Tinwise vs Tinhead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tinwise
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SCAN & IDENTIFY Point your camera at any barcode or tin label. AI identifies the brand, origin, species, and full nutrition in seconds. Over 5,000 tins from 40+ countries in the catalog. THE SARDINE CALLENGE One tin a day. That's the challenge. Track every tin, watch your omega-3 climb, earn badges, and share your completion card. YOUR TIN JOURNEY Age premium conservas in your cellar with AI-predicted peak windows. Earn Taste Passport stamps for every country, species, and brand you explore. Collect milestone badges. COMMUNITY Follow fellow enthusiasts, like and comment on reviews, share your discoveries. See what's trending, who's leading the leaderboard, and what the community rates highest. If it comes in a lovely tin — it belongs here.
Tinhead
Digitally catalog your tinned fish collection. Scan tins, add photos of contents, and record detailed notes including origin and preparation. Organize your pantry with multiple views and flexible filtering options.
- Scan 6 sides of tins
- Photograph tin contents
- Record notes, ratings, tags
- Store country of origin
- Save 8 pantry views
- Filter and sort collection
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Join Tinhead to log your tinned fish - 100% free, no ads, no subscription, no login! Tinhead gives your tinned fish collection a virtual home. - Scan all 6 sides of the tins you own or tried to immortalize them forever - Take pictures of the inside, then tap the tin to show its contents - Store notes, ratings, tags, country of origin, and preparation details - Save up to 8 different views of your pantry - Filter and sort however you'd like
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Verdict
Tinwise and Tinhead are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tinwise ships an update every 5 days, Tinhead every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tinwise | Tinhead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spratlab OU | Roman Kozdrowicz |
In-app purchases
Tinwise
No in-app purchases
Tinhead
No in-app purchases
