Caviste vs Tire-Bouchon: price, free version and drinking windows
Two apps that look alike on paper. The gap shows on the bill and in what you keep without paying.
Tire-Bouchon leads with a catalogue of over 500,000 references and drinking-window alerts. Caviste makes the same promise by another route. Two numbers decide: what the subscription costs and how many bottles you keep without paying.
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Tire-Bouchon gives 5 bottles and charges 44.99 € a year. Caviste gives 30 wines with 50 scans, and charges 24.99 €. Where Tire-Bouchon looks the wine up in a catalogue, the Caviste AI reads the label.
| Tire-Bouchon | Caviste | |
|---|---|---|
| Yearly price | 44.99 € | 24.99 € |
| Free version | 5 bottles, the sixth starts the trial | 30 wines and 50 scans, kept |
| Monthly price | 4.99 € | 2.99 € |
| Drinking window | Alerts, from a guide of 900 appellations | 1,394 appellation rules, from estate to grape, 828 rated vintages |
| Label scan | AI backed by a 500,000-reference catalogue | The AI reads the label, no catalogue |
| Wine missing from the catalogue | Depends on coverage | Read from the label, even when unknown |
| Cellar map | Not documented | Included, no subscription |
Comparison based on public information (official site and store listings) in September 2026. Prices and features may change.
Five bottles, or thirty
This is the most concrete gap between the two. With Tire-Bouchon, the first five bottles are free and the sixth starts the trial, hence the subscription. Five bottles are not a cellar, they are a stopgap rack. Caviste keeps 30 wines and 50 AI scans, permanently, with the drinking window included. You have time to see whether the app is useful to you before deciding.
Almost twice as much, yearly
Tire-Bouchon is 44.99 € a year or 4.99 € a month. Caviste is 24.99 € a year or 2.99 € a month. Over three years the gap passes 60 €, for a promise that is the same: knowing when to open your bottles.
Caviste is on your phone
A catalogue, or the label
Tire-Bouchon claims more than 500,000 references. That is a lot, and it settles the case of well-known wines. But a catalogue only knows what was put into it: 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 the label and fills in the entry even when no catalogue knows the wine.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tire-Bouchon free?
Partly. The first five bottles are free, the sixth starts a one-week trial and then the subscription at 44.99 € a year. Caviste keeps 30 wines and 50 AI scans without paying, drinking window included.
Which app is cheaper?
Caviste, 44% cheaper: 24.99 € a year against 44.99 €, and 2.99 € a month against 4.99 €.
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Caviste is on your phone
Scan the label, your cellar fills itself and tells you when to open each bottle.