Comparison

café vs Wine Collection Pro

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

Head to head
About

café

This digital magazine offers in-depth coverage of the cafe, sweets, and bakery industries. It features successful professionals and popular establishments, showcasing detailed recipes and global trends. Ideal for both industry insiders and enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Industry insights for cafes and bakeries
  • Profiles of successful professionals
  • Detailed recipes and process guides
  • Global trend reporting
  • Interviews with popular cafe owners
  • Features on French patisseries
Features
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カフェとスイーツ・パンのプロフェッショナル、アマチュアの方々へ。新時代の喫茶業、製菓・製パン業にスポットをあてています! いま人気の職業は、カフェ・オーナー、パティシエ(ケーキ職人)、ブーランジェ (パン職人)。取材対象は、その仕事で成功している人、また単におしゃれなだけ でなく、本当にお客様に支持されている実力店を取り上げます。誌面のほとんど が美しいカラーページで、作り方の詳細なプロセスも惜しみなく披露いただいて おります。日本国内のみならず海外現地取材も行ない、最新のトレンドを紹介。 毎号の強力特集の他、人気カフェのオーナーや本場フランスのパティシエによる 連載もあり、業界の方はもちろん、一般の方にまで男女を問わず広くご好評いた だいている雑誌です。 *出版物のタイトル: café-sweets(カフェ・スイーツ) *発行間隔: 2ヶ月 *定期購読の期間と料金  2ヶ月 1,300円  6ヶ月 3,800円   1年 7,400円 *課金について 定期購読料金はiTunes アカウントにて行われます。 *自動更新時の課金について 自動更新される際の課金については、定期購読期間の終了日の24時間以内に行われます。 *定期購読の確認について 定期購読状況の確認と自動更新の停止は、App Store のApple IDの設定にて行います。 *定期購読のキャンセルについて 定期購読中は、期間の変更やキャンセルをすることができません。

About

Wine Collection Pro

Easily record your wine collection with automatic label recognition and search. Track your tasting notes, visualize trends with graphs, and share your discoveries. Organize your wines by type and origin, and export your collection as a PDF.

Highlights
  • Label photo recognition
  • Wine database search
  • Graph display of wine trends
  • Wine list and label collection
  • SNS sharing
  • PDF creation
  • Location tracking
Features
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AppStore No. 1 (Food / Drink, May 1, 2017) 55,000 download ! ◆On sale until tomorrow◆ The WineCollection is an app that can record wine with the concept of "Easy Input". Also supports graph display, sharing with SNS, PDF creation, DropBox. 【Major features】 ■ Label photo recognition function Automatically retrieve the wine name from the image and automatically enter the country of production and production area. ■ Search input function We search from the database of about 10,000 wines and automatically input the country of production, production area, producer etc. You can search while looking at label photos, so it's very smooth! ■ Graph display function Graphs show the type of wine, graph by country of origin, number of wines per month and its breakdown. You can tell at a glance the trend of the wine you have drunk. ■ Wine List / Label Collection You can sort and display wine type and country of origin. We will display the collection so far easy to see. ■ SNS sharing function You can share wines with Twitter, Facebook, Mail, Messaging app etc. (PDF sharing is also possible) ■ PDF creation function You can create a PDF file of all wine lists, wine types, and list by country of origin. You can save PDF files with Dropbox or other applications. ■ Location function Automatically enter the address you drank wine, you can display the map. (You can turn off this feature if you do not need it.) ■ Web search function Web search can be done by pressing search button such as wine name, production area, producer etc. 【Recommended】 iOS 8.0 or later, iPhone 6 or later (Although you can use it on iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, there is a possibility that some screen composition may be misplaced. Please purchase a paid version after trial with Lite version.)

Screenshots

café4 screens
Wine Collection Pro2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: café at Free against Wine Collection Pro's $2.99. Wine Collection Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

café is free to download; Wine Collection Pro costs $2.99 up front. café sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 2 months. Wine Collection Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

café holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wine Collection Pro has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of café's written reviews are positive against 71% of Wine Collection Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

café ships an update every 9 months, Wine Collection Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
café versus Wine Collection Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercaféWine Collection Pro
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better3.8 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews71.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings137 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#163 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB42 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSHIBATASHOTENMONOPOLEAPPS K.K.

Customer experience

café

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative43.8%

Wine Collection Pro

All ratings37 ratings
Positive67.6%
Neutral18.9%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral11.9%
Negative16.9%

In-app purchases

18 purchases

café

Subscriptions3
  • cafe-sweets定期購読$9.992 Months
  • cafe-sweets定期購読$29.996 Months
  • cafe-sweets定期購読$69.991 Year
One-time15
  • CafeSweets vol212$6.99
  • café-sweets(カフェ・スイーツ) vol.173$6.99
  • café-sweetsvol176$6.99
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  • café-sweetsvol178$6.99
  • cafesweetsvol196$6.99
  • café-sweets(カフェ・スイーツ) vol.171$7.99
  • CafeSweets vol219$9.99
  • CafeSweets vol230$9.99
  • CafeSweets vol231$9.99
  • CafeSweets vol225$9.99
  • CafeSweets vol227$9.99
  • CafeSweets vol223$9.99
  • café-sweets(カフェ・スイーツ) vol.160$10.99
  • ベーカリーブックvol.11$14.99
  • patissier$14.99
None

Wine Collection Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is café free?
café is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wine Collection Pro free?
Wine Collection Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, café or Wine Collection Pro?
café is rated higher. café averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Wine Collection Pro averages 3.8 from 37 ratings.
Do café or Wine Collection Pro have ads?
Neither café nor Wine Collection Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, café or Wine Collection Pro?
café ships an update every 9 months, and Wine Collection Pro fortnightly. Most recently, café was updated on October 23, 2026 and Wine Collection Pro on October 24, 2026.

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