HelloSake vs Brewhood
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.
Brewhood
Discover local breweries and food trucks with real-time schedules, menus, and events. Earn rewards for check-ins and connect with your favorite vendors. Businesses can manage profiles, post updates, and promote specials.
- Find local breweries and food trucks
- Browse menus, hours, and reviews
- Track daily locations
- Save events and build a calendar
- Earn rewards and track check-ins
- Create vendor profiles and post updates
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Brewhood connects food and beer lovers with the local breweries and food trucks around them — and gives those vendors the tools to reach their fans. • Find breweries and food trucks operating near you, today and all week • See what's happening now, this weekend, and coming up • Browse menus, hours, photos, and reviews before you go • Know exactly where your favorite food truck is parked each day PLAN YOUR VISITS • Follow the breweries and trucks you love • Save events and build your own calendar of plans • Never miss a tap release, trivia night, live music set, or happy hour EARN REWARDS • Check in when you visit and earn Caps (points) • Climb the leaderboard with your friends • Build your beer-and-food community and track your check-in history FOR BREWERIES & FOOD TRUCKS Brewhood isn't just for fans. If you run a brewery or food truck, you can: • Build a public profile with photos, hours, menu, and specialties • Post your schedule and operating locations • Create and promote special events • Manage your beer or food menu, pricing, and happy hour specials • See your followers, top regulars, and attendance • Coordinate and cross-promote with partner vendors Whether you're chasing the best new IPA, hunting down your favorite taco truck, or running the business behind the bar, Brewhood brings the whole local scene together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brewhood at 100% against HelloSake's 40%. Brewhood also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). HelloSake's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 2). 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.
Brewhood holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HelloSake has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of HelloSake's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brewhood's.
HelloSake ships an update fortnightly, Brewhood every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HelloSake | Brewhood |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HelloSake, Inc | Shelton Seaborn |
Customer experience
HelloSake
Brewhood
In-app purchases
HelloSake
No in-app purchases
Brewhood
No in-app purchases









