# Crema – Espresso Journal — Espresso log & dial-in coach

> Espresso log & dial-in coach (iPhone/iPad app by ZHIFAN LIANG.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crema-espresso-journal/id6768115466 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ZHIFAN LIANG](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896541285)
- Category: Lifestyle, Food & Drink
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 30 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Hawaiian, Italian, Japanese, European Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Latin American Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2026-05-12
- Data updated: 2026-10-11

## What is Crema?

Crema is an espresso journal that tells you what to try next. Pull a shot, tap once, and Crema turns your log into a clear next step: grind finer, pull longer, fix your puck prep, or keep it just as it is.

A COACH, NOT A SPREADSHEET
After every shot, the dial-in coach picks one change for the next one, based on how it tasted, how it ran, your basket, and your best shot so far. Sour and slow? Pull a longer ratio instead of choking the machine. Fast and bitter? That's channeling, so it says to fix the puck, not the grind.

A STARTING POINT FOR EVERY NEW BAG
Open a new bag and Crema suggests the first dose, ratio, time, and grind from your best shots on similar coffee: the same coffee, the same roaster, or the same roast. The brew timer starts right there.

SEE YOUR DIAL-IN PATH
Each bag's shots appear as a path toward the sweet spot: "sour → balanced, grind 18 → 16". Insights show when your beans taste best off roast (per roaster), what each shot costs, and how consistent your week was. Every claim says how many shots it's based on.

BREW TIMER
A big dial with haptic checkpoints, an optional tap every five seconds so you can time by feel, and a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Enter the yield when you stop and the shot is logged.

ON YOUR WRIST
Run the brew timer on Apple Watch, with haptic checkpoints that keep going while your wrist is down. Set the yield with the Digital Crown, rate the shot, and it lands in your iPhone log. Watch-face complications show days off roast and maintenance that's due.

SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND WIDGETS
"Tell Crema about my shot: 18 in, 40 out, 32 seconds, a bit bitter." "Repeat my last shot in Crema." "How should I dial in with Crema?" Home and Lock Screen widgets show the bean in your hopper, its days off roast, and maintenance that's due. Pull a shot from Control Center.

EVERYTHING A BARISTA TRACKS
Pre-infusion, basket, puck prep, water, drink type, sour-to-bitter and body scales, grinder zero point, freezer time that doesn't count toward rest, bag price, and finished bags. Backflush, descale, and burr-wear reminders are based on how much coffee actually went through your grinder. Presets for popular grinders and machines fill in the settings for you.

SHARE, IMPORT, AND BACK UP
Share any recipe with a friend as a link or QR code. Import your shots, beans, and grinders from a backup or a supported export file. Back everything up to one file, photos included, or export CSV for your spreadsheets.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account. No sign-in. No analytics. No tracking. Your log syncs through your own private iCloud, or stays on this device. We run no servers and can't see your data. The coach runs on your device.

FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL TIP JAR
Every feature is free. If Crema helps your mornings, you can leave a tip. It unlocks nothing and keeps Crema independent.

iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple silicon Mac. Localized in 11 languages.

## Is Crema safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Crema.

## Is Crema legit?

Crema – Espresso Journal has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Crema is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8 — 2026-10-03

Version 1.8

The biggest Crema update yet: a new home for your daily shot, smarter dial-in help, widgets, Apple Watch, and much more.

Brew and History
— Brew tab: the bean you're brewing, one tap to pull a shot, your last shot, the coach's next step, and maintenance that's due.
— History tab: every shot across all your beans. Filter by bean, grinder, rating, or date; swipe to log again or delete.
— Log again: repeat a shot's recipe in one tap, then change only what was different.
— The brew timer shows your target and time left, asks before discarding a shot, and follows your text size. Space bar starts and stops it on a Mac or iPad keyboard.

Smarter guidance
— Starting point for new bags: Crema suggests a first dose, ratio, time, and grind from your best shots on similar beans.
— The dial-in coach can now suggest ratio, pre-infusion, dose for your basket, puck prep, or temperature, not just grind, and uses your sour-to-bitter rating.
— Dial-in path: see a bag's shots as a path toward your sweet spot.
— New Insights: freshness curve and best rest window per roaster, cost per shot, and weekly consistency. Every claim says how many shots it's based on.

Record more of every shot
— Recipe details: pre-infusion, basket, puck prep, drink type, and water, carried over to your next shot.
— Taste scales from sour to bitter and thin to heavy.
— Bean details: origin, process, varietal, producer, price, and opened date, with cost per shot.
— Freezer tracking pauses a bag's days off roast. Mark finished bags to tuck them away.
— Grinder zero point keeps old grind settings comparable after re-zeroing or a burr swap.

Widgets, Siri, and Apple Watch
— Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Live Activity for the brew timer, and a Pull a shot control (iOS 18+).
— New Siri commands, like "Repeat my last shot in Crema".
— Apple Watch: run the timer with haptic checkpoints, set the yield with the Digital Crown, and rate the shot. Watch-face complications show days off roast and maintenance.
— Haptic pacing: a tap every 5 seconds so you can time a shot by feel.

Switching, sharing, and backups
— Coming from another espresso app? Import a supported export file from Settings.
— Share any shot's recipe as a link or QR code.
— Full backup with photos in one file. CSV export for spreadsheets is still there.

Setup and more
— Quick setup: tap your grinder and machine, add your bag or a sample, or set up later.
— Presets for popular grinders and machines fill in settings for you.
— Sync status in Settings shows whether iCloud sync is working, and turning sync off now fully stops it.
— More of Crema is translated into every language it supports, and every chart works with VoiceOver and Audio Graphs.
— An optional tip jar in Settings. Every feature stays free.

Fixes
— Burr-wear tracking stays accurate when you delete a bean, rename a grinder, or log from the timer or Siri.
— Aging reminders no longer disappear after editing a bean or arrive for deleted beans.
— Doses, yields, and grind settings like 18.5 g are no longer rounded down.
— Fixed Compare crashing when two bags share a name.

### 1.5 — 2026-09-27

Version 1.5

Crema now works with Siri and Shortcuts. No setup needed, just include "Crema" in what you say:

— "Log a shot in Crema": log by voice. Anything you don't say is copied from the bean's last shot.
— "Tell Crema about my shot": describe it in your own words, like "18 in, 40 out, 32 seconds, a bit bitter, go coarser."
— "Start a brew in Crema": opens the brew timer for a bean.
— "How's my bean in Crema": days off roast, shots left in the bag, and your best shot.
— "What maintenance is due in Crema": backflush, descale, and burr reminders. Say "Log a backflush in Crema" when it's done.
— "How should I dial in with Crema": a suggestion for your next shot.
— New "Get Recent Shots" action for your Shortcuts automations.

Dial-in coach: each bean's page now suggests one change for your next shot, based on taste, flow time, and your best shot.

Spotlight: find your beans from Search (iOS 18 and later).

### 1.3 — 2026-06-11

Version 1.3

What's new in this update

• More grinder options support –– You can now set grinder speed(RPM) and Burr

• new app icons — BoldBrew and Sunrise. 
  Switch any time from Settings → Appearance → App icon.

• Burr maintenance fix — Now track coffee throughput reliably.

### 1.2 — 2026-06-02

Version 1.2

What's new in this update

• Bag photos — Add a photo to any bean so you can recognise your roast at a
  glance. Snap one with the camera or pick from your library, right from the
  new bean sheet or your beans list.

• Shot photos with camera — You can now take a shot photo directly inside
  Crema instead of only choosing from your library.

• 5 new app icons — Espresso (default), Midnight, Terracotta, Verdant, and
  Mono. Switch any time from Settings → Appearance → App icon.

• iCloud sync fix — Beans, shots, and photos now sync reliably between
  your iPhone and iPad. If you saw missing or stale photos before, this
  release fixes it.

### 1.1 — 2026-05-13

Version 1.1 — May 2026

New
• iCloud sync. Toggle it on in Settings → Sync to keep beans, shots, and equipment in sync across iPhone and iPad. Data is stored in your own private iCloud — the developer cannot read it.

Improved
• Light & dark mode. Every view (Beans, Insights, Compare, Equipment, Bean Detail, Settings, Brew Timer, all sheets) now uses an adaptive background that respects your system or chosen appearance.
• Equipment cards. The "Default" pill no longer wraps or gets squeezed by long equipment names.
• New bean sheet. The roaster picker now dedupes case-insensitively, so "Onyx" and "onyx" no longer appear as two entries.

Fixed
• Resolved a database migration crash that could occur after updating with on-device data from older versions.
• Various small layout and copy refinements.

Privacy
• The app makes no network requests other than optional iCloud sync. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs.

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