# Hello Vino: Wine Assistant

> Wine Picks, Ratings & Scanner

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id318447346](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id318447346)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id318447346`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hello Vino
- **Category:** Food & Drink
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (6,709 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.0.11
- **Last updated:** 2017-09-15
- **First published:** 2009-06-06
- **Size:** 42 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hello-vino-wine-assistant/id318447346)
- **Website:** [http://www.hellovino.com/](http://www.hellovino.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.hellovino.com/privacy](http://www.hellovino.com/privacy)

## Description

Hello Vino: Wine Assistant is an AI-powered virtual wine advisor that learns your tastes to suggest personalized wine picks, ideal food pairings, and a handy label scanner.

Interact with a guided Q&A to discover bottles for thousands of meals and occasions. Rate favorites, scan labels, and receive updated recommendations as your preferences evolve. The app also features a wine guide, community ratings from millions of users, and thoughtful gift ideas—all wrapped in a friendly NO SNOBS ALLOWED experience.

## Rankings

- #22,406 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviews are mixed: users praise Hello Vino for its wine recommendations, pairings, and the ability to log and organize wines. However, many reports focus on reliability problems, especially scanning/recognition issues, account creation or loading blocks, and data loss with little support. Additional frustration comes from missing features like cellar management and stronger filtering, plus promotional upsells and ads. Overall, strong concept with notable functionality but significant reliability and feature gaps that harm everyday use.

### Pros

- Strong wine recommendations and food-pairing guidance.
- Ability to log and organize wines in 'My Wines' with ratings, favorites, and a wishlist.
- Useful for discovering wines and tracking where to buy.
- Well designed and intuitive user interface.
- Educational content to learn about wines.

### Cons

- Scanning/label recognition frequently fails or is inconsistent (won't upload photos, stops working, limited scans).
- Account creation/login issues or persistent loading problems.
- Data loss after logout or lack of reliable customer support.
- Missing or cumbersome features (no cellar management, limited filtering, minimal wine data, and recommendations that don’t consider your home list).
- Promotional ads or upsells despite promised no-ads purchases.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id318447346)