# Bean Beast — Specialty Coffee Recipe Helper > Specialty coffee recipe and bean tracking app for home baristas. (iPhone/iPad app by Zachary Swinehart.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bean-beast/id1485616041 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Zachary Swinehart](https://appshunter.io/developer/1485616040) - Category: Food & Drink, Productivity - Price: Free - Rating: 4.72/5 from 18 App Store ratings · 17 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 10.0 · 87 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2020-01-28 - Data updated: 2026-08-10 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bean-beast/id1485616041/reviews.md ## What is Bean Beast? Bean Beast helps you create amazing coffee by allowing you to keep track of the recipes, ratings, and beans you like best. Compatible with all coffee brew methods: espresso, pour-over, aeropress, french press, and more. App Features: - Recipes -- Add your favorite coffee recipes and keep track of all the brew parameters. (Grind, dose, temperature, etc) - Equipment -- Have multiple grinders or espresso machines? No problem; you can specify which one you used for each recipe. - Beans & Roasters -- Add your various beans and roasters to keep everything nice and organized, and see recipes for a specific bean. - Bean Ratings -- Do you ever struggle to remember exactly what you thought of a specific bean that you *know* you've had before? Fret not; you can just look at your previous rating for it :) Bean Beast is under active development and I'm working to polish and add more features. To see my development roadmap, you can visit http://beanbeast.com/roadmap Enjoy! Zach ## Key features - Recipe tracking with brew parameters - Equipment specification for recipes - Bean and roaster organization - Bean rating history - Support for all brew methods ## Recent user reviews (10 of 17) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bean-beast/id1485616041/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Sehr strukturiert *2024-09-30* Alles gut zu verwalten. Wenn die Bohnen, Brühverfahren angelegt sind, kann man schnell neue Rezepte erstellen. Kann man die Wellcome Nachricht nicht abschalten? Da wird was von 2020 beschrieben. Dark Mode wäre auch toll. Ich konnte nur keine Backup, oder Ex/Import Funktion finden. Bei den Mengen konnte ich kein Komma bei den Dezimalstellen eingeben. Es scheint aber, die App wird nicht mehr weiterentwickelt. Letztes Update vor 4 Jahren. Auf der Webseite ist der letzte Eintrag von 2020. Schade eigentlich. ### 5/5 — Beats keeping things in post it notes *2024-01-23* This is exactly what I needed for tracking settings for dialing in espresso! ### 4/5 — Photo and clone tools *2023-12-02* Love this app, but it seems to have a bug where no photos that I take of a bean stick around very long before the app loses the picture. I also get a white screen full freeze every time I clone a recipe. The procedure is a success, but I have to force close the app, reopen, open the clone, and edit manually. Good job making a straight to the point app, just a few little gremlins in the system. ### 5/5 — Best Coffee Bean/Recipe Tracking App *2023-07-12* The title said it. If you are looking for an app to keep track of your coffee recipes for different beans look no further. I’ve tried a few other apps and this is definitely the best. It is exactly what I was looking for. It has just the right amount of technical fields you can fill in while being pretty simple. The only thing I wish the app had was a way to backup/export the data for safe keeping. ### 5/5 — Does everything *2023-03-13* I was writing this information into field notes by hand and that’s so 1995. This app literally had an EASY way to record every single metric that I require to replicate a shot. Honestly - you’ve outdone yourself. I’d love to leave you a tip or something. This app is intuitive and has a spot to input all of the pertinent data for successful coffee activities. Truly, I want to thank you for your work in creating this. PLEASE KEEP IT UP TO DATE with future iOS versions. I’d hate to see this bug out. ### 4/5 — Fantastic except for one bug *2022-11-20* This app is fantastic in every way! The best of all coffee recipe apps, perfect for espresso. Every option you could possibly want, from dose and grind size to pre-infusion and extraction time. Only one annoying issue: every couple weeks, the app loses every single picture that I saved for each bean, so they all end up with just my text titles and descriptions and no photo of the bag. I’ve added all my photos back twice and twice more they have disappeared. Other than that, fantastic app! ### 3/5 — Beans photos are gone *2022-06-02, version 1.0.19* Over all this is a great app to record my recipes, beans. I’ve been using this bean for almost an year, recently I found photos of beans taken by the app are missing, bean images are all blank now, not sure why this is happening, I have to take photo from phone camera app in order to keep my bean images safely ### 5/5 — Great app. *2022-01-10, version 1.0.19* Does everything needed to record, nicely laid out. Could do with ordering beans by rating please? ### 5/5 — Delicious. *2021-07-31* Looks great! Works great! I do think I’d prefer a pre-infuse and extract input as squares up top. I understood they are exposed as recipe steps but I always forget to dive in and set them. Better yet if the extract button up top was a timer and took these inputs and built out the recipe steps below as they currently do if you are dive in there and set them manually. ‘Clone’ feature and ‘favourite recipes’ with this bean are terrific tools for dialling in and coming back to beans. Thank you! ### 5/5 — THANK YOU *2021-04-16* Thank you for making this app. I’ve been searching for an app where I can keep track of all the beans I try at home and this is perfect. ## Frequently asked questions about Bean Beast ### What coffee brewing methods does Bean Beast support? Bean Beast supports all coffee brew methods, including espresso, pour-over, Aeropress, French press, and more, allowing you to meticulously track parameters for each. ### Can I track different coffee beans and roasters with Bean Beast? Yes, you can add your various beans and roasters to keep everything organized. The app allows you to see recipes associated with a specific bean. ### How does Bean Beast help me remember my coffee preferences? Bean Beast allows you to rate beans and store your previous ratings. This feature helps you recall exactly what you thought of a specific bean you've had before. ### Is Bean Beast available on Android devices? Based on the provided data, Bean Beast is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Information regarding Android support is not available. ### How often is Bean Beast updated? Bean Beast was last updated on March 12, 2020, with version 1.0.19. The developer states the app is under active development and more features are being added. ### What is the age rating for Bean Beast? Bean Beast has an age rating of 9+, making it suitable for younger users interested in learning about coffee preparation. ### Does Bean Beast have ads? No, Bean Beast does not contain advertisements. The app is free to download and use without any ad interruptions. ### What are the key features of Bean Beast? Key features include adding favorite coffee recipes with detailed brew parameters, specifying equipment used, organizing beans and roasters, and keeping a history of bean ratings. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.19 — 2020-03-12 - Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause recipes to not be properly save-able - Fixed a camera / camera roll bug for bean image uploading - Added manual yield designation to the top of recipes - Recipes now display their calculated brew ratio ### 1.0.18 — 2020-02-29 Squashed some bugs; added brew ratio display. ### 1.0.17 — 2020-02-28 - Added days off roast tracking to recipes (hoping it's not buggy; have tested it but am not 100% confident in it yet) - Changed it so that roast date is optional when adding a bean - Fixed a bug where clearing a recipe step's notes would make the app crash - Fixed some temperature-related bugs that caused recipe temps to always be saved in celsius instead of farenheit - Fixed a bug that was causing the homepage recent favorites list to get diminished as you add more non-favorite recipes - Polished up the bean list screen and recipe list screen to have the "add new" buttons up at the top ### 1.0.16 — 2020-01-29 Fixed a bug when deleting a bean ### 1.0 — 2020-01-28 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Bean Beast | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [iBrewCoffee - Coffee Journal](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ibrewcoffee-coffee-journal/id1523175532) | 4.7 (37) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Beanconqueror](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beanconqueror/id1445297158) | 4.9 (138) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Burrfect: Better Espresso](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/burrfect-better-espresso/id6444070693) | 4.6 (5) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Tasting Grounds](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tasting-grounds/id1526958511) | 4.9 (47) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Good Espresso](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/good-espresso/id6443742140) | 4.1 (7) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Doppio - Barista's Book](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doppio-baristas-book/id1209190124) | 4.7 (33) | Free | Food & Drink | ## Related topics [bean recipes](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/bean-recipes) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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