Comparison

InkStory vs SipSpot

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

Head to head
About

InkStory

Connect your tattoos with sound by uploading images and pairing them with audio. Scan your ink to bring your personal stories and favorite music to life.

Highlights
  • Pair tattoos with audio
  • Scan tattoos to play sound
  • Upload custom audio
  • Social login
  • Supports major formats
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Scan your tattoo. Hear its story. InkStory turns your tattoos into living memories. Link any tattoo to a song, a voice message, or a video - then point your camera at it and watch it come alive. How it works: - Take a photo of your tattoo - Choose a song from Apple Music, Spotify, a YouTube video, or record your own audio - Scan your tattoo with AR and the sound plays instantly Every tattoo has a story. A tribute to someone you lost. The song that was playing when you decided to get inked. A voice you never want to forget. InkStory lets you hear that story - every time you look at your ink. Free to try. No account setup required beyond a quick sign-in.

About

SipSpot

Log your favorite drinks with photos, notes, and locations to create a personal beverage journal. Receive location-based reminders to rediscover past discoveries. Connect with Apple Health for wellness insights with the Pro version.

Highlights
  • Log drinks with photos and notes
  • Tag drink locations with Apple Maps
  • Location-based drink reminders
  • Personalized drink collection
  • Apple Health integration (Pro)
  • Privacy-focused location data
Features
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SipSpot is a tasting journal and cellar for people who care what's in the glass. Scan a label, log the pour, and build a record of every bottle you've opened and every one you're saving. Built for wine, bourbon, Scotch, whiskey, rum, tequila and mezcal, with a mode for each so the details you track fit what you drink. SCAN A LABEL Point your camera at a bottle and SipSpot reads the name, producer and vintage right on your device. Check the details, add a rating, and it's logged. KEEP A TASTING JOURNAL • Log a pour in seconds with half-star ratings, tasting notes, a photo and the place you had it • See how other SipSpot users rated the same bottle • Search your whole history to find a bottle again BUILD YOUR CELLAR • Track every bottle you own, with vintage, price and drink window • Save cocktail recipes alongside your bottles • Ask the on-device guide a question, on supported devices ALWAYS WITHIN REACH • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets • Control Center buttons to scan a label or log a drink • Siri and Shortcuts SIPSPOT PRO • AI label reads: producer history, tasting profile and a value check for any bottle • SipSpot AI guide: ask what to open tonight, what to order, or what goes with dinner • Unlimited journal, cellar and recipes • iCloud sync and backup across your devices • Restaurant Mode: scan a wine list and get picks that fit your taste and budget • Bartender: recipes built around the bottles on your shelf • Palate and cellar analytics, including how your collection's value moves • Bottle Passport: an exportable record of a bottle's provenance and tasting history • Tasting sessions with guided flights, events, SharePlay and Live Activities • Apple Health: save estimated standard drinks, and see them alongside your sleep and heart-rate data • Nearby wineries, shared collections, and collection import and export SipSpot is free to download and use, with limits on how many pours, bottles and recipes you can save. SipSpot Pro removes those limits and adds everything above. SUBSCRIPTION SipSpot Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Eligible new subscribers can start with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://jamsoftinc.com/sipspot-privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ SipSpot is for adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://jamsoftinc.com/privacy-policy-apple

Screenshots

InkStory4 screens
SipSpot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SipSpot at every 9 days against InkStory's every 4 months. InkStory's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. InkStory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SipSpot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for InkStory against 5.0 for SipSpot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InkStory ships an update every 4 months, SipSpot every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
InkStory versus SipSpot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkStorySipSpot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB32 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSergey ZelenovJAMSoft Inc

Customer experience

InkStory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SipSpot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

InkStory

One-time1
  • Premium Access$5.99
3 purchases

SipSpot

Subscriptions2
  • SipSpot Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • SipSpot Pro Annual1 Year trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • 5 AI Credits$0.99

Questions

Is InkStory free?
InkStory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SipSpot free?
SipSpot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, InkStory or SipSpot?
InkStory and SipSpot are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do InkStory or SipSpot have ads?
Neither InkStory nor SipSpot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, InkStory or SipSpot?
InkStory ships an update every 4 months, and SipSpot every 9 days. Most recently, InkStory was updated on October 30, 2026 and SipSpot on November 12, 2026.

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