Comparison

HelloSake vs ARLabels

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

Head to head
About

HelloSake

Discover the world of Japanese sake with detailed information and user reviews. Scan sake labels to instantly access details like origin, flavor, and sweetness. Save your favorites and enhance your sake tasting experience.

Highlights
  • Scan sake labels for instant information
  • Detailed sake profiles (origin, flavor, sweetness)
  • Save favorite sakes with notes and reviews
  • Access experienced user reviews
  • Precise search by name or machine learning
  • Enhance sake tasting experience
Features
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Welcome to HelloSake! Japanese sake has a lot of variety of products as well as tastes and each sake has its own brand story. HelloSake provides all sake lovers with access to detailed information extremely easily to help discover the best one. We help enrich the sake experience through this app to enhance the sake community. FEATURES/ HOW TO USE •Take a photo of the sake label to get access to the information easily. •Save your favorite sake that you had with some notes and simple reviews. •Refer to reviews of experienced users. •Information includes sake name, details, place of origin, flavor, and degree of sweetness/ spiciness. •Highly accurate machine learning enables super precise search functions. •Simply search sake information by name.

About

ARLabels

Features
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The application will enliven and diversify the labels on cans, bottles and any other containers with your favorite drink. It will allow you to remember where and what you drank, evaluate and share your impressions. screens for appstore maked in Screenshots.pro

Screenshots

HelloSake4 screens
ARLabels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ARLabels at 11.0 against HelloSake's 15.1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HelloSake ships an update fortnightly, ARLabels every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
HelloSake versus ARLabels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelloSakeARLabels
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.111.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB233 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHelloSake, IncAR-GO Lab Oy

In-app purchases

None

HelloSake

No in-app purchases

None

ARLabels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HelloSake free?
HelloSake is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ARLabels free?
ARLabels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HelloSake or ARLabels have ads?
Neither HelloSake nor ARLabels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HelloSake or ARLabels?
HelloSake ships an update fortnightly, and ARLabels every 3 weeks. Most recently, HelloSake was updated on October 6, 2026 and ARLabels on October 3, 2026.

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