Awesome machine, mediocre app
My xBloom studio is a revelation and has transformed my coffee enjoyment. The app, though, kinda stinks. The interface is decent enough, but there really should be a wizard for creating new recipes. Some middle ground between auto mode (or, in this context, reusing a generic recipe for different roasts) and dialing every. single. tiny. detail. Ease us into it. Meet us where we’re at re: granular controls. It should warn us when our recipe is liable to overflow the “Omni cup.” There should really be a recipe database/marketplace where folks can exchange recipes for particular roasts. And there should REALLY be live activity integration on iOS. Seriously I can’t think of an app that could make better practical use of that often-gimmicky feature on iOS. My 3 stars are perhaps harsh. If I’m reviewing both the machine and the app at once it’s 4.5 stars. Just the app, 3.5-4. But PLEASE consider these improvements and it’ll be an immediate 5 stars from me.
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Glitchy and slow
The recipes portion of the app is really the issue here. Recent recipes never shows the ones I used last. sometimes the recipes page never even loads. Creating a new recipe is way down the page. No copying recipes still. And the fact the you pretty much have to use the app to use the machine makes this extra painful.
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Pretty good
This app, xbloom coffee, is extremely useful. It's highly user-friendly and simply perfect. The operation is very smooth. I highly recommend it to everyone who loves coffee and wants a convenient way to manage their coffee experiences.
Great app + feature requests
Great app, very nice user experience.
Couple feature requests:
- allow to add some notes to the recipe
- missing descaling feature in app
Couple feature requests:
- allow to add some notes to the recipe
- missing descaling feature in app
Response from developer
Your suggestions have been collected and have been added to the development schedule.
Great product, great app to match
In the weeks that I’ve owned the machine, the app continues to be best-in-class and just getting better. The most recent update included a little detail of displaying the machine color you own in the app. Since I own the white one, it bothered me a bit to see the black one displayed. Now it’s showing the exact machine I have! UI adjustments and navigation has improved as well. All in all, I’m really confident that the app & the actual xBloom will continue to get better and better.
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Great Machine but the App ugh
I love my machine but the app is still glitchy especially for Recipes, I keep getting server error. I don’t understand why is it trying to reach a server when it’s using NFC & Bluetooth.
Probably the best coffee App in the market
So smooth to use, and it unlocks amazing features for the studio machine too!