Label scanners
The best wine label scanner apps
They all read the label. What separates them is the ten seconds after the photo.
Published 24 August 2026
The short answer
Vivino has the best wine label scanner, because it has the largest database — it identifies bottles the others simply do not know. If what you need is a name and a community score, stop reading and use it.
The more useful question is what happens next. Every app on this page scans a label; the scan is table stakes and has been for years. What differs is whether the result is a price, a crowd rating, an inventory entry, or a lesson.
SomeWine is the only app here that scans an entire restaurant wine list rather than one bottle, and ranks every wine on it for your palate and for the dish you have ordered. That is a different feature from label recognition and it is worth separating the two when you compare.
How this was judged
Judged on database coverage, what the app does with a successful scan, and whether scanning is limited on the free tier. Ratings and release dates read live from the App Store.
The ranking
Vivino
135,222 ratings · 4.8★ · last shipped August 2026Best database coverage
A decade of user-photographed labels means it identifies obscure supermarket bottles nothing else recognises. Scanning is free and unlimited. The result is a community average and a buy button.
SomeWine
No ratings yet · last shipped August 2026Best for what happens after the scan
Identifies the bottle, then turns it into a guided tasting: colour, primary fruit, oak, tannin, finish, scored out of five. Also scans a full restaurant wine list and a purchase receipt. 5 scans a month free, unlimited on Pro.
Delectable
25,910 ratings · 4.7★ · last shipped September 2021Best unlimited free scanning — with a caveat
Unlimited free scans and notes from named sommeliers rather than a crowd. Last shipped September 2021.
Wine-Searcher
17,077 ratings · 4.8★ · last shipped August 2026Best scan-to-price
Scans a label and answers "what should this cost and who has it". No tasting notes worth the name, and that is deliberate.
CellarTracker
12,603 ratings · 4.9★ · last shipped August 2026Best scan-to-inventory
The scan is a way into the collection database, where two decades of community notes are waiting. Best when you already own the bottle.
Sommo
48 ratings · 4.9★ · last shipped August 2026Best scan-to-cellar visual
Scans labels and tasting flight cards, keeps front, back and bottle photos together, and drops the bottle into a 3D cellar wall.
| Feature | SomeWineNo ratings yet | Vivino135,222 ratings · 4.8★ | Delectable25,910 ratings · 4.7★ | Wine-Searcher17,077 ratings · 4.8★ | CellarTracker12,603 ratings · 4.9★ | Sommo48 ratings · 4.9★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scan a restaurant wine list | Yes — every bottle ranked for your taste and your dish | Yes — ranked by community average, not your palate | No | No | No | Scans a tasting flight card, not a restaurant list |
| Ranked to your own palate | Yes — Taste DNA built from what you rate | Recommendations from a crowd score | Notes from sommeliers you follow | Critic scores and market prices | Community ratings and critic scores | AI picks from what you already own |
| Structured course and quizzes | Yes — 32 lessons with quizzes, free | No | No | No | No | Yes — a wine school section |
| Cellar with drink windows | Yes — Hold, Drink Soon, Ready, Past Peak | Cellar tracking, no drink-window states | A journal, not a cellar | No | Yes — drinking windows and valuation | Yes — a 3D wine wall with drinking windows |
| Label scanning | Yes — 5 free a month, unlimited on Pro | Yes — the largest label database there is | Yes — unlimited and free | Yes — to find a price, not a tasting note | Yes | Yes |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes, with Vivino Premium | Yes | Yes, with Pro | Yes, with paid tiers | Yes |
| Sells wine to you | No — nothing here is influenced by a merchant | Yes — a wine marketplace | Yes | Sends you to merchants | No | No |
| Last shipped an update | Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sept 2021 | Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
Questions people ask
What is the best app to scan wine labels?
Vivino, for raw identification — its database is the largest and scanning is free and unlimited. SomeWine is the better pick if you want the scan to teach you something, or if you want to scan a whole restaurant wine list rather than one bottle.
Is there a free wine label scanner app?
Yes. Vivino and Delectable scan free and unlimited. SomeWine gives 5 free scans a month plus the full course; CellarTracker, Oeni and Sommo all scan on their free tiers.
Can any app scan a restaurant wine list?
SomeWine scans a full wine list and ranks every bottle on it for your taste and your dish. Vivino can look up wines from a list, ranked by community average. Sommo scans tasting flight cards rather than restaurant lists.
How accurate are wine label scanners?
Accuracy tracks database size more than camera work. Well-known producers identify reliably in every app here; a small local bottling is where the differences show, and that is where Vivino’s decade of user photos wins.
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SomeWine publishes this guide and SomeWine appears in it — said plainly rather than buried. Every other app named is a trademark of its owner and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by SomeWine. Ratings and release dates are read from the iTunes Lookup API; feature descriptions come from each app’s own App Store listing as of 24 August 2026.