SakeScan vs ScaNavi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SakeScan
Effortlessly discover the perfect sake by scanning entire menus. This AI-powered app analyzes your taste preferences and budget to provide instant, personalized recommendations, eliminating guesswork and enhancing your dining experience.
- Full menu scan and AI recommendation
- Instant label scan with detailed info
- Extensive sake database (50,000+)
- AI-powered food pairing suggestions
- Personalized taste profile refinement
- Community reviews and tasting notes
- Brewery discovery and regional insights
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Snap a sake label or a whole menu and know exactly what you're drinking. SakeScan identifies Japanese sake from a photo and shows you what's in the bottle: the brewery and region, the style, tasting notes, food pairings and what other drinkers think. Our catalog covers 35,000+ sakes. SCAN A LABEL Point your camera at a bottle. SakeScan reads the label (Japanese or English) and opens the sake's page: brewery, prefecture, style (Junmai, Ginjo, Daiginjo and more), polishing ratio, SMV (sweet or dry), rice and ABV where known. SCAN A WHOLE MENU At an izakaya or sake bar, scan the menu and SakeScan matches every listed sake to the catalog, then suggests the ones that fit your taste and budget. RATINGS, REVIEWS & TASTING NOTES Rate what you drink, write tasting notes and read reviews from other sake lovers. FOOD PAIRINGS & SERVING See which dishes go well with each sake and whether to serve it chilled, at room temperature or warm. EXPLORE SAKE AND BREWERIES Search the catalog and filter by style, region, sweetness (SMV) and polishing ratio. Browse breweries and discover what each one makes. YOUR SAKE JOURNAL Every scan is saved to your history. Save favorites and keep track of the bottles you've tried. FOLLOW FRIENDS Follow other drinkers, comment on their finds and get notified when someone follows you or comments on your activity. Available in English, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese. SAKESCAN PRO Free accounts include label scanning, the full catalog and 3 menu scans per month. Pro unlocks unlimited menu scans, full food pairings, an unlimited collection and saved menus. SUBSCRIPTIONS SakeScan Pro Monthly: 1-month auto-renewable subscription. SakeScan Pro Annual: 1-year auto-renewable subscription (includes a 7-day free trial). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sakescan.com/privacy Please enjoy sake responsibly.
ScaNavi
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Snap a label. AI finds your sake. ScaNavi is an AI-powered sake identification app. Point your camera at any sake label — at a restaurant, liquor store, or souvenir shop — and instantly discover what you're looking at. LABEL SCAN Just take a photo. Our AI identifies sake from a database of 3,000+ Japanese brands, showing you the brewery, region, classification, and flavor profile. Barcode scanning also supported (4,300+ SKUs). AI SOMMELIER "HOLO" Ask Holo anything about the sake you've scanned. "What food pairs well?" "I like fruity sake — anything similar?" Holo learns your preferences and recommends your perfect bottle. SSI 4-TYPE CLASSIFICATION Every brand is classified using the SSI (Sake Service Institute) system: Kunshu — Aromatic & fragrant Soushu — Light & refreshing Junshu — Rich & full-bodied Jukushu — Aged & complex BRAND RANKING Popular brands ranked by Sakenowa community scores. See what's trending. BRAND SEARCH Search 3,000+ brands by name, brewery, or region. Filter by classification (Junmai Daiginjo, Honjozo, etc.). BILINGUAL (JA / EN) Switch between Japanese and English on every screen. Built for sake lovers worldwide. MENU SCAN Take a photo of a restaurant or bar menu. Our AI reads sake names from the menu and matches them to the brand database. Works with both Japanese and English (romaji) menus. NAVI+ (PREMIUM) Free plan: 10 scans/week, 10 chats/day, 10 favorites. Navi+ ($2.99/mo): Unlimited everything. Full scan history. --- Free to start. No signup required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: ScaNavi at 3 against SakeScan's 1. 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
Both are free to download. SakeScan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ScaNavi sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SakeScan ships an update fortnightly, ScaNavi weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SakeScan | ScaNavi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SS Systems | Synapse Arrows PTE. LTD. |
In-app purchases
SakeScan
- SakeScan Monthly$4.991 Month
- SakeScan Annual$49.991 Year
ScaNavi
- Navi+ Monthly$4.991 Month









