Smart Espresso Profiler vs XBRecipeWriter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Espresso Profiler
This tool helps you record and refine your espresso shots by providing real-time pressure and flow data. It enables advanced profiling on compatible machines, allowing you to save, share, and reference your favorite extraction settings with detailed tasting notes.
- Real-time pressure and flow recording
- Pressure and flow graph display
- Key indicator feedback during brewing
- Tasting notes for each extraction
- Save and share extraction profiles
- Set reference profiles for guidance
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Smart Espresso Profiler is an easy-to-use tool to record and improve your espresso extractions. It gives all compatible espresso machines capabilities, which were only seen in the most advanced, state-of-the-art devices. Imagine perfectly repeatable pressure- and flow profiling with a modified vintage lever machine, or a modern pump machine, with instant feedback. Now you can log even your Decent Espresso shots on machines equipped with the Group Head Control. Decide whether you go with pressure, or with flow profiling - with the Smart Espresso Profiler, everything is possible. The Smart Espresso Profiler displays and records in real-time the pressure and flow of the coffee extraction, translating this information into pressure and flow graphs. It even informs you about the key indicators (brew ratio, flow rate, etc.) during the brewing process. Record all your experiences with the tasting notes feature, included in the app. Save and share profiles and notes of your favorite extractions. Set an earlier profile as a reference to follow. IMPORTANT: The Smart Espresso Profiler needs a pressure sensor to work, available at https://www.naked-portafilter.com/smart-espresso-profiler/ For flow profiling, and brew weight data, an Acaia Pearl, Lunar, Cinco, Pyxis, a Skale Bluetooth, a Eureka Precisa or a Decent smart coffee scale is needed.
XBRecipeWriter
This application allows users to rewrite XBloom NFC cards and pods. It supports reading NFC tags directly or importing recipes via share links. Note that certain recipe functionalities may not be supported by NFC tags.
- Rewrite XBloom NFC cards and pods
- Read NFC tags
- Import recipes via share links
- Adjust volume and ratio for coffee
- Access help information via '?' icons
Read full descriptionHide full description
This app is for rewriting XBloom NFC cards and pods. You must use it with original NFC tags contained in either XBloom cards or pods. To start either begin by reading in an NFC tag by touching the read icon on the main page or import a recipe. To import a recipe, open up the XBloom share link in your mobile phone's browser, select the share button, and select the XBRecipeWriter app. If you are interested in any other functionality, or if things don't look right, please select the "?" next to each field, which will hopefully explain things better. Keep in mind, not all recipe functionality works with the NFC tags. For example, you can't set 1/2 ratios (e.g. .5) or turn off the grinder. Importantly, the NFC tags are assumed to be 15G of coffee, so the app makes certain volume and ratio adjustments to compensate for that. You can read more by clicking the "?" next to Machine Ratio and/or Total Volume.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smart Espresso Profiler at 86% against XBRecipeWriter's 0%. Smart Espresso Profiler also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). XBRecipeWriter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Smart Espresso Profiler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. XBRecipeWriter asks for nothing beyond the download.
XBRecipeWriter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Smart Espresso Profiler's written reviews are positive against 0% of XBRecipeWriter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Smart Espresso Profiler | XBRecipeWriter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kavekalmar Kft. | Daniel Block |
Customer experience
Smart Espresso Profiler
XBRecipeWriter
In-app purchases
Smart Espresso Profiler
- SEP scale only$7.99
XBRecipeWriter
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Smart Espresso Profiler free?
Is XBRecipeWriter free?
Which has better reviews, Smart Espresso Profiler or XBRecipeWriter?
Do Smart Espresso Profiler or XBRecipeWriter have ads?
Other comparisons















