Sake Brewing vs VirtualFreedan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sake Brewing
Explore the traditional art of sake brewing with this app, featuring videos of the Motomiya Sakamise brewery. Witness the rare "Soushibori" technique and learn about the history of this Edo-era establishment in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
- Sake brewing videos
- Motomiya Sakamise brewery tour
- Traditional "Soushibori" technique
- Historic Edo-era brewery
- Introduction to sake and Ehime Prefecture
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It shows a video of sake brewing of sake-brewery Motomiya Sakamise. The brewery is located in Ehime Prefecture in Japan and brews "Kaimei" sake. You can see the rare process of "Soushibori" that is the traditional way of squeezing sake. It has become uncommon these days and the major manufacturers don`t employ this technique. Motomiya Sakamise is a sake-brewery built in the Edo era and has the history for longer than 200 years. We show photographs inside in the valuable brewery building in Japan. We introduce our sake and Ehime Prefecture, too.
VirtualFreedan
Virtually experience a new style of Japanese Buddhist altar. This app allows you to interact with a virtual altar, light candles, burn incense, ring a bell, and customize it with photos and names. It's designed to let you explore the "FreeDan" before considering a purchase.
- Virtual altar experience
- Light candles and incense
- Ring a virtual orin
- Customize with photos
- Customize with names
- Open and close altar doors
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Japanese Hikone buddhist altar "Nanaplus" presented new style "FreeDan" created by traditional technology of 350 years. It is a new prayer item in the everyday life that we aimed. With this application, you can experience the lineup of "FreeDan" virtually. · Can Fire candles and incense. · Can ring a orin. · You can customize photos and name. · The door can be opened and closed. Please experience "FreeDan" with this application and consider buying the real "FreeDan".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sake Brewing at 100% against VirtualFreedan's 50%. Sake Brewing also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). VirtualFreedan's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
VirtualFreedan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Sake Brewing's written reviews are positive against 50% of VirtualFreedan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sake Brewing ships an update every 3 months, VirtualFreedan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sake Brewing | VirtualFreedan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Abok | Masahiko Nogami |
Customer experience
Sake Brewing
VirtualFreedan
In-app purchases
Sake Brewing
No in-app purchases
VirtualFreedan
No in-app purchases
