Gastrograph Review vs Tasting Grounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gastrograph Review
This tool assists tasting professionals and consumers in conducting sensory analysis of food and drinks. It provides guidance on how to perform effective reviews, making it useful for both experts and everyday users interested in detailed tasting notes.
- Sensory analysis tool
- Professional tasting guidance
- Consumer review assistance
- Learn to review food
- Detailed tasting notes
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Gastrograph Review is a tool used for sensory analysis by tasting professionals and consumers alike. Learn how to do a review at https://www.gastrograph.com/learn/how-to-review.html.
Tasting Grounds
This app helps specialty coffee enthusiasts brew better coffee by logging brew details, tasting notes, and ratings. Connect with friends and the wider coffee community to share experiences, discover new coffees and roasters, and learn about coffee origins and processing methods.
- Log brew details and tasting notes
- Rate coffees like a professional
- Share brews and methods with friends
- Discover coffee origins and processing
- Explore new roasters and brewing techniques
- See community tasting notes and ratings
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Brew Coffee Together! Tasting Grounds is the specialty coffee app designed to connect the coffee community and help everyone brew better coffee together. - Log and rate your brews - record the details of your brewing process (such as brewer, water to grounds ratio, brew time, and more), the flavors you are tasting, and scoring notes like a coffee professional. - Share with your friends and the community - share your coffees and brewing methods, see what your friends are drinking, and discuss how we all enjoy our coffee differently. - Learn more about your coffee - see details about where your coffee was grown, how it was produced, and what flavors your roaster tastes as well as how others are brewing the same beans, what others are tasting, and how others are rating their brews. - Discover new things - discover similarities in the coffees that you do or don’t enjoy, explore new roasters from around the world, and find new ways to brew better coffee. We hope you enjoy using Tasting Grounds! Don’t forget to give us feedback at https://tastinggrounds.com/contact or follow us on Twitter (@tastinggrounds) and Instagram (@tastinggrounds)! TOS: https://tastinggrounds.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tasting Grounds at 4.9 against Gastrograph Review's 3.7. Tasting Grounds also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). Gastrograph Review's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Tasting Grounds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Gastrograph Review asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tasting Grounds holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 47 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Gastrograph Review's written reviews are positive against 84% of Tasting Grounds's.
Gastrograph Review ships an update every 7 months, Tasting Grounds every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gastrograph Review | Tasting Grounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nielsen Consumer LLC | Tasting Grounds, LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Gastrograph Review
No in-app purchases
Tasting Grounds
- Tasting Grounds Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Tasting Grounds Pro - Yearly$24.991 Year
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