CT Legacy Version vs BC Starter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CT Legacy Version
Access a vast database of wine reviews and tasting notes from a global community. Manage your personal wine collection, track consumption, and identify wines using label recognition or barcode scanning. This legacy version offers core functionality for wine enthusiasts.
- Read and write wine reviews
- Manage wine collection
- Label recognition for wine identification
- Barcode scanning for cellar management
- Track consumption history
- Access professional reviews
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IMPORTANT: This is the classic, legacy version of CellarTracker. For the best experience, we recommend installing the new version of the app, “CellarTracker: #1 Wine Tracker”. The classic version of the app will not be receiving new feature updates. CellarTracker is the world's largest collection of wine reviews, tasting notes and personal stories from people who love wine — now available for iPhone and iPad! • Read & Write Wine Reviews • Find over 4.4 million wines, read more than 12 million tasting notes (community and professional) for great recommendations, and join a community of over 888,000 users to share your opinions. Fully integrated with professional reviews from Antonio Galloni, Stephen Tanzer, Allen Meadows, Jancis Robinson, Decanter and more (separate subscriptions may be required). • Manage Your Collection • Use our online cellar management tool to track your collection, see its value, and much more. Users are currently managing 168 million bottles and counting! • Label Recognition • Search for a wine by taking a photo of the label, or quickly capture photos and notes of multiple wines for later reference. Access your entire history of captured labels to remember what you've been drinking. • Scan Barcodes • Easily scan UPC/EAN barcodes on wines, as well as custom CellarTracker barcodes, to make cellar management a breeze. • Track Consumption History • CellarTracker allows you to track what you've been drinking — from your cellar, a restaurant, winery or anywhere — and add your own tasting notes, ratings and label images. This app requires internet connectivity to operate. Certain functionality, such as managing your cellar or tracking consumption history, require a free CellarTracker account. Optional paid CellarTracker accounts provide access to additional functionality, including automatic valuation. Some professional reviews require separate subscriptions to those publications to enable integration.
BC Starter
Easily shop for beer, wine, and liquor from your phone. Browse products, view tasting notes, and place orders for pickup or delivery. Pay securely within the app and even get directions to your nearest store.
- Search for beer, wine, or liquor
- Barcode scanner for products
- View events and promotions
- Order for pickup or delivery
- Secure in-app payment
- Browse product details and ratings
- Multi-store location support
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Shop for Beer, Wine or Liquor from your smartphone! Have it delivered or pick it up—pay for your purchase right in the app! It’s your favorite liquor store in your pocket! Features: • Search for Beer/Wine/ Liquor or use a barcode scanner • Search for products using Varietals/Sizes/ Price range etc. • View Events/ Promotions/ Wine Tastings • Place orders for in-store pickup or delivery • Quick Re-order • Pay securely through the app • Browse products, tasting notes, images, ratings • Include tips to driver for delivery • Turn-by-turn, narrated directions to store • Supports multiple store locations using a single app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CT Legacy Version at 63% against BC Starter's 0%. CT Legacy Version also leads on ratings volume (184 vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). BC Starter's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BC Starter holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CT Legacy Version has 184 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of CT Legacy Version's written reviews are positive against 0% of BC Starter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CT Legacy Version ships an update every 3 months, BC Starter every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CT Legacy Version | BC Starter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (184 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CellarTracker | Critical Telephone Applications, Inc |
Customer experience
CT Legacy Version
BC Starter
Bugs and requests
CT Legacy Version
Reported bugs
13 issues- Horizontal banner/glitch appears halfway down review screens
- App fails to load or shows blank white pages
- Keyboard covers text input fields
- Sticky banner appears in random screen positions when scrolling
- iOS 16.4+ compatibility issues with banner positioning
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- Search function unable to handle minor typos
- Barcode misidentification (e.g., Shiraz identified as Chianti)
- Label identification fails for common wines
- App won't open with error codes
- Slow loading times on iPhone 11 and newer devices
- Non-native app behavior and web view problems
- Constant loading spinners during operations
- Online search functionality broken without support response
Requested features
20 requests- Offline access to cellar inventory
- Multi-currency and international date format support
- Bulk scanner for multiple bottles at once
- Copy/duplicate entry function for similar wines
- Sort by delivery/purchase date
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- Coravined wine tracking and flagging
- Save search history for quick access
- Better storage/location visualization (like VinoCell)
- Social features to connect with local collectors
- PDF file attachment capability for wine information
- Ability to mark multiple bottles consumed at once
- Wine pairing recommendations
- Search history/saved searches
- Default sorting preferences
- iOS 13 shortcuts for bottle removal
- Better keyboard handling to avoid covering input fields
- Swipe navigation between pages
- Remember scroll position when returning to cellar list
- Less sensitive tap/select function
- Professional sommelier input on drink-by dates
BC Starter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CT Legacy Version
No in-app purchases
BC Starter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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