Tonight’s drink,
tonight’s dish.
Banshaku: Drink & Food Journal
Free to log, with no time or entry limits. No ads.
Coming soon to the App Store
About Banshaku
A good night
is easy to forget.
Banshaku is the Japanese word for a quiet drink at home in the evening. By the next time you see the bottle at the shop, the name and the dish you had with it are gone. This app is a journal that keeps each evening’s drink and food on one page, with a photo.
Log
The fields change
with the drink.
Just the name and a photo at the bar. Add the rest when you get home.
Look back
That one you loved?
Find it by name.
Find it by name
By bottle or by dish.
Look back on a calendar
Each month, day by day.
Share as an image
Photo, name and pairing on one picture, in Ink or Washi.
What’s free
Logging is free.
Shelf and Pairings are add-ons.
Free
- Logging, with no entry or time limits
- Fields for each kind of drink, add details later
- Find by name, look back on a calendar
- Share as an image, export your entries
- No ads
Add-on (one-time purchase)
- Shelf: What’s at home, how much is left, and days since opening, on a shelf
- Pairings: What went well with a dish, from your own entries
- Your taste: Your leanings on sweet or dry and how you like it served
You can see a sample of the Shelf and Pairings tabs before buying. See the App Store for the price. No account needed, and it works offline.
Good to know
What it doesn’t do,
up front.
- Your entries are stored only on this device. There is no iCloud sync.
- Export is a copy for your own records. Exported files can’t be imported back into the app.
- There is no bottle database. You write the names yourself.
- It doesn’t count how much or how often you drink. Banshaku is not an app for tracking how much you drink.
FAQ
Questions
What can I do for free?
Logging, photos, the calendar, search by name, sharing as an image and export are free, with no entry limits. Shelf, Pairings and Your taste are add-on features (one-time purchase).
Is it a subscription?
No. It’s a one-time purchase. There is no subscription.
Where are my entries stored?
On this device. Your entries and photos are not sent to the developer’s servers.
Can I log drinks I had at a bar?
Yes. Save just the name and a photo there, and add the rest later.
Can I restore my purchase on another iPhone?
Yes, on an iPhone signed in with the same Apple ID, from “Restore purchase” on the purchase screen or at the bottom of the journal.
Which languages are supported?
18 languages, including English and Japanese.