Comparison

Sample Ox vs Pinter App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sample Ox

Discover and rate various products like beer, coffee, and spirits. Compare your tasting notes with friends and experts, and track your palate's evolution over time. Participate in special tasting events to evaluate new products.

Highlights
  • Rate products with friends
  • Build and track your palate
  • Use industry-standard flavor terms
  • Compare results with experts
  • Join special tasting events
  • Evaluate new products
Features
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Join us for a Tasting! Rate products with friends, and build your palate. Describe what you’re tasting, and compare yourself against friends and experts. Use a wide range of industry standard flavor terms to test your palate and teach yourself to become a better taster. Join special tasting events to help evaluate new products as well. HOW IT WORKS • JOIN: Find an event or product on the main screen or enter in a join code for a private event • RATE: Describe what you’re tasting and give feedback on products • RESULTS: See how your results compare to others • TRACK: View your tasting history and see how your palate evolves over time PRODUCT CATEGORIES • Beer • Cider • Hard Seltzer • Chocolate • Coffee • Malt • Hops • Spirits • Kombucha Sample Ox is a trademark of Lean Sensory Systems, Inc.

About

Pinter App

This app helps you brew fresh beer at home. It provides brewing step reminders, direct access to order brewing supplies, and guided instructions. Get support instantly through live chat.

Highlights
  • Brewing step reminders
  • In-app calendar
  • Order Fresh Presses
  • Guided brewing instructions
  • Live chat support
Features
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Tap into a world of Fresh Beer! Get the most out of brewing with your Pinter. Use our in-app calendar to easily keep track of your Pinter(s): get handy notifications reminding you when to move on to the next step of brewing. Shop the website directly from the app to order Fresh Presses in just a few taps. Intuitive app-based instructions guide you through every step. Instant access to live chat and customer support exactly when you need it.

Screenshots

Sample Ox4 screens
Pinter App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sample Ox at 4.6 against Pinter App's 4.0. Sample Ox also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Pinter App's advantage is ratings volume (314 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sample Ox holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinter App has 314 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Sample Ox's written reviews are positive against 61% of Pinter App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sample Ox ships an update every 5 weeks, Pinter App monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sample Ox versus Pinter App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSample OxPinter App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better4.0 (314 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better61.2% of reviews
Number of ratings5314 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB81 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLean Sensory Systems, Inc.The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co LTD

Customer experience

Sample Ox

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pinter App

All ratings314 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative22.3%
Written reviews268 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative36.2%

Bugs and requests

Sample Ox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pinter App

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App not recognizing existing accounts
  • Inconsistent app behavior
  • Unreliable push notifications
  • Inability to edit brew timeline
  • Outdated content and instructions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Better calendar integration
  • Improved push notifications
  • More customization options
  • Seamless website-app integration
  • Clearer brewing instructions

In-app purchases

None

Sample Ox

No in-app purchases

None

Pinter App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sample Ox free?
Sample Ox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinter App free?
Pinter App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sample Ox or Pinter App?
Sample Ox is rated higher. Sample Ox averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Pinter App averages 4.0 from 314 ratings.
Do Sample Ox or Pinter App have ads?
Neither Sample Ox nor Pinter App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sample Ox or Pinter App?
Sample Ox ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pinter App monthly. Most recently, Sample Ox was updated on September 22, 2026 and Pinter App on September 30, 2026.

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