A decent wine app can manage more than just your Shiraz and Cabernet bottles. A useful wine app will allow you to compare wine suppliers and pricing, pair wines with foods, read reviews written by other wine lovers, post your comments and pictures of your most recent glass to share with friends, and more.
Here are a few of the top wine applications for iOS and Android that are worthwhile of your time.
Delectable
One of thefinest smartphone applications to scan wine bottles and get ratings, reviews, and background information. Delectable can quickly and easily take a picture of a bottle and extract information from it using the camera on your phone.
The program accurately registers the majority of well-known wines; however, certain niche labels are absent and must be manually entered. But once a bottle is registered with Delectable, it will show up the next time a user scans it and shouldn't cause any issues after that.
Pros
· The majority of the time, scanning awine bottle is quick and accurate.
· The home feed has a clean layout andsimple navigation.
Cons
· The Delectable database is missingseveral specialty wines.
· You leave the app and go to a websitewhen you purchase wine.
HelloVino
One of theapplications that allow you to review your wine bottles or glasses is called Hello Vino, but its capability for matching wine and food is what makes it stand out.
By ingredients or occasion, the app neatly categorizes meals. When attending a dinner party and ordering Chinese food with Moo Shu pork, it won't be difficult to select a wine to pair with your sausage pizza or to offer as a gift.
Pros
· Quite simple to locate wine and foodcombinations.
· For seasoned wine connoisseurs, nichecategories.
Cons
· too many pop-ups advertising freshapp features
· lacks the fundamental red and whitewine searching for beginners.
CellarTracker
Due to its barcode scanning capabilities and database of more than 3.6 million wines, CellarTracker is one of the most widely used wine monitoring applications.
Although this app may not have the most visually appealing design among those available in the Apple or Google Play app stores, it processes and scans wines the quickest. A barcode can be scanned in less than a second, producing a result.
Pros
· The app's functionalities may beaccessed by anybody without a login.
· Barcode scanning happens quitequickly.
Cons
· Neither manual entry nor a requestfor wine registration is present.
· The design of applications isn't ascutting edge as other mobile apps.
WineEvents app
TheLocal WineEvents.com-powered Wine Events app, as its name implies, is a tool for finding wine-related events. Find last-minute tastings or tours taking place over the upcoming weekend by searching the very comprehensive directory of
events by area.
Particularly noteworthy is Wine Events' section on wine and food vacations. This area feeds your wanderlust with information and pictures about excursions through beautiful countries like France, Italy, and Argentina.
Pros
· The majority of regions are supportedinternationally by the app.
· Users may advertise their wine eventsby submitting them.
Cons
TheLocal WineEvents.com-powered Wine Events app, as its name implies, is a tool for
· Too many links cause the program tolaunch instead of a web browser.
VivinoWine Scanner
Vivino is a social networking platform for wine lovers. You may share images of your most recent wine bottle, write reviews, like other people's photographs and posts, and comment on articles to have more in-depth discussions on wines you should try (or not try).
When purchasing wine from a physical retailer, Vivino can also be of assistance to scan and get information on the product.
Pros
· Combining Twitter and Facebook.
· Wine reviews are simple to write andread.
· A substantial amount of data toexplore.
Cons
· It might take a while to sync yourTwitter followers.
· Pages of in-depth wine products mightbe overwhelming.
