Understanding the WhiskeyMate Price Stats View
Compare your bottle’s price with community highs, lows, and averages
Overview
Price Statistics shows how your bottle’s entered price compares to community-wide price data for the same barcode. It’s meant as a quick reference (not a guarantee of market value), and it becomes more useful as more people enter prices.
Where to find it
- iOS: Open a bottle’s detail screen and scroll to the Price Statistics section.
- Android: Open a bottle’s detail screen and scroll to the price stats card.
What you’re seeing
- Low / Average / High: The community min, mean, and max prices for that bottle (from the aggregated
whiskeyStatsdocument for the barcode). - My/This Price: Your bottle’s Price field displayed above the bar and marked with a dot on the scale.
- Count: A line like “Based on X bottles in the database” showing how many price entries contribute to the community stats.
How to interpret it
- If your price dot is near Low, you’re below the community range.
- If it’s near Average, you’re close to the community mean.
- If it’s near High, you’re above the community range.
- WhiskeyMate also highlights your price when it’s above the community mean (color cues can vary by platform theme).
Open Detailed Stats
You can open Detailed Stats to see deeper comparisons and price trend charts:
- iOS: Tap Detailed Stats -> in the Price Statistics section footer.
- Android: Tap the card (or the Detailed Statistics -> link) to navigate.
Troubleshooting & tips
- No community stats yet: If the database doesn’t have stats for a barcode, you may see 0 values and a count of 0 until the community data exists.
- No price entered: If you haven’t entered a price for your bottle, the view can display $0.00 for “My/This Price”. Add a price in the bottle detail/edit flow to make the comparison meaningful.
- Regional variation: Prices vary by region, taxes, store type, and availability—treat the range as a guideline.