If you came here looking for a Vivino alternative, it is probably not because Vivino is bad. It is because you are using a discovery app to do cellar management — and those are two different problems.
First, what Vivino does very well
Worth saying plainly, because you probably agree: Vivino is excellent at what it was built to do. Sixteen million wines catalogued and tens of millions of people rating them. Standing in front of a supermarket shelf or a restaurant list, its answer is the most reliable there is, and the wine list scanner settles dinner.
Do not uninstall Vivino. This page is not about replacing it — it is about what it was not built to solve.
Where it stops: the cellar
In Vivino, your cellar is a list. You record that you own the bottle, and that is it. The free plan also caps how many wines fit in that list — the exact number is not published, but the cap exists, and people who pass it find the wall.
What a real cellar needs, and a list does not answer:
- Where that 2019 Malbec is, without pulling six bottles out of the way to find out.
- What to open tonight, with whatever is on the stove, among the bottles you actually have.
- How the collection is doing: what came in, what went out, what you spent.
See the difference in your own cellar
Log your bottles by photographing the label and see the cellar in 3D — and in augmented reality, pointing the camera at the room. Free for up to 10 wines.
Vivino and WineCellarApp, side by side
| Vivino | WineCellarApp | |
|---|---|---|
| What it was built for | Discovering and buying wine | Organising the cellar you already have |
| 3D cellar | No | Yes, in the free plan |
| Augmented reality | No | Yes, in the free plan |
| AI sommelier | Yes, unlimited on Premium | Reads your cellar and answers from it |
| Camera label scanning | Yes | Yes, with search by name when the scan misses |
| Paired recipes | Pairing suggestions | More than 200 full recipes, tied to the wine |
| Community ratings | Yes, this is its strength | Not available |
| Free plan | Cellar capped (number not published) | 10 wines |
| Paid plan | $4.99/mo · $49.99/yr | $2.99/mo · $24.99/yr |
Prices checked in the app stores in September 2026. WineCellarApp Premium costs about half of Vivino Premium — and the 3D cellar and augmented reality are not part of that price, because they are in the free plan.
What you get in practice
The cellar stops being a list
Your bottles appear in 3D, in the position where they are stored. Point the camera at the room and see the cellar there, in augmented reality. No major wine app offers AR, and the two others with a 3D cellar charge for it: $149.99 a year in InVintory and $149 a year in the Cellared Collector tier. Here both are in the free plan.
The recommendation comes from your bottles
Ask "what do I open with mushroom risotto?" and the answer is not an excellent wine you do not own — it is a bottle from your shelf, with the reasoning for why it fits. That is what the AI sommelier does: it reads your cellar before answering.
Pairing does not end at the suggestion
More than 200 full recipes tied to the wines, with the method, and 400+ grapes described so you understand what to expect from each bottle instead of just following orders.
- +11kwines catalogued
- +3kproducers
- +400grapes described
- +200paired recipes
What you give up by switching
Being fair about it, because it matters to your decision:
- Community ratings. That is Vivino's biggest asset and we have nothing like it. If you pick wine by the average score of millions of people, you will miss it.
- The restaurant wine list scanner, which ranks a list by score. It is a discovery feature, and it is a good one.
- Our free plan is smaller: 10 wines.
- The AI sommelier runs on credits rather than unlimited use.
- There is no automatic import of your Vivino cellar. Logging is by label photo or search by name.
Which is why the honest recommendation is to use both. Vivino remains the best place to decide what to buy, standing in the aisle. WineCellarApp is for afterwards: when the bottle is already home, needs a place, and somebody needs to remember what to do with it.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an alternative to Vivino?
Several, and which one fits depends on what you are trying to solve. For discovering and buying wine, few apps beat Vivino, with 16 million wines and tens of millions of people rating them. For tracking a cellar at home, apps built specifically for that deliver more: WineCellarApp includes a 3D cellar, augmented reality and an AI sommelier that answers from your own bottles, all in the free plan.
Does Vivino have a 3D cellar?
No. Vivino records bottles as a list, with no visual representation of the cellar. Among wine apps, a 3D cellar shows up in InVintory, which puts it in Premium at $149.99 a year, in Cellared, which puts it in the Collector tier at $149 a year, and in WineCellarApp, which includes it in the free plan alongside augmented reality.
How much does Vivino Premium cost?
In the United States, Vivino Premium is listed at $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year. The free plan caps the size of your cellar without publishing the exact number of wines. WineCellarApp Premium is $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year, and its free plan covers 10 wines.
Do I have to uninstall Vivino to use another cellar app?
No, and in practice plenty of people run both. Vivino settles the decision in front of a shelf or a restaurant list, which is where its community makes the difference. A cellar app handles what is already at home: where each bottle sits, what to open tonight and with which dish. They are different moments, and one does not take the other's place.
Can I transfer my cellar from Vivino to another app?
There is no automatic import between the two apps. In WineCellarApp the route is photographing the label with the camera or searching the wine by name, and logging takes a few seconds per bottle. For a cellar of a few dozen bottles that is one sitting; for very large collections, it is work.
Your cellar deserves more than a list
3D cellar, augmented reality and an AI sommelier that reads your bottles — in the free plan, on iPhone and Android.
Published on 18 September 2026 by Murilo Naves Borges, who builds WineCellarApp. Vivino data taken from its official page and its US App Store listing in September 2026. Vivino is a trademark of Vivino ApS, with no relationship to WineCellarApp.