Comparison

お茶ノート vs CHALOG

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

Head to head
About

お茶ノート

Features
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美味しかったお茶の記録をスマホで簡単に残せます。カメラ機能を使えば写真を撮るだけで自動入力。 抽出条件や味など詳細にメモ。 積み茶の管理もできちゃいます

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CHALOG

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Quietly log today's bowl of tea. CHALOG is a calm tasting journal for matcha and Japanese tea. Note each cup with a photo and five tastes, and your own taste slowly comes into view. Turn "that was good" into a cup you can actually remember. Rate umami, sweetness, bitterness, astringency and finish on a simple radar, and choosing your next matcha — and how to brew it — gets easier with every bowl. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Quick log: save a bowl in seconds with the tea, a rating, a photo and a note - Full tasting notes: five tastes, froth, aroma, preparation, wagashi pairing, place and occasion - Taste type: after three bowls with flavor notes, discover which type of tea drinker you are - Brew guides: whisk usucha, koicha or a matcha latte, or steep sencha, gyokuro, hojicha and genmaicha in a teapot (kyusu) — from what you need to the last drop, with step-by-step timers - Collection: organize by tea and tea house, with search, sorting and favorites - Stats: totals, streaks, your flavor radar and how you prepare your tea - Tasting calendar: see your tea days at a glance - Badges: 12 badges to collect as you keep going - Photos: crop to a clean square to capture your bowl and sweets - Reminders: a gentle nudge at the time you choose - Works on iPhone and iPad PERFECT FOR - Matcha and green tea lovers who want to remember every cup - Anyone curious to find their favorite teas and growing regions - Beginners who want clear steps for brewing sencha or hojicha - Tea ceremony students keeping notes from practice - Café hoppers tracking the matcha lattes they try PRIVACY Your notes stay on your device. No account, no sign-up, and your records are never sent to a server. No tracking. (To show our other apps inside CHALOG, the app reads public App Store information.)

Screenshots

お茶ノート4 screens
CHALOG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: お茶ノート at none against CHALOG's 1. お茶ノート also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. CHALOG sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. お茶ノート asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

お茶ノート ships an update daily, CHALOG every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
お茶ノート versus CHALOG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterお茶ノートCHALOG
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHINTARO ENOMOTOtorankirite

In-app purchases

None

お茶ノート

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CHALOG

One-time1
  • CHALOG Premium$3.99

Questions

Is お茶ノート free?
お茶ノート is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CHALOG free?
CHALOG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do お茶ノート or CHALOG have ads?
Neither お茶ノート nor CHALOG shows ads.
Which is updated more often, お茶ノート or CHALOG?
お茶ノート ships an update daily, and CHALOG every 6 weeks. Most recently, お茶ノート was updated on November 12, 2026 and CHALOG on October 31, 2026.

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