Comparison

Wine Collection vs Drinkful

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

Drinkful

Features
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Ever loved a drink at a bar… and forgot its name by morning? "It was amazing — but what was it called?" "That place last week — what did I order?" "I drank it, and nothing was left behind." Drinkful fixes that. Snap a label, and the drink, the date, and the place are all saved together — one pour at a time, into your own field guide. ■ Snap it, never forget it - One photo captures the name, type, ABV, flavor notes, and food pairings - The date and place are saved too, so you always know what you drank, when, and where - Out late? Just take a photo — log it from your library tomorrow - Star ratings and notes remember how the night went ■ A calendar and a map of everything you've tasted - See at a glance which nights you drank, and which you didn't - Every place you've had a drink stays on your map as a pin — the bar abroad, the spot around the corner - Browse as photo cards, by type, by month, or on a virtual shelf ■ Never order the same thing twice (unless you want to) - Scan a drink you've had before and Drinkful tells you instantly - Earn a "NEW!" badge for your first of a kind, and a "First Find!" for drinks no one else has logged ■ Decode any label or menu - AI reads even brush-script Japanese sake labels that locals struggle with - Snap an izakaya or bar menu and get friendly explanations of every drink - Works in English and Japanese — perfect for travel in Japan ■ Your log stays yours - Automatic iCloud backup: your collection survives a new phone - The first 30 drinks are free. A one-time "Unlimited Collection" purchase keeps every drink after that (everything you've already logged stays free to view) Need a suggestion? Tell us the occasion — non- and low-alcohol options included. Note: This app is intended for users of legal drinking age.

Screenshots

Wine Collection2 screens
Drinkful4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wine Collection at none against Drinkful's shown. Wine Collection also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Drinkful's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Collection ships an update every 2 weeks, Drinkful every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Wine Collection versus Drinkful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine CollectionDrinkful
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (183 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings183 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB67 MB
Age rating+1717+
DeveloperMONOPOLEAPPS K.K.Circle Asia Pacific 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

Drinkful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Wine Collection

No in-app purchases

None

Drinkful

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wine Collection free?
Wine Collection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drinkful free?
Drinkful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wine Collection or Drinkful have ads?
Drinkful shows ads; Wine Collection does not.
Which is updated more often, Wine Collection or Drinkful?
Wine Collection ships an update every 2 weeks, and Drinkful every 8 days. Most recently, Wine Collection was updated on October 29, 2026 and Drinkful on October 6, 2026.

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