Somaek vs Truffle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Somaek
Learn to make Korean soju bombs with augmented reality. Discover 18 verified recipes for K-boilermaker drinks to impress at your next party.
- Augmented reality guidance
- 18 K-boilermaker recipes
- Verified drink information
- Party-ready drink preparation
- Simple AR interface
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New Poktanju (Soju bomb) making with AR Best for your gathering, K-bomb drinks You will be the bomb with SOMAEK in your party. - It is just simple with AR. You will see when you see. - Experience of 18 various K-boilermakers recipes. - Reliable and verified information for K- bomb drinks
Truffle
This social app helps you track restaurants you've visited or want to visit, either for personal journaling or with friends. Enjoy a pressure-free experience without rankings or mandatory reviews, and visualize your tracked spots on a shared map.
- Social restaurant tracking
- Personal restaurant journal
- Connect with foodie friends
- No ranking or review pressure
- Map of tracked restaurants
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Truffle is the social restaurant tracking app. Key features: - Connect with foodie friends or use Truffle as a restaurant journal for yourself. We’re flexible - Enjoy a non-ranking system and no pressure to post photos, write reviews, or broadcast yourself (but you can, if you want) - See all your and your friends' tracked restaurants on the Truffle map
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Somaek at 100% against Truffle's 65%. Somaek also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.1). Truffle's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 21 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Somaek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Truffle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Somaek ships an update every 21 months, Truffle every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Somaek | Truffle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (338 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 64.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 338 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BookTraps INC | Reeltalk INC. |
Customer experience
Somaek
Truffle
Bugs and requests
Somaek
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Truffle
Reported bugs
5 issues- SMS verification code not being sent to users
- Photos shuffle from their original upload order
- Private account photos remain public by default
- Text verification not working in UK
- Photos not displaying in chronological order
Requested features
11 requests- Star rating system for meals and restaurants
- Ability to rate restaurants on profile alongside reviews
- Social features to view and sort other users' reviews
- Photo sorting by chronological order of addition
- Option to set photos as private by default
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- Ability to assign rankings to restaurants
- Feature to track who you dined with (friends vs. family)
- Ability to note what was ordered at each restaurant
- Integration of photos from Google, Yelp, and Facebook
- Ad-supported free tier option
- Free trial period before subscription
In-app purchases
Somaek
- All Recipes$1.99
Truffle
- Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
