# By Two - Coffee Bean Journal — Track the coffee you love > Track the coffee you love (iPhone/iPad app by Ritesh Mandaliya.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/by-two-coffee-bean-journal/id6758716227 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Ritesh Mandaliya](https://appshunter.io/developer/1869812309) - Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 7 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2026-02-11 - Data updated: 2026-07-06 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/by-two-coffee-bean-journal/id6758716227/reviews.md ## What is By Two? By Two is a quiet, private journal for the coffee you love — the beans you buy, the brews you dial in, and the flavours you chase. EVERY BEAN, REMEMBERED • Log roaster, origin, process, variety, and roast type • Snap a photo of the bag for a visual journal • Rate your favourites and add tasting notes • Mark beans as current, wishlist, or finished SCAN & AUTOFILL • Point your camera at a bag — we'll read the details for you • Roaster, bean name, origin, variety, process, notes — recognised on-device • No images leave your phone EVERY BREW, LOGGED • Save your go-to espresso and filter recipes • Ratios, dose, yield, temperature, timing, pours — all in one place • Link each brew to the beans and equipment you used • Add tasting notes as you dial in YOUR SETUP • Track your machines, grinders, and brewers • Set a default for espresso and filter • Remember which grinder setting worked best KNOW YOUR PALATE • See your top flavour notes at a glance, powered by the SCA flavour wheel • Map out the countries behind every cup • Surface the roasters you keep coming back to ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Widget shows what's in your hopper without opening the app MADE FOR YOU • System, light, and dark themes • Grams or ounces, Celsius or Fahrenheit • Designed for iPhone on iOS 26 PRIVACY FIRST • All your data stays on your device • Optional iCloud Sync keeps it across your Apple devices — encrypted, controlled by you • No accounts, no tracking, no ads Built solo, in evenings and weekends, for coffee lovers who want to remember the good stuff. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Buy me a coffee | $2.99 | one-time | | The usual | $3.99 | one-time | | The Good Stuff | $7.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4 — 2026-06-04 • Origins map now groups nearby countries into a single pin when zoomed out — tap to zoom in and split them apart. • New summary card on the Origins map showing your top origin, total origins, and beans. • Tapping an origin now opens a full page of that country's beans. • The widget now shows an "Add a new bag" button when you have no current coffee. • Changing a flavour note's category now updates the list straight away. • Fixed the Flavours view sometimes opening in the wrong layout on first launch. • Spacing and polish fixes throughout. ### 1.3.1 — 2026-05-31 • Country picker now puts your most-used origins up top, with the full list below. • Bag photos look consistent everywhere – trimmed and centred across lists, detail pages, and shared cards. • Photos added from your library no longer get cropped. • Redesigned About page and a refreshed By Two mark on shared images. • Fixed the "Rate by two" button in Settings. • Spacing and polish fixes throughout. ### 1.3 — 2026-05-15 • Pour-over recipes, rebuilt — log multi-step brews (Bloom, Pour, Wait, Stir) with cumulative water and per-step timing. • Brew cards now show your actual brewer — Origami, V60, Aeropress — instead of a generic method label. • New large home-screen widget with a hero photo of your current bag. • "Caramel" flavour category is now Sweet — a better home for honey, brown sugar, and caramel. Existing notes migrate automatically. • Quick shortcut to the SCA Flavor Wheel from Flavour Notes. • Smarter tag handling — "Black Tea" and "black tea" no longer pile up as separate notes. • Cancel button while scanning a bag, plus a safety net if OCR stalls. • Refreshed About screen and polish across Add/Edit forms. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-04-23 Small polish. • Brand icons for Instagram, Threads, and Email in Settings. • A tidier confirmation after a tip. Small things, but the kind that matter. ### 1.1.3 — 2026-03-03 • Re-log a bean — Tap the ··· menu on any bean to re-log it with all details pre-filled. Only update the roast date — useful when you buy the same beans regularly. • Origins map — Country pins now appear immediately on first load. Tapping a country for the first time correctly shows the name, flag, and bean list. • Dark mode polish — Thumbnail placeholder boxes are now consistent and visible across all card and list views. Widget thumbnail is also preserved in tinted and clear widget modes. • Smarter keyboard — Autocorrect is disabled for bean name, farm, region, and variety fields, which typically contain specialty names that autocorrect gets wrong. • And a new app icon! ## More apps by Ritesh Mandaliya - [Lil nom](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lil-nom/id6757941899) All apps by Ritesh Mandaliya: https://appshunter.io/developer/1869812309 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-06.*