HelloSake vs SakeFeed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HelloSake
Discover the world of Japanese sake with this app. Scan sake labels to access detailed information, save your favorites with notes, and read reviews from other users. Enhance your sake experience with precise search and rich brand stories.
- Scan sake labels for instant information
- Save favorite sakes with notes
- Read and refer to user reviews
- Detailed sake information (origin, flavor, sweetness)
- Precise search functions
- Search sake by name
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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.
SakeFeed
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SakeFeed offers the latest news on sake, shochu, awamori, wine, craft beer, whisky, liqueurs, and spirits, and includes a camera app with a guide to help you take beautiful photos of bottles. - You can check the latest news on sake, shochu, awamori, wine, craft beer, whisky, liqueurs, and spirits. You can also check the latest news on the widget or Apple Watch. Limited to Japanese and Japanese-language news. - You can take beautiful pictures of bottles by using the grid, which is more common than in standard camera apps, the outline of sake and wine bottles, and the tilt display of the device. - Added a split-the-bill feature. - The news in the screenshot is fictional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HelloSake at 16.4 against SakeFeed's 18.6. 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HelloSake | SakeFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HelloSake, Inc | Kazuhisa Asakawa |
In-app purchases
HelloSake
No in-app purchases
SakeFeed
No in-app purchases
