Comparison

Check 'em vs Sipping

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

Head to head
About

Check 'em

This app notifies you when a particularly interesting or 'awesome' number appears during authentication processes for services like banking or email. You can customize your preferences and collect these special numbers.

Highlights
  • Real-time notifications for special numbers
  • Customizable notification preferences
  • Collect 'awesome' authentication codes
  • Simple and intuitive interface
Features
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If you know, you know. The drudgery of having to newly authenticate with your bank or your email account; and the little spark of joy when you get a number like 780000 or 123451. What if you could see every time a truly awesome number comes up? Check 'em finds the best of the best, and sends you a notification whenever they appear. Customise what you want to see, and tap the notification to add the GET to your collection!

About

Sipping

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Sipping — The coffee enthusiast app. Discover, brew, and remember every cup. Sipping is the app for specialty coffee lovers, roasteries, and cafes. Discover coffees with full transparency Browse detailed coffee cards with origin, processing method, varietals, tasting notes, cup scores, and roast levels. Every bean has a story — Sipping tells it. Track your coffee journey Log sips at cafes with a single tap. Rate your experience, snap a photo, and build a personal coffee journal over time. See a bag you like? Snap the label and AI reads it for you. Brew better, every cup Record your home brewing sessions with precise parameters — dose, water, temperature, grind, step-by-step timing. Rate each brew across acidity, sweetness, bitterness, body, and aftertaste. Replicate your best cups and learn from every experiment. Share recipes with the community Turn your best brews into shareable recipes with detailed step-by-step instructions. Follow recipes from others for V60, AeroPress, Chemex, Espresso, and more. QR codes that connect Scan a Sipping QR code on your favourite café and get instantly see the full story, which beans and brews they have. For roasteries Showcase your full coffee catalog with a branded profile page. Custom themes, colors, typography, and call-to-action buttons that drive traffic to your shop. Invite your team with role-based permissions. For cafes Create a digital storefront that shows what you're currently serving. Customizable widgets, image galleries, custom links, and branded QR codes for table tents and menus. A Linktree built for coffee. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.sipping.app/terms Privacy: https://www.sipping.app/privacy

Screenshots

Check 'em4 screens
Sipping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Check 'em at none against Sipping's 1. Sipping's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sipping sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Check 'em asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Check 'em ships an update weekly, Sipping every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Check 'em versus Sipping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheck 'emSipping
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB92 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJacob BartlettJepser Bernardino

In-app purchases

None

Check 'em

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sipping

Subscriptions1
  • Coffee Enthusiast Monthly Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month

Questions

Is Check 'em free?
Check 'em is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sipping free?
Sipping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Check 'em or Sipping have ads?
Neither Check 'em nor Sipping shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Check 'em or Sipping?
Check 'em ships an update weekly, and Sipping every 3 days. Most recently, Check 'em was updated on September 8, 2026 and Sipping on September 20, 2026.

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