Firestone Walker Invitational vs Sample Ox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firestone Walker Invitational
Your official guide to a premier beer festival. Discover breweries, restaurants, and the festival schedule. Keep track of beers you want to try, rate them, and vote for your favorites.
- Festival news and announcements
- Tasting journal with beer ratings
- List of attending breweries
- Restaurant and chef lineup
- Interactive festival map
- Vote for best brewery/restaurant
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This app is your official guide to the 2026 Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest. FEATURES - Breaking News: Keep up with news and festival announcements. - Tasting Journal: View a comprehensive list of all the beers being poured at the fest; sort them into beers you want to try and those you’ve sampled; sort beers based on categories and/or flavor profiles, rate beers, record your tasting notes and check-in via Untappd. - Breweries: Check out the official who's who of brewers in attendance for this year's fest. - Restaurants: See our lineup of some of the Central Coast's best chefs and eateries. - Festival Schedule: Learn more about our music lineup, behind the beer sessions and more. - Map: Enjoy a handy interactive map of the festival grounds. - People's Choice: Vote for the 2026 FWIBF "Best Brewery" and "Best Restaurant" right from the app.
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
The clearest difference is rating: Sample Ox at 4.6 against Firestone Walker Invitational's 4.0. Sample Ox also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sample Ox holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Firestone Walker Invitational's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sample Ox's.
Firestone Walker Invitational ships an update every 12 months, Sample Ox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firestone Walker Invitational | Sample Ox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Propaganda3, Inc. | Lean Sensory Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Firestone Walker Invitational
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In-app purchases
Firestone Walker Invitational
No in-app purchases
Sample Ox
No in-app purchases
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