So basically they are removing drinking windows and restaurant style wine list from free version?
Gambino826
I would note this $40 per year is only up to 100 bottles. It goes up to $60/250 btls, $80/500 btls, $160/1000 btls, $320/2,500 btls, $500/2,500+ btls.
Shdwrptr
Doesn’t seem worth it for the cost imo. At least for the type of cellar I have.
cmmatthews
I feel there is room on the market for a simpler tool. The only thing of this list I will miss is the drinking windows but it’s definitely not worth it to me to pay $80 a year to see that.
I really only need something to track bottle consumption and notes and to look up other bottles…I don’t care so much about the price stuff, barcode printing, etc.
DavidRubes
I, for one, love the labeling and, now, the ability to forward invoices and have them added automatically (sort of) to my cellar. I have been gladly paying the “suggested rate” for my cellar size and will continue to do so. My first payment was 12/10 and was $30.
facesnorth
Nope.
Xx_CD_xX
Where else do y’all see suggested drinking windows? Besides having my wines in a list this is what I use ctracker for
HopefulReason7
Give us monthly pricing option with a discount if we pay for the whole year upfront.
beley
I have a cousin with a roughly 3,000 bottle cellar. He has always used CellarTracker, but used to print out wine lists and mark them up with pen as he drank the wines and you can imagine how bad the inventory was. I helped him move the cellar to their retirement home and we organized the whole cellar and spent a whole week getting everything up to date with labels and the mobile app on his phone.
I can’t imagine him spending $500 a year just to scan wines out of his cellar, so hopefully he can get what he needs from the free version going forward.
I only have about 95 bottles right now so I would be at the $40 annual price, which I think is more than fair. I will probably go ahead and upgrade to the next tier as I’m sure my cellar will grow in the coming months.
Opposite-Run-6432
Eric said prices won’t change.
Impossible-Charity-4
This is the kind of shit that a new wine drinker stumbles across on a google search and nopes out posthaste. Have fun cannibalizing your own industry. It’s going to be a loooong recovery if it even corrects.
SpaceJackRabbit
Yeah screw those prices. I’m not spending hundreds just to keep track. I’ll just go old school with dead trees.
PastryGirl
For anyone interested, check out their biggest competitor, InVintory. 👀
zcarlile
I wonder how much of this is driven by the fact that Vivino turned into a subscription model as well.
Opening-Restaurant83
Selling you your own data they have been accumulating forever. Smart.
Brave_Salamander1662
The UI is way too terrible to rationalize this amount. If they made significant usability changes, I’d then maybe consider, but not as is.
Anyone have recommendations of other apps that offer most or all of the functionality for free (and with a better UI)? I’d prefer an ad-based revenue model than have to pay a subscription fee.
devinoupitou
I agree with the 40$/yr for any size collection someone commented. Higher prices for this outdated a platform is kinda frustrating. Start by upgrading the app and then you can start messing with the price. Paying more for the same thing sucks
riotide
The beta version of the software has been great, and I’d probably pay $40 per year just because I’m invested in the service, but something irks me about increases in price based on the size of my collection.
Dan_inKuwait
Worth it. Heck, that’s the same price as a glass of Silver Oak in Denver’s airport.
veradico
Here’s my drinking window: sort by vintage.
Stunning-Statement-5
Well worth it.
litttlejoker
I think $40 is reasonable. But I’m not sure if the benefits that come with it provide much added value for me. I don’t have a legitimate cellar. Usually keep about 10-15 bottles on hand. I’m paying for a Vivino subscription, but not sure if this one’s worth it 🤨
Sea_Entertainment848
I would happily pay $40 a month if they had a semi-functional UI or app experience. Both are currently on the low end of “unacceptable” and bordering on “atrocious” for the year 2024.
Welp. Have been a regular donator and $160/year still not a blip on my annual wine spending but Invintory looking increasingly appealing if I can find a way to batch export my different bottles by location
dweaver987
I track my inventory in a spreadsheet. Maybe not all the bells and whistles of a subscription, but can’t beat the price.
pointsnfigures
I pay it. It’s useful
Jakoby707
I thought the wine valuation/wine searcher stuff was subscription only already or maybe that was just a rumor years ago. I mean if you are some high end wine flipper then pay up the $, this also goes for restaurants who I am pretty sure still use CT.
The ***Free*** **model is still fine for me** for just bottle tracking – and I’ve used it since 2006 with between 75-225 bottles over that time. The site gently suggested donations each year based on your cellar size and I usually donated $20, but looking at my history I haven’t donated anything since 2018 so now I feel bad. *I don’t see an option to submit anything less than $40 now, though.*
It’s cool that a user can run reports on how much they spent on wine over the years and even as a modest collector and not buying cases of Screagle, that’s still over $30k since 2005!
rnjbond
I think the scaling system is ridiculous without a better app and interface. I’d pay $40, but not $80 given the size of my cellar. I might remove some random bottles from there.
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They need to improve their UI .
So basically they are removing drinking windows and restaurant style wine list from free version?
I would note this $40 per year is only up to 100 bottles. It goes up to $60/250 btls, $80/500 btls, $160/1000 btls, $320/2,500 btls, $500/2,500+ btls.
Doesn’t seem worth it for the cost imo. At least for the type of cellar I have.
I feel there is room on the market for a simpler tool. The only thing of this list I will miss is the drinking windows but it’s definitely not worth it to me to pay $80 a year to see that.
I really only need something to track bottle consumption and notes and to look up other bottles…I don’t care so much about the price stuff, barcode printing, etc.
I, for one, love the labeling and, now, the ability to forward invoices and have them added automatically (sort of) to my cellar. I have been gladly paying the “suggested rate” for my cellar size and will continue to do so. My first payment was 12/10 and was $30.
Nope.
Where else do y’all see suggested drinking windows? Besides having my wines in a list this is what I use ctracker for
Give us monthly pricing option with a discount if we pay for the whole year upfront.
I have a cousin with a roughly 3,000 bottle cellar. He has always used CellarTracker, but used to print out wine lists and mark them up with pen as he drank the wines and you can imagine how bad the inventory was. I helped him move the cellar to their retirement home and we organized the whole cellar and spent a whole week getting everything up to date with labels and the mobile app on his phone.
I can’t imagine him spending $500 a year just to scan wines out of his cellar, so hopefully he can get what he needs from the free version going forward.
I only have about 95 bottles right now so I would be at the $40 annual price, which I think is more than fair. I will probably go ahead and upgrade to the next tier as I’m sure my cellar will grow in the coming months.
Eric said prices won’t change.
This is the kind of shit that a new wine drinker stumbles across on a google search and nopes out posthaste. Have fun cannibalizing your own industry. It’s going to be a loooong recovery if it even corrects.
Yeah screw those prices. I’m not spending hundreds just to keep track. I’ll just go old school with dead trees.
For anyone interested, check out their biggest competitor, InVintory. 👀
I wonder how much of this is driven by the fact that Vivino turned into a subscription model as well.
Selling you your own data they have been accumulating forever. Smart.
The UI is way too terrible to rationalize this amount. If they made significant usability changes, I’d then maybe consider, but not as is.
Anyone have recommendations of other apps that offer most or all of the functionality for free (and with a better UI)? I’d prefer an ad-based revenue model than have to pay a subscription fee.
I agree with the 40$/yr for any size collection someone commented. Higher prices for this outdated a platform is kinda frustrating. Start by upgrading the app and then you can start messing with the price. Paying more for the same thing sucks
The beta version of the software has been great, and I’d probably pay $40 per year just because I’m invested in the service, but something irks me about increases in price based on the size of my collection.
Worth it. Heck, that’s the same price as a glass of Silver Oak in Denver’s airport.
Here’s my drinking window: sort by vintage.
Well worth it.
I think $40 is reasonable. But I’m not sure if the benefits that come with it provide much added value for me. I don’t have a legitimate cellar. Usually keep about 10-15 bottles on hand. I’m paying for a Vivino subscription, but not sure if this one’s worth it 🤨
I would happily pay $40 a month if they had a semi-functional UI or app experience. Both are currently on the low end of “unacceptable” and bordering on “atrocious” for the year 2024.
There’s a free tasting notes database @ lawineclub.com – actually pre-dates cellar tracker.
Welp. Have been a regular donator and $160/year still not a blip on my annual wine spending but Invintory looking increasingly appealing if I can find a way to batch export my different bottles by location
I track my inventory in a spreadsheet. Maybe not all the bells and whistles of a subscription, but can’t beat the price.
I pay it. It’s useful
I thought the wine valuation/wine searcher stuff was subscription only already or maybe that was just a rumor years ago. I mean if you are some high end wine flipper then pay up the $, this also goes for restaurants who I am pretty sure still use CT.
The ***Free*** **model is still fine for me** for just bottle tracking – and I’ve used it since 2006 with between 75-225 bottles over that time. The site gently suggested donations each year based on your cellar size and I usually donated $20, but looking at my history I haven’t donated anything since 2018 so now I feel bad. *I don’t see an option to submit anything less than $40 now, though.*
It’s cool that a user can run reports on how much they spent on wine over the years and even as a modest collector and not buying cases of Screagle, that’s still over $30k since 2005!
I think the scaling system is ridiculous without a better app and interface. I’d pay $40, but not $80 given the size of my cellar. I might remove some random bottles from there.