Comparison

Coffee Terms vs Brewguide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Coffee Terms

Explore over 500 coffee-related terms and definitions. Easily search or browse alphabetically to understand the complex language of coffee. This guide helps demystify coffee jargon for enthusiasts and beginners alike.

Highlights
  • Over 500 coffee terms
  • Search functionality
  • Alphabetical browsing
  • Clear definitions
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Get to know your coffee, from espresso and latte to brewing, beans and flavor. Coffee Terms brings together more than 2,500 terms in 14 categories, with explanations in English and Danish. SEE WHAT IS IN THE CUP Explore coffee drinks with illustrations, ingredients, indicative proportions and optional labels. Compare two drinks and understand what makes them different. Recipes vary, and ingredients may be mixed in the finished drink. FIND AND SAVE Search names, synonyms and explanations. Search also helps with minor spelling mistakes. Save your favorites, share entries and use the library offline within your access. EXPLORE THE COFFEE WORLD • Drinks and brewing • Equipment, water and chemistry • Milk and latte art • Flavor and aroma • Roasting and processing • Growing, beans and varieties • Origins, quality and defects • Maintenance and coffee culture Illustrations, process explanations and geographical maps help you understand the terms. Flavor images show associations, not ingredients added to the coffee. SEND FEEDBACK Send an idea or report a problem directly from an entry without an account. Email is optional. COFFEE TERMS PRO Open free terms daily, or unlock the complete library with a monthly, three-month or annual subscription, or Pro – one-time purchase. Pay once. No automatic renewal. All Pro plans provide the same access. Prices and Restore Purchases are available in the app. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be canceled through Apple. A one-time purchase does not cancel an existing subscription. Privacy: https://ambisapp.com/apps/coffee-terms/privacy.en.html Terms: https://ambisapp.com/apps/coffee-terms/terms.en.html Apple standard license: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Brewguide

This app helps you set up and personalize your Acaia Pearl S coffee scale. You can also browse, create, and share coffee recipes, and transfer them directly to your scale for guided brewing.

Highlights
  • Scale setup guide
  • Personalize scale messages
  • Browse official recipes
  • Create and share recipes
  • Transfer recipes to scale
  • Guided brewing mode
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Brewguide is the companion App for the Acaia Pearl S Welcome to your new scale! The Acaia Pearl S pairs with all of our apps but this is the one to use to set up the scale. If you don’t have a Pearl S, you can still browse and create recipes. In Brewguide, you can: * Walk through a setup guide to adjust settings like turning on/off modes, changing the weight unit, adjusting the auto-off timer, turning on/off the button sound, and changing the temperature unit. * Personalize your Pearl S with your own loading message * Browse official recipes or create and share your own with a QR code or link * Easily transfer a recipe to your Pearl S - the scale holds one recipe at a time To enter Brewguide mode, where you view the loaded recipe’s prompted steps, hold the Tare button until you see “Brewguide” on the scale.

Screenshots

Coffee Terms4 screens
Brewguide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Coffee Terms at 5.0 against Brewguide's 3.1. Coffee Terms also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Brewguide's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coffee Terms holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brewguide has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee Terms ships an update every 7 months, Brewguide monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Coffee Terms versus Brewguide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee TermsBrewguide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.1 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews—46.4% of reviews
Number of ratings214 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS27.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB18 MB
Age rating+124+
DeveloperEmil Starupacaia

Customer experience

Coffee Terms

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Brewguide

All ratings14 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral21.4%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral21.4%
Negative32.1%

In-app purchases

None

Coffee Terms

No in-app purchases

None

Brewguide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Terms free?
Coffee Terms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brewguide free?
Brewguide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Coffee Terms or Brewguide?
Coffee Terms is rated higher. Coffee Terms averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Brewguide averages 3.1 from 14 ratings.
Do Coffee Terms or Brewguide have ads?
Neither Coffee Terms nor Brewguide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coffee Terms or Brewguide?
Coffee Terms ships an update every 7 months, and Brewguide monthly. Most recently, Coffee Terms was updated on October 24, 2026 and Brewguide on October 21, 2026.

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