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Smart Wine Cellar vs Vivino
Vivino is great for discovering and buying wine. Smart Wine Cellar is built for running the cellar you already own, and it can use your Vivino ratings too.
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Vivino has the fastest label scanning around and a community of tens of millions of people rating what they drink. For finding out what a bottle is and what others think of it, standing in a shop, it is excellent.
Smart Wine Cellar starts where the bottle comes home. It maps your racks down to the row and column, tells you what is ready to drink, pairs your own bottles with dinner and runs tastings with friends. You do not have to choose, either: import your Vivino ratings and Smart Wine Cellar uses them to show how your cellar lines up with your taste.
Choose Vivino if
- You mostly want to scan a label in a shop and see what others think
- You buy a lot of wine through an app
- Your cellar is a few bottles in the kitchen
Choose Smart Wine Cellar if
- You have a real cellar and want to find any bottle by its spot
- You want wine list picks at restaurants based on your own taste
- You want drinking windows and a rack map on the free plan
- You host tastings and want guests to vote from their phones
- You want to keep your Vivino ratings and get more out of them
Side by side
Feature by feature
| Feature | Smart Wine Cellar | Vivino |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, Pro $5/month | Free, Premium $4.99/month |
| Free plan | Yes Cellar, rack, wine list and tastings | Yes |
| Platforms | iPhone, Android and web | iPhone, Android and web |
| Drinking windows | Yes Set your own per bottle too | Paid plan Premium only |
| AI help that knows your cellar | Paid plan Food Matcher and restaurant picks | Paid plan Vivino Sommelier, Premium |
| Restaurant wine list scanner | Paid plan Picks based on your own ratings | Paid plan Premium only |
| Label scanning | Yes | Yes |
| Rack map with each bottle's spot | Yes Exact row and column | No |
| Cellar value | Paid plan Not in the free trial | Paid plan Estimated value, Premium |
| Rate and review wines you drink | Yes Free, at home or out | Yes |
| Critic and community ratings | Paid plan Next to your own rating | Yes Huge community base |
| Cellar temperature and humidity | Paid plan Via Home Assistant | No |
| Host tastings with guest voting | Yes Guests need no account | No |
| Import your Vivino ratings | Yes Powers Vivino Insights | Not applicable |
| Large community of tasting notes | No Built around your own notes | Yes Millions of reviews |
Last checked September 2026, from Vivino's public website, app store listings and independent reviews.
Features we could not confirm either way are left out.
Where it is different
What you get with Smart Wine Cellar
Switching is easy
Keep your Vivino ratings.
Put them to work.
Import your Vivino ratings and see how your cellar matches the wines you score highest, country by country and grape by grape. It brings over your ratings rather than a cellar, so you add your bottles by label photo or search.
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Good to know
Can I use Smart Wine Cellar and Vivino together?
Yes, and plenty of people do. Keep Vivino for scanning labels in the shop, and run your cellar in Smart Wine Cellar. Import your Vivino ratings and Smart Wine Cellar uses them to show where your cellar matches your taste and where it falls short.
Can I import my Vivino ratings?
Yes. Smart Wine Cellar imports your Vivino ratings in a couple of steps. They power Vivino Insights, which compares your cellar to your highest-rated wines, and they help the restaurant wine list scanner pick bottles you will like.
Does Smart Wine Cellar show wine ratings?
Yes. Rating and reviewing the wines you drink is free, at home or out. Smart Wine Cellar Pro also shows critic and community ratings next to your own on each wine, so you can see how your taste compares, and those are included in the 30-day trial.
Which is better for managing a wine cellar?
For a cellar you actually store and drink from, Smart Wine Cellar. It maps every bottle to its row and column, gives drinking windows on the free plan and helps you decide what to open. Vivino is stronger for discovering and buying new wine.
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Vivino is a trademark of its owner. Smart Wine Cellar is not affiliated with or endorsed by Vivino. Prices and features change, so check their site for the latest.