Vivino and Vinage both have strong features, but they solve different problems. This article helps you choose. We wrote it ourselves, so we're not neutral — that's why we stick to what you can verify yourself.

Why Vinage?

The honest answer is that I built Vinage because I missed a lot of functionality in other apps. I had a yearly subscription to Vivino myself, but wasn't satisfied with its wine management.

Few apps bring all these features together the way Vinage does — and certainly not at this price.

What Vivino excels at

  • The world's largest wine database. Scan almost any label and instantly see what others think of it.
  • A massive community. Millions of reviews give you a quick sense of an unfamiliar bottle.
  • Buying wine. In many countries you order directly in the app.

If you're mainly looking for help choosing a bottle in a store or on a wine list, Vivino is a solid choice.

One honest difference: prices

Vivino pulls prices from its own database with offers from retailers. That's the most accurate source there is.

Vinage does it differently: when you scan, the AI looks up the price and gives it as an estimate, sometimes as an average of what it finds. Handy as an indication, but for your own records it's better to enter the amount you actually paid yourself. You always can, and that value is never overwritten.

What Vinage was built for

With Vinage you can also search for wines and look up information just fine, but the real strength starts when the bottle is already yours: managing your own cellar.

  • Your cellar as a map. Record which rack and shelf a bottle is on, so you find it without searching.
  • Detailed tasting notes. Look, smell, taste and rate, all in one form that you read back later.
  • Tastings with a group. Set up an evening with multiple wines and record scores for each one.
  • Drinking windows and alerts. See which bottles are at their best and which you shouldn't leave lying around any longer.
  • Statistics about your own collection. What you have at home, what you've spent and where your wines come from.
  • A taste profile that thinks along. Food pairing suggestions based on what you like, not based on the average.
  • Works offline. In a cellar coverage is usually poor. Vinage works without connection and syncs later.
  • Together with your household. One cellar, multiple accounts.

What it costs

Vinage is free up to 100 bottles, without ads. Above that you choose Enthusiast (€2.99 per month or €21.99 per year, up to 250 bottles) or Collector (€4.99 per month or €36.99 per year, unlimited). The free tier is permanent: it's not a trial period.

Vivino Premium isn't necessary to keep track of your cellar, but it is for some extras. The price varies by country and subscription; in the Dutch App Store in September 2026 we saw amounts around €4.69 to €4.99 per month and €45 to €60 per year. Check the app itself for current pricing.

You don't have to choose

You can use both: Vivino in the store to discover, Vinage at home for the cellar. Vinage reads your Vivino export, so you don't start over. Here's how to bring your Vivino cellar with you.

In short

  • Want to know in the store what a bottle costs and what others think of it? Choose Vivino.
  • Want to know what's in your cellar, when to drink it and what you thought of it? Choose Vinage.
  • Want both? Import your Vivino export and use them side by side.