalog's facts rather than guessed from the name. WRITTEN FOR YOU, ON YOUR PHONE On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, the app writes a short note on each bottle and an honest read of your whole shelf, using only your own history. Nothing is sent anywhere. Phones without Apple Intelligence show the facts instead. CAPTIONS When a pour deserves a post, the app drafts a caption from the facts of that pour. Share it wherever you like; the app never posts on its own. YOURS, FULL STOP Your bottles, cigars, notes and photos are stored on your iPhone and, if you use iCloud, in your own private iCloud, where they follow you to your next phone. There is no account to create, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. The developer cannot see your shelf. FREE, AND RESERVE Free is a real app: up to 15 bottles on the shelf, 10 kinds of cigar in the humidor, 5 label scans, plus manual add, catalog search, pours and smokes, Tonight, and export. Reserve lifts the caps, makes scanning unlimited, and adds Insights, the written note on each bottle and cigar, and drafted captions. Reserve is $3.99 a month, $24.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $59.99 once. Whatever you add is yours on any plan or none: nothing is ever hidden or deleted, and Export builds a zip of everything at any time. Proof & Ash is a record-keeping tool for adults of legal age to buy alcohol and tobacco where they live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Proof & Ash at every 5 days against Bourbon Values's every 3 weeks. Bourbon Values's advantage is chart position (#193 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Bourbon Values sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Proof & Ash sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bourbon Values against 5.0 for Proof & Ash. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Bourbon Values ships an update every 3 weeks, Proof & Ash every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bourbon Values | Proof & Ash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #193 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bourbon Values | Paul Cobb |
In-app purchases
Bourbon Values
- Bourbon Values Membership Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Bourbon Values Membership Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
Proof & Ash
- Reserve Monthly$3.991 Month
- Reserve Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Reserve Lifetime$59.99
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