Tavour vs Sample Ox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tavour
Discover unique, limited-edition craft beers released daily from independent breweries nationwide. Reserve your selections by adding them to your crate, which can be shipped at a flat rate when you're ready.
- Daily craft beer drops
- Limited-edition brews
- Access to 600+ breweries
- Reserve beer in your crate
- Flat-rate shipping
- Discover rare beers
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Discover new craft beers, one drop at a time. Tavour isn’t a beer store — it’s a daily craft beer drop. Every day at 10am and 4pm PT, we release a handful of limited-edition beers from 600+ independent breweries across the country. These small-batch brews often sell out in hours, and you won’t find them at your local store. When you see something you like, add it to your crate — you’ll be charged right away so we can reserve your beer before it’s gone. Build your crate over time, then ship it whenever you’re ready for a flat rate of $16.90, no matter how many beers you’ve collected. It’s the most fun way to discover rare craft beer — one drop at a time.
Sample Ox
Discover and rate various products like beer, coffee, and spirits. Compare your tasting notes with friends and experts, and track your palate's evolution over time. Participate in special tasting events to evaluate new products.
- Rate products with friends
- Build and track your palate
- Use industry-standard flavor terms
- Compare results with experts
- Join special tasting events
- Evaluate new products
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Join us for a Tasting! Rate products with friends, and build your palate. Describe what you’re tasting, and compare yourself against friends and experts. Use a wide range of industry standard flavor terms to test your palate and teach yourself to become a better taster. Join special tasting events to help evaluate new products as well. HOW IT WORKS • JOIN: Find an event or product on the main screen or enter in a join code for a private event • RATE: Describe what you’re tasting and give feedback on products • RESULTS: See how your results compare to others • TRACK: View your tasting history and see how your palate evolves over time PRODUCT CATEGORIES • Beer • Cider • Hard Seltzer • Chocolate • Coffee • Malt • Hops • Spirits • Kombucha Sample Ox is a trademark of Lean Sensory Systems, Inc.
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Verdict
Tavour and Sample Ox both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Sample Ox's written reviews are positive against 57% of Tavour's. Sample Ox also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Tavour's advantage is ratings volume (8.8K vs 5). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tavour against 4.6 for Sample Ox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tavour has 8.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Tavour's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sample Ox's.
Tavour ships an update every 3 weeks, Sample Ox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tavour | Sample Ox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8.8K ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.8K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tavour | Lean Sensory Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Tavour
Sample Ox
Bugs and requests
Tavour
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes and authentication issues
- Inaccurate inventory and unavailable beers
Requested features
3 requests- Add search and filtering functionality
- Improve delivery and shipping reliability
- Provide more control over notification settings
Sample Ox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tavour
No in-app purchases
Sample Ox
No in-app purchases









