Chikuwa Diary vs SakeLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chikuwa Diary
This app allows you to journal, track books and movies, and organize ideas using multiple notebooks. It offers automatic iCloud syncing for seamless access across devices and supports image attachments. Organize your life's moments and information effortlessly.
- Multiple notebooks for different themes
- Book tracking with information retrieval
- Movie recording and search
- Collection feature for organizing information
- Automatic iCloud notebook sync
- Image attachment support
- Widget support
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Chikuwa Diary can be writed to keep a diary as well as record books, movies, and ideas. -- Feature List -- ・ Use of Multiple Notebooks For themes of different genres, you can switch the notebook. ・ Books Management Feature Created to make it easier to record your reading. You can get the information from the code number of the book you read. This application can also record the number of pages and words (use for extensive reading) ・ Movies Management Feature Created to make it easier to record movies. You can search by title. ・ Collection Feature Added to organize various information saved in the app freely. ・ Automatic Notebook Sync Feature You can automatically sync your notebook using iCloud. Once synced, you can access your notebook from other devices. ・ Image Feature This is a general image addition function. Save to iCloud. ・ Widget support
SakeLog
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This is an app that allows you to record the sake you've drunk. Digitally preserve sake bottles that would otherwise be thrown away. You can take a picture of the sake bottle label with your camera and create your own sake shelf.
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Verdict
Chikuwa Diary and SakeLog are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Chikuwa Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SakeLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chikuwa Diary ships an update every 4 weeks, SakeLog monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Chikuwa Diary | SakeLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tenta Shinojima | Gaku Ishikawa |
In-app purchases
Chikuwa Diary
- Chikuwa+ Plan for 1 months$3.991 Month
- Chikuwa+ Plan for 6 months$14.996 Months
SakeLog
- Pro monthly plan$2.991 Month
- Pro annually plan$29.991 Year









