Comparison

Taste vs AppScout

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

Head to head
About

Taste

Discover and save UI designs to train a personal AI model that understands your aesthetic. Upload your own work to build a portfolio and refine recommendations. Enhance your design vocabulary for AI-assisted development.

Highlights
  • Personalized AI design model
  • Save and upload UI inspiration
  • AI-powered design extraction
  • Build and showcase design portfolio
  • Trending design discovery
  • Sync across devices
Features
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Taste learns what good design looks like -- to you. Swipe through real UI work from the community. Save what inspires you. Upload your own screenshots. Every interaction trains a personal AI model that maps your design sensibility, so your feed gets sharper over time. Whether you're building with AI coding tools or designing by hand, Taste makes sure what you ship actually looks good. Swipe. Rate. Build your taste profile. Browse a stream of mobile, web, and dashboard designs from real products and portfolios. React with "Not for me," "It's OK," or "I love it." After 20 ratings, Taste generates a unique profile of your design preferences that improves with every swipe. Save inspiration from anywhere. Use the iOS Share Sheet to send screenshots from any app straight to Taste. Paste from your clipboard. Start a collection during onboarding by saving screenshots you chose for their design. Add an optional note about what caught your eye. AI-powered design extraction is available in the regular upload flow to pull out colors, categories, and tags. Build your portfolio. Upload your own design work to train Taste on what you create, not just what you like. Organize projects, set visibility, and let the model sharpen its recommendations based on both sides of your creative identity. Discover what's trending. Explore trending designs, search by tag or creator, and find portfolios from the community. Your feed evolves as your taste profile develops! Your design companion for AI-assisted development. Using Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any AI coding tool? Taste helps you build a design vocabulary so you can guide AI tools toward better-looking results. Save references, build moodboards, and develop the eye you need to ship polished products. Sync everywhere. Your account, library, and taste profile sync across Taste on iOS, macOS, and web. Free to start. Pro when you're ready. - 5 design extractions per month on Free - 100 extractions per month on Pro - Auto-categorization and batch import - Bring your own API key - Pro badge and hire directory listing - Faster profile regeneration and early access to new features SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: Taste Pro is available as an auto-renewable subscription. Two plans are offered: - Monthly: $14.99/month - Yearly: $99.99/year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://buildwithtaste.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://buildwithtaste.com/privacy

About

AppScout

Monitor key iOS app performance metrics like downloads, revenue, and refunds directly on your device. Visualize trends with charts and breakdowns by country, device, and product type. Offers privacy-focused data handling with no backend or tracking.

Highlights
  • Track downloads, revenue, and refunds
  • Switch between apps and metrics
  • View charts across recent periods
  • Review sales and refund activity
  • Break down results by app, country, device, and product type
  • Explore with demo data
Features
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AppScout helps iOS developers check the numbers that matter without opening a browser. Connect your App Store Connect Team Key, choose the apps you want to watch, and see downloads, revenue, refunds, trends, and breakdowns in one focused dashboard. AppScout fetches data directly from Apple’s App Store Connect API and keeps your key on your device. What you can do: - Track downloads, revenue, and refunds - Switch between apps and metrics - See charts across recent periods - Review recent sales and refund activity - Break down results by app, country or region, device, and product type - Explore the app with demo data before setup Privacy by design: - Private key stored in the iOS Keychain - No AppScout account - No AppScout backend - No ads or tracking SDKs AppScout requires your own App Store Connect Team Key with Sales and Reports access, plus your Vendor Number. It is made for developers and teams who already use App Store Connect.

Screenshots

Taste4 screens
AppScout3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AppScout at none against Taste's 9. Taste's advantage is chart position (#116 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Taste sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. AppScout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Taste against 5.0 for AppScout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 10 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taste ships an update every 3 days, AppScout every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Taste versus AppScout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasteAppScout
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings610 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#116 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfinite Idea Machine LLCAndrew Tanchuk

Customer experience

Taste

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AppScout

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Taste

Subscriptions9
  • Taste Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Taste Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Taste Pro$19.991 Month
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  • Taste Pro (Monthly)$19.991 Month
  • Taste Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Taste Pro (Annual)$99.991 Year
  • Taste Pro7 Days trial$149.991 Year
  • Taste Pro$149.991 Year
  • Taste Pro (special offer)1 Year trial$149.991 Year
None

AppScout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Taste free?
Taste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AppScout free?
AppScout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Taste or AppScout?
Taste and AppScout are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do Taste or AppScout have ads?
Neither Taste nor AppScout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taste or AppScout?
Taste ships an update every 3 days, and AppScout every 2 days. Most recently, Taste was updated on October 31, 2026 and AppScout on October 31, 2026.

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