Caviste vs CellarTracker: price, scan and drinking windows
A twenty-year-old database against an AI that reads the label. Here is what it changes day to day.
You open a cellar app to know whether a bottle is ready, not to fill in forms. That is exactly where the two diverge: CellarTracker makes you search for your wine in a community database and keeps the drinking window for its subscribers, while Caviste reads the label and computes the drinking window even in the free version.
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Caviste computes the drinking window for every bottle even in the free version, reads any label without a database and speaks thirteen languages. CellarTracker is English-only, keeps its drinking window for subscribers, and its subscription runs up to $500 a year.
| Caviste | CellarTracker | |
|---|---|---|
| Drinking window | From estate to grape, adjusted for the vintage, in the free version, editable | Subscribers only |
| Price | 2.99 €/month or 24.99 €/year, flat | $40 to $500 a year, depending on cellar size |
| Label scan | The AI reads the label, even a wine no database knows | Search in its own database; not there, type it in |
| Small estates & foreign wines | Read from the label | Depends on database coverage |
| Languages | Thirteen | English |
| Free version | 30 wines, scanning and drinking windows included | Unlimited bottles, but no drinking window and no value |
| CSV import & export | Yes, free, both ways | Yes, CSV export |
Comparison based on public information (official site, support documentation and store listings) in September 2026. Prices and features may change.
At CellarTracker, the drinking window costs extra
The question that makes anyone open a cellar app is always the same: is this bottle ready? With CellarTracker, the answer is a paid service. The drinking window and the estimated value require a subscription whose price follows the size of your cellar, from $40 to $500 a year. With Caviste, it is part of the free version, worked out from the estate down to the grape and adjusted for the vintage, and you can rewrite it bottle by bottle.
A database only knows what was put into it
CellarTracker makes you search: a label photo or a barcode, then a list of results in which to find your wine. As long as it is a well-known bottle, that works. For a small estate, a natural wine or a bottle brought back from holiday, you type it in by hand. The Caviste AI does not search, it reads: it fills in the entry from the label even when no database knows the wine. You confirm before saving.
Caviste is on your phone
An app in English, a cellar in your language
CellarTracker is English-speaking end to end: interface, notes, community. On an app you open with a bottle in your hand, in front of a shelf or at the back of a cellar, that is an effort every single time. Caviste exists in thirteen languages, in the app and on this site, and the cellarman's note is written in yours.
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Frequently asked questions
Does CellarTracker charge for the drinking window?
Yes. Its drinking window and estimated value require a subscription whose price follows cellar size, from $40 to $500 a year. With Caviste, the drinking window is part of the free version.
Is Caviste cheaper than CellarTracker?
As soon as you want the drinking window, yes: 24.99 € a year at a flat price, against a subscription starting around $40 and rising with the number of bottles. CellarTracker takes more free entries, but without the drinking window.
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Caviste is on your phone
Scan the label, your cellar fills itself and tells you when to open each bottle.