Here are some of our favorite wine apps on iOS and Android worth investing your time in.
Most Social Wine App: Vivino
Vivino
Social media integration.
Wine reviews are easy to read and create.
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An impressive amount of data to dig into.
Syncing social media followers can take a long time.
Detailed wine product pages can be intimidating.
Vivino
Vivino is a social media app for wine enthusiasts.
The app can connect to social media which makes populating your Vivino friends list incredibly easy and fast.
It also recommends featured users who frequently post about new wines and have built up a significant following.
Vivino can help you when shopping for wine in a physical retail store, too.
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Fastest Wine Scanning App: CellarTracker
Anyone can use app without an account.
Barcode scanning is incredibly fast.
Delectable
Lacks manual entry or request for wine registration.
App design isn’t as modern as other smartphone apps.
It takes less than a second to read a barcode and render a result.
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Best Wine App for iOS: Delectable
Delectable
Fast, mostly consistent scanning feature.
Well-designed; easy navigation.
Some niche wines are missing from the Delectable database.
Buying wine kicks you out of the app to a website.
Niche categories for enthusiasts.
Too many pop-ups announcing new app features.
Lacks basic red and white wine browsing for newbies.
The app conveniently breaks down food by ingredients or occasion.
Best Wine Travel App: Wine Events
Available globally with most regions supported.
Users can submit their wine events for promotion.
The majority of events are U.S.- or Canada-based.
Too many links open in a web net online gate instead of in the app.
Of particular note is Wine Events' dedicated section for wine and food vacations.
