Comparison

Pocket Wine Pairing vs WinePlease

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Wine Pairing

Easily discover perfect food and wine pairings with a comprehensive index of meal types and wine styles. Organize your personal wine collection with photos and ratings, and gain expert insights into grape varieties and wine regions.

Highlights
  • Food and wine pairing index
  • Wine style and grape variety insights
  • Personal wine cellar with photos
  • Do's & Don'ts pairing guide
  • Quick guide to food types
  • Wine ratings and notes
Features
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Featured as one of the “Best New Apps” on the App Store! Food and wine pairing has never been so clear, accessible and easy to understand. The app gives you a detailed index of hundreds of meal types, showing you the best matches for different wine styles, grape varieties and blends. A “Do’s & Don’ts” section, along with a “Quick Guide To Food Types” provides valuable and easy to follow information enabling you to discover even more unique food and wine pairings for yourself. Add your wines to the unique “My Wines” cellar function, along with your views and ratings. The app also allows you to add as many photos as you like to each wine entry, so you can include a photo of the meal you paired the wine with, a photo of the restaurant menu or a copy of a recipe. Explore the Styles section and gain valuable insights into wine styles and why they are so important in enabling you to approach wines with confidence, like a professional. Discover the grape varieties that belong to each style, as well as their key attributes, flavor profile, regions and food pairing advice. Here’s what some users of our full Pocket Wine app had to say: “This app is sensational! I discovered my love for wine. Wonderful on pairing with foods and discovering which wines suit your palate.” “From a beer only drinker to a full on wine enthusiast and all because of this wonderful little app! I definitely recommend giving it a try.” “A must for any wine enthusiast. This app is worth every dollar, and even more if you’re learning or want to discover new wines.” “This app is the deal … an exploration tool … what really matters.” “Best of the best. Hands down worth every penny, great for all levels of learning.” “Thanks to this app I now know what I’m looking at and looking for when I go to a wine store.” “The best wine app out there, hands down.” “Great app. I’m a winemaker in VA and recommend this for visitors in the tasting room. Definitely recommend it, worth the price for the education and food pairing suggestions.” “Absolutely fantastic wine reference tool. Beautiful interface, easy to use and unbelievably informative.” “Finally, an app that has made wine accessible to me – brilliant!” Enjoy and happy food and wine pairing. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WinePlease

This app offers a fun way to request more wine by shaking your phone, triggering pouring animations and sounds. It also includes a search feature to locate wine stores based on your current location or any city in the USA, with direct calling and map integration.

Highlights
  • Shake to request wine
  • Pouring wine animations
  • Audible bell notification
  • Wine store locator
  • Call wine sources directly
  • View stores on Google Maps
  • Red or white wine options
Features
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The WinePlease app allows you to request more wine. When you shake your phone the glass of wine on the screen will start to pour and the bell will jingle to audibly inform your mate more wine is requested. This can be a fun method in a group to make your request. When you shake the phone a second time the pour and jingle will stop, or just press the Shake button. The apps wine search ability allow you to search for wine stores base on your current location. You can also find wine in any city and state in the USA. The table view allows you to directly call a wine source or quickly lookup the store on a Google maps. You have a choice of red wine or white wine animations to be displayed. Also since some people have problems shaking their phone a "Shake" button has been provided to start the video and audio action. Like the actual shake you can stop the action with another shake once you wine arrives. The WinePlease app is a fun app to show of in your group of friends. Enjoy the app and the wine it brings. The WinePlease settings within the Apple Settings app or a separate settings dialog found on the Red Wine page allows you to start the app with "Red" or "White" wine shown and to optionally start ringing automatically at the start.

Screenshots

Pocket Wine Pairing4 screens
WinePlease4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WinePlease at none against Pocket Wine Pairing's 3. WinePlease also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Pocket Wine Pairing's advantage is ratings volume (359 vs 4). On price, ads 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. Pocket Wine Pairing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. WinePlease asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WinePlease holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Wine Pairing has 359 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Pocket Wine Pairing's written reviews are positive against 100% of WinePlease's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Wine Pairing ships an update every 7 months, WinePlease every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pocket Wine Pairing versus WinePlease: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Wine PairingWinePlease
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (359 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings359 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB37 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTime Marketing LimitedRandolph W Duerr

Customer experience

Pocket Wine Pairing

All ratings359 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.7%

WinePlease

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pocket Wine Pairing

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • In-app purchase not prompting correctly on some devices
  • Unresponsive customer support for purchase issues

Requested features

9 requests
  • Expanded dessert wine pairing information and serving guidance
  • More frequent updates to food pairing database
  • Enhanced coverage of Canadian wine regions (Okanagan Valley, Niagara Peninsula)
  • Customizable wine and pairing information
  • Integration with other wine apps (Vivino)
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  • Organization by wine region/terroir in addition to varietal
  • Integration with wine rating tables (DeLong periodic wine table)
  • More comprehensive international wine coverage
  • Ability to add custom notes and preferences

WinePlease

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pocket Wine Pairing

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Subscription$19.99
None

WinePlease

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Wine Pairing free?
Pocket Wine Pairing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WinePlease free?
WinePlease is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Wine Pairing or WinePlease?
WinePlease is rated higher. Pocket Wine Pairing averages 4.6 out of 5 from 359 ratings, while WinePlease averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Pocket Wine Pairing or WinePlease have ads?
Neither Pocket Wine Pairing nor WinePlease shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Wine Pairing or WinePlease?
Pocket Wine Pairing ships an update every 7 months, and WinePlease every 2 months. Most recently, Pocket Wine Pairing was updated on November 6, 2026 and WinePlease on November 3, 2026.

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