Sample Ox vs Oysters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Oysters
Record your raw oyster experiences with photos, detailed reviews, and flavor profiles. Track your favorite ocean treats and tasting notes over time to build a personal oyster journal.
- Log raw oyster experiences
- Snap photos of oysters
- Detailed reviews
- Flavor profile tracking
- Personal oyster journal
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Oysters lets you snap a photo and log detailed reviews and flavor profiles of raw oysters you’ve tried — perfect for tracking your favorites and tasting notes over time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Oysters at 5.0 against Sample Ox's 4.6. Sample Ox's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Oysters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sample Ox has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sample Ox ships an update every 5 weeks, Oysters every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sample Ox | Oysters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lean Sensory Systems, Inc. | Sean Anteau |
In-app purchases
Sample Ox
No in-app purchases
Oysters
No in-app purchases
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