Comparison

LiHO TEA SG vs SipNote

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

Head to head
About

LiHO TEA SG

Features
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Having your favourite cup of tea from LiHO TEA has never been so rewarding! Manage your myLiHOTEA membership with this rewards app! Order your drinks, check your point balance, redeem rewards with earned points and more all within the LiHO TEA app! Stay up to date with seasonal drinks and promotions including upcoming collaborations! Reward yourself with each sip today!

About

SipNote

Features
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SipNote is a beautifully designed caffeine and beverage tracker for coffee, tea, milk tea, and energy drink lovers. Built local-first for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Snap a photo of any drink β€” on-device OCR auto-fills brand, drink, and size. No typing. No cloud upload. Your data stays on your device. β€” WHAT MAKES SIPNOTE DIFFERENT β€” β€’ PHOTO LOG WITH ON-DEVICE OCR Point your camera at a cup, receipt, or label. SipNote recognizes hundreds of brands β€” Starbucks, Luckin, HEYTEA, Naixue, Manner, KFC, plus generic coffee shops and bottled drinks β€” and fills in caffeine content automatically. Vision framework runs on your device. Nothing uploaded. β€’ REAL-TIME CAFFEINE METABOLISM A live curve shows the caffeine currently in your bloodstream based on half-life math. The 'clear by HH:mm' estimate tells you when your level will drop below the sleep-safe threshold β€” so you know whether to drink another coffee. β€’ APPLE WATCH NATIVE Glance at your current caffeine level on the watch face. Modular, Modular Compact, Modular Large, Corner, Inline, Circular, Graphic Bezel, Graphic Corner, and Graphic Circular complications all supported. Series 9+ Double Tap gesture logs your most-frequent drink. β€’ BOBA, MILK TEA, AND ASIAN BEVERAGES Unlike Western trackers that treat boba as 'generic tea,' SipNote ships with 30+ Asian beverages and brands native β€” naixue boba, HEYTEA cheese milk tea, KFC iced coffee, popular bottled teas, and more. β€’ NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ACCOUNT. Everything you need to log and view is included at no additional purchase. Optional one-time Pro in-app purchase adds bedtime alerts, full unlimited history, drink map, CSV export, and Apple Watch quick-add tiles. β€’ PRIVACY BY DEFAULT 100% on-device storage. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud round-trips. iCloud sync is optional and end-to-end-encrypted by Apple. We literally cannot see your data. β€” WHO IS SIPNOTE FOR? β€” β€’ People who want to know whether their afternoon coffee will affect sleep β€’ Boba and milk tea drinkers who track Western caffeine apps fail β€’ Pregnant or trying-to-conceive folks watching daily caffeine intake β€’ Anyone reducing caffeine without going cold turkey β€’ Anyone who has tried HiCoffee, RECaf, Caffi, or UpCoffee and wanted something faster to log into β€” PRICING β€” Daily logging and basic features are included at no additional purchase. One-time Pro in-app purchase β€” never a subscription. Pay once, own forever. β€” FEEDBACK β€” Made by one person (Peter Zhang). Every email at obeliskclubclub@gmail.com gets read and replied to personally. The next version is built from your feedback. Learn more: obelisk.club/sipnote Privacy Policy: https://obelisk.club/sipnote/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://obelisk.club/sipnote/terms

Screenshots

LiHO TEA SG4 screens
SipNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LiHO TEA SG at none against SipNote's 1. LiHO TEA SG also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. SipNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LiHO TEA SG asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiHO TEA SG ships an update every 5 weeks, SipNote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
LiHO TEA SG versus SipNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiHO TEA SGSipNote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better18
Further details β€” not scored
Size80 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRoyal One Pte Ltdζ°Έ εΌ 

In-app purchases

None

LiHO TEA SG

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SipNote

One-time1
  • SipNote Pro$2.99

Questions

Is LiHO TEA SG free?
LiHO TEA SG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SipNote free?
SipNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LiHO TEA SG or SipNote have ads?
Neither LiHO TEA SG nor SipNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiHO TEA SG or SipNote?
LiHO TEA SG ships an update every 5 weeks, and SipNote every 2 weeks. Most recently, LiHO TEA SG was updated on October 15, 2026 and SipNote on October 16, 2026.

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