Comparison

Steak Locker vs CellarTracker

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

Head to head
About

Steak Locker

This app controls a smart dry-aging fridge, allowing users to monitor and manage temperature and humidity for aging steak and charcuterie. It provides visual inventory, detailed reporting, and profit monitoring, making professional dry-aging accessible at home.

Highlights
  • Smart fridge control
  • Temperature and humidity monitoring
  • Visual inventory
  • Product yield reporting
  • Remote performance monitoring
  • 5GHz WiFi connectivity
Features
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From one chef to another: great dry-aging isn't luck. It's control. Steak Locker is the companion app for your Steak Locker smart dry age fridge — trusted in home kitchens and professional ones alike. Whether you're chasing your first 30-day ribeye or running a full dry-aging program in a restaurant, it's the difference between hoping a cut turns out and knowing it will. Open the app and your whole operation is right there: temperature, humidity, and everything that's aging, at a glance. KNOW, DON'T GUESS Watch temperature and humidity in real time, around the clock. Set your targets and Steak Locker keeps watch, sending an alert the moment something drifts — so you can step in before a single cut is at risk, whether you're in the next room or across the country. SEE THE WHOLE STORY Review 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day history for every reading. Spot trends, confirm stability, and prove consistency — the kind of record a serious program needs. TRACK EVERY CUT Log each piece with its cut, weight, and start date. Follow days elapsed and remaining, estimated yield, and progress toward target — from a single primal to a full locker. RUN ONE LOCKER OR MANY Manage multiple lockers from a single app, each with its own targets and program. Scale from one fridge at home to a row of them in a commercial kitchen without losing the thread. GUIDED FROM DAY ONE New to dry-aging? You're covered. Built-in lessons meet you exactly where you are — from your first cut to advanced charcuterie. Seasoned pros can skip straight to the controls. STEAKHOUSE QUALITY, FOR LESS Dry-age premium beef, charcuterie, cheese, and more — results that rival the best steakhouses, at a fraction of the cost of buying it finished. Built for home cooks and professional chefs, butchers, and restaurants. Steak Locker gives you the control the craft demands. Requires a Steak Locker smart dry age fridge (or Steak Locker Smart Aging Controller).

About

CellarTracker

This app helps you discover, track, and manage your wine collection. Access millions of ratings and reviews, scan bottles for quick logging, and get personalized recommendations. It's designed for everyone from casual drinkers to serious collectors.

Highlights
  • Track wine tasting notes and ratings
  • Access millions of wine reviews
  • Scan bottles with barcode tool
  • View real-time pricing data
  • Get personalized wine recommendations
  • Manage cellar inventory and storage
  • Discover new wines and producers
Features
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CellarTracker is the top-rated wine app with 4.9 of 5 stars, over 13.6 million wine ratings and reviews, and over 8.8 million users globally, collectively tracking $21 billion of wine and millions of personal memories captured over the last 20 years.  CellarTracker is the most current, accurate, and comprehensive wine database globally with over 5 million unique wines to explore, 1000 + new wines added each day, and over 193 million bottles tracked by members. Featured in leading publications globally including the New York Times, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Robb Report, CNN, Financial Times, Decanter, Fox Business and more. CellarTracker empowers millions of people around the world to discover and experience wines they love. If you’ve ever wondered what wine to pick from a restaurant wine list, have a small collection at home, or are a long-time wine enthusiast with a $10 million cellar, CellarTracker is the best wine cellar management app and wine tracker hands down. We completely modernized the CellarTracker experience and our new wine app was released last year – we have carefully built AI into the product over the last two years, powered by over 20 years of tasting notes and wine rating data that is unparalleled in the industry. TRACK YOUR WINE EXPERIENCE The best wine app and wine cellar tracker for casual drinkers, collectors, and connoisseurs alike. CellarTracker is the go-to wine app for wine ratings. - Add personal wine tasting notes, reviews, and wine ratings for each bottle - Access over 13M wine reviews: 11M community tasting notes + 2M professional reviews - Use the wine scanner or barcode tool to log bottles in seconds KNOW A FAIR PRICE TO PAY Make smarter purchases with real-time price transparency using the wine cellar application and wine inventory software trusted by serious collectors. - View 15+ years of valuation data and values based on over 80+ million data points - Access auction data and average Wine-Searcher prices from 37,000+ merchants and compare 20M+ listings: retail, auction, and more CHOOSE THE BEST BOTTLE OF WINE The best wine tracking app to help you open the perfect bottle at the perfect time—based on your collection, taste, and timing. - Get personalized wine recommendations from your ratings - Stay alert on bottles ready to drink vs. those needing more time - Compare community tasting notes, wine reviews, wine ratings, and your notes EFFORTLESSLY MANAGE YOUR CELLAR The most intuitive wine tracker and wine scanner for organizing your collection—without complexity or cost. - Add wines via wine scanner, barcode, label scan, or digital receipt forwarding - Track storage locations and pending deliveries - Manage wine inventory collections across multiple storage sites - Monitor cellar value and consumption trends DISCOVER NEW WINES & PRODUCERS Use our wine cellar tracker and wine rating app to explore top wines and trending producers from the global wine community. - Get tailored wine suggestions based on your preferences - Use the wine scanner to see what others are drinking and loving THE MOST ACCURATE WINE DATABASE CellarTracker’s community-powered platform delivers unmatched coverage and accuracy and is well established as the best wine reviews app and wine tracker. - Search from 5M+ unique wines with 1000+ new wines added daily - Rich data on producers, regions, vintages, and varietals SEAMLESS WINE-SEARCHER INTEGRATION A powerful feature of our cellar tracker app and wine tracker, Wine-Searcher integration ensures real-time market intelligence. - Instantly view and compare prices from 37,000+ global merchants - Access over 20M offers across retail and auctions SMARTER WINE DECISIONS WITH THE BEST AI WINE APP The only AI wine app and cellar tracker powered by over 13M+ tasting notes, reviews, and ratings - Get recommendations on whether you’ll like a wine based on your unique taste - Get expert-grade food pairing recommendations

Screenshots

Steak Locker4 screens
CellarTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Steak Locker and CellarTracker both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of CellarTracker's written reviews are positive against 15% of Steak Locker's. CellarTracker also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Steak Locker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, rating, 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. CellarTracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Steak Locker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Steak Locker against 4.9 for CellarTracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellarTracker has 13K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 15% of Steak Locker's written reviews are positive against 71% of CellarTracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steak Locker ships an update every 2 months, CellarTracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Steak Locker versus CellarTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteak LockerCellarTracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (13K ratings)
Positive reviews15.0% of reviews70.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#15 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB174 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBruno Investments LLCCellarTracker

Customer experience

Steak Locker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive15.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.0%

CellarTracker

All ratings13,032 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative21.1%

Bugs and requests

Steak Locker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

CellarTracker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Couldn't make it past the second screen to make an account
  • Autocorrect does not appear to be working in the text fields
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Add wish list features
  • Easier way to print out a list of wines past due drinking date
  • Add ability to switch currency
  • Dark mode option

In-app purchases

None

Steak Locker

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

CellarTracker

Subscriptions6
  • Up to 100 Bottles14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Up to 250 Bottles14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Up to 500 Bottles14 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Up to 1,000 Bottles14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Up to 2,500 Bottles14 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • 2,500+ Bottles14 Days trial$44.991 Month

Questions

Is Steak Locker free?
Steak Locker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CellarTracker free?
CellarTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steak Locker or CellarTracker?
Steak Locker is rated higher. Steak Locker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CellarTracker averages 4.9 from 13K ratings.
Do Steak Locker or CellarTracker have ads?
Neither Steak Locker nor CellarTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steak Locker or CellarTracker?
Steak Locker ships an update every 2 months, and CellarTracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Steak Locker was updated on October 10, 2026 and CellarTracker on October 18, 2026.

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