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 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.
- 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
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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 is a camera app with the latest news on sake, shochu, wine, and craft beer and a guide to help you take a good picture of the bottle. - You can check the latest news on Sake, Shochu, Wine, and Craft Beer. 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 15.1 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.
HelloSake ships an update fortnightly, SakeFeed every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HelloSake | SakeFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HelloSake, Inc | Kazuhisa Asakawa |
In-app purchases
HelloSake
No in-app purchases
SakeFeed
No in-app purchases
