Comparison

Wine Collection vs winely

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

Head to head
About

Wine Collection

Easily record and manage your wine collection with automatic label recognition and detailed tasting notes. Track your wine history with graphs, share your discoveries, and export your collection as a PDF.

Highlights
  • Label photo recognition
  • Search input function
  • Graph display
  • Wine list/label collection
  • SNS sharing
  • PDF creation
  • Location tracking
Features
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AppStore No. 1 (Food / Drink, 2018) 77,000 download ! ◆Now on special sale !◆ 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.)

About

winely

Features
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winelyは店舗のワインを仕入れ・在庫管理することはもちろん、在庫が少なくなってきたワインやシャンパンを自動的に酒屋さんへ発注したり、ドリンクメニュー・ワインリストの自動書き出し、棚卸しまで全てに対応しています。飲食店での日々のシチュエーションに最も適した無料ワイン管理アプリです。 ■ワインが、どこに、何本あるのかわかる 保管していたはずのワインが、なぜか見つからないことはありませんか。QRコードを使って管理したワインは1本1本、winely上に記録されます。 あいまいな記憶や付箋、エクセル管理などに頼らなくてもワインの管理が簡単に出来ます。 ■ワインセラーの情報をクラウド化 ワインセラーにあと何本入るのか、今どんなワインがセラーや倉庫に入っていたか、確認したいことはありませんか。 winelyを使えば、たとえばセラーの何段目に縦置き1本分の保管スペースがある、といったことが簡単にわかります。 この情報は複数人でも利用できますので、店舗などでも管理が簡単です。 ■棚卸し機能 QRコードを読み取ることで、在庫の棚卸しが可能です。セラーからすべてのワインを取り出したりする手間を省けます。 ■ドリンクメニューPDFを自動作成 登録したワイン情報からワインリストを自動作成することができます。iPadなどの端末に入れるだけで、ワインリストが完成します。

Screenshots

Wine Collection2 screens
winely3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wine Collection at 13.0 against winely's 16.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Collection ships an update every 2 weeks, winely fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Wine Collection versus winely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine Collectionwinely
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (183 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings183 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB35 MB
Age rating+1717+
DeveloperMONOPOLEAPPS K.K.james.k.k

Bugs and requests

Wine Collection

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • White text on white background in comment/memo fields
  • App crashes when sorting
  • Purchase date screen is blank in dark mode
  • App crashes on startup
  • Photos are stretched vertically
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  • Cannot edit vintage field
  • Data deleted without notification in Lite version
  • App crashes immediately after taking a photo
  • Cannot open the app suddenly

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add camera guide for better photo capture
  • Allow line breaks in memo field
  • Improve search functionality
  • Add wine encyclopedia or average ratings
  • Increase the number of photos allowed
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  • Add ability to enter # of bottles for inventory
  • Allow editing of vintage field
  • Add ability to sort by grape variety
  • Improve editing functionality for tasting notes
  • Allow searching recorded wines more effectively
  • Show grape variety and region from ratings for beginners

winely

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Wine Collection

No in-app purchases

None

winely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wine Collection free?
Wine Collection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is winely free?
winely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wine Collection or winely have ads?
Neither Wine Collection nor winely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wine Collection or winely?
Wine Collection ships an update every 2 weeks, and winely fortnightly. Most recently, Wine Collection was updated on October 29, 2026 and winely on October 27, 2026.

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