Comparison

日本酒日記 vs SakeLogAI

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

Head to head
About

日本酒日記

Features
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Sake Record Book is an app for saving your sake memories with photos, brewery details, ratings, and tasting notes. Key features: • Record the sake name, brewery, style, price, origin, rating, and notes • Save bottle and label photos • Organize your collection with tags • Look back on tasting locations on a map • View your favorite sake in ranking lists Keep track of every sake you discover at restaurants, breweries, or on your travels, and enjoy your sake journey even more. Terms of Use: https://sake-record-book-home-page-ume-ume-49f1d6d542bce353c5d731233c33.gitlab.io/term.html

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SakeLogAI

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Never forget how a sake tasted. Rate aroma, sweetness, acidity, umami and finish, and your own palate comes into focus. SakeLogAI is a private sake tasting journal, made just for you. Stop losing track of that great junmai from last week. Log five quick taste notes and a rating for each cup, and watch your preferences appear on a flavor radar and the four-type sake map (Kunshu, Soshu, Junshu, Jukushu). — Features — - Five-axis tasting notes plus a cup rating (optional sharpness, too) - Quick log with just a rating, photo and note, or a detailed log with serving temperature, food pairing and place - Flavor radar and four-type sake map to see where your taste sits - Filter by rating to get a written summary of what you love, or what doesn't suit you - On supported devices, on-device AI adds a one-line suggestion for what to try next - Sake cellar: record grade, polishing ratio, SMV and rice variety, and search by label or brewery - Serving temperature guide, from ice-cold to piping-hot kan - Taster ranks and achievements, from Apprentice to Grand Master - Photos and notes to remember each cup and its pairing - Gentle daily reminder — Great for — - Anyone who keeps forgetting which sake they loved - Drinkers who want to put their taste into words and choose the next bottle with confidence - Sake bar regulars, brewery visitors and tasting-flight fans - People who enjoy warm sake as much as chilled - Anyone who prefers a quiet personal log over a social app — Privacy — - No account required - Your records, photos and notes are stored on your device and are never sent to our servers - The AI taste summary runs on-device on supported devices; your records never leave your phone - No tracking - To show our other apps, the app may load public App Store information (app names and icons)

Screenshots

日本酒日記4 screens
SakeLogAI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: 日本酒日記 at 15.0 against SakeLogAI's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

日本酒日記 ships an update monthly, SakeLogAI every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
日本酒日記 versus SakeLogAI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter日本酒日記SakeLogAI
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB9 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKento Umekitorankirite

In-app purchases

None

日本酒日記

No in-app purchases

None

SakeLogAI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 日本酒日記 free?
日本酒日記 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SakeLogAI free?
SakeLogAI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 日本酒日記 or SakeLogAI have ads?
Neither 日本酒日記 nor SakeLogAI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 日本酒日記 or SakeLogAI?
日本酒日記 ships an update monthly, and SakeLogAI every 6 weeks. Most recently, 日本酒日記 was updated on October 5, 2026 and SakeLogAI on October 22, 2026.

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