Mugg & Bean vs BrewHero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mugg & Bean
This app rewards your purchases with beans that can be spent on future orders. Link a bank card for fast, contactless payments and order ahead for convenient collection. Enjoy exclusive benefits like coffee subscriptions.
- Earn and spend reward beans
- Link bank card for contactless payments
- Order ahead for collection
- Coffee subscription savings
- Quick and safe payments
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GET MORE WITH THE MUGG & BEAN LOYALTY APP 1. Earn reward Beans & spend them any time 2. Link your bank card to make quick, safe & contactless payments 3. Order ahead & collect conveniently 4. Get your Coffee Subscription & save
BrewHero
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BrewHero is a homebrewing companion built around your actual brewing shelf. Add your malt, hops, yeast, and adjuncts, choose your brewing system, and BrewHero suggests recipe styles that fit your inventory. Instead of starting from a fixed recipe list, the app works backwards from what you already have and highlights what is missing to make a batch more complete. Start a brew day from any suggestion, follow system-aware steps, and update your inventory when the batch is finished. BrewHero also keeps a simple local history of completed brews.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mugg & Bean at none against BrewHero's 1. BrewHero's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. BrewHero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mugg & Bean asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mugg & Bean ships an update every 5 weeks, BrewHero every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mugg & Bean | BrewHero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (74 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yoyo SA (PTY) Ltd | Benjamin-Jeldrik Dohle |
Bugs and requests
Mugg & Bean
Reported bugs
18 issues- App not connecting to server
- Subscription not working after 1 Oct
- Order rejected without item stock info
- App not updating accordingly
- Subscription option does nothing
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- Loading card fails multiple times
- App link error during payment
- Cannot login or change password
- OTP not received
- Cannot delete card from app
- App support link leads to 'Not Found'
- Pickup functionality does not allow branch selection
- App and store stole rewards
- Menu option shows 'page not found'
- Transaction declined when trying to leave tips
- Error message on manual tip entry
- Cents not accommodated in manual tip entry
- Link error during payment, paid twice
Requested features
30 requests- Fix app for subscription
- Return money for non-working subscription
- Improve app for seamless subscription
- Fix app or return money
- Fix subscription function
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- Fix app for subscription purchase
- Improve communication on rejected orders
- Stop unwanted text messages
- Stop selling user details
- Improve app for loading cards
- Add more combo options
- Add more sandwich options
- Add app deals for new menu items
- Improve app for login issues
- Improve app for password changes
- Allow loading multiple cards
- Improve app for low vision users
- Adjust font size in app
- Make app less noisy for business meetings
- Fix pickup functionality
- Improve app management
- Fix app for rewards collection
- Clarify free coffee offer
- Improve app for card linking
- Fix app for deleting cards
- Improve app support link
- Fix menu page not found error
- Allow leaving tips in app
- Fix manual tip entry bug
- Allow cents in manual tip entry
BrewHero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mugg & Bean
No in-app purchases
BrewHero
- BrewHero Pro$3.99
