Beanconqueror vs Bean Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beanconqueror
This app helps coffee enthusiasts of all levels optimize their brewing process and manage their coffee beans. It supports various preparation methods, allows detailed tracking of beans and roasts, and offers advanced features like water recipe customization and flow profiling.
- Brew optimization for multiple methods
- Detailed coffee bean tracking
- Roast tracking and management
- Customizable water recipes
- Flow and pressure profiling
- Bluetooth scale integration
- Caffeine tracking to Apple Health
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Beanconqueror - The Ultimate Coffee Companion You’re a coffee afficiando, and so am I! Beanconqueror is the product of our shared love of the drink in our cups and in our hearts. Whether you're just starting out, or are an experienced barista, Beanconqueror will help you get the most out of your coffee. Optimize your brews: Beanconqueror offers a wide range of preparation methods, including V60, Aeropress, Espresso, Orea v3, Mokkamaster and more. Each comes setup ready to go, or you can customize your preparation methods with just the parameters you want to use. This way, you can get your perfect brew every time. Keep track of your beans: Beanconqueror makes it easy to keep track of all your beans. You can easily scan or import detailed information of roasted coffee from your favourite roasters, or even from your own roasting setup. It’ll even keep track of your running total of beans so you know when you’re running low. Track your roasts: Add all the details for your green beans, roast them in batches tracking the variables you need to to maintain consistency, and automatically transfer your finished roasts to use for brewing. Dedicated water section: Beanconqueror also has a dedicated water section where you can add your custom waters to be used in the brew section. Save all the key information for your water recipes, such as general hardness, sodium, calcium, magnesium, and more. Flexibility and Convenience: Beanconqueror is available for both iPhone and iPad. It also supports several languages, including English, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Turkish, and more will be added in the future. Beanconqueror is also Open Source and free to use. Flow & Pressure Profiling: Beanconqueror is compatible with a range of bluetooth scales and pressure profile devices, including Decent Scale, Acaia Scales, Felicita Scales, Hiroia Jimmy, Eureka Precisa, Skale2, Smart Espresso Profiler, and Pressensor. It can even produce graphs to track your brew live and help you repeat your favourite brews more easily. Track your caffeine consume into Apple Health and have a look there. Whether you're looking to track your coffee journey, optimise your brews, or simply keep track of your coffee beans, Beanconqueror has everything you need to perfect your brew from green to cup.
Bean Box
Discover and order over 600 specialty coffees from independent U.S. roasters, delivered fresh. Explore curated selections, filter by taste and origin, and manage your coffee subscription with ease. Enjoy convenient delivery and track your orders.
- Discover 600+ specialty coffees
- Filter by taste, origin, and roast
- Curated selections by expert
- Manage coffee subscription plans
- Track orders and delivery
- Order with Apple Pay
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Bean Box brings 600+ specialty coffees from independent roasters across the U.S. to your door, freshly roasted in small batches. Every roast is curated by Head Curator Maryna Gray, a Cup of Excellence judge. DISCOVER • Featured coffees, best sellers, new arrivals and seasonal picks, updated as the shop changes • Limited-time deals on select coffees • Explore the world of coffee by origin with our Curator notes • Recently viewed coffees, one tap away SEARCH THE WAY YOU TASTE • Search by coffee, roaster or tasting note • Filter by roast style, like Light & Bright or Medium & Cozy, plus origin, process, decaf and organic • Add your ZIP to see what can arrive soonest EVERY COFFEE, IN DEPTH • Tasting notes, roast profile and the story behind each coffee • Meet the roaster and explore their other coffees • Choose bag size and grind, and read customer reviews LOVE IT, SAVE IT • Tap the heart to keep coffees you want to try • Signed in, your loved coffees sync with your Bean Box account YOUR COFFEE PLAN • Start a plan in the app: choose your tasting experience and how much coffee, then check out • Skip or reschedule a delivery • Change your coffee selection, bag count, and how often it arrives CHECK OUT YOUR WAY • Buy with Apple Pay in one tap, or check out with a card • Send coffee gifts to several people at once, each with a gift note • Select delivery speed for each shipment • Members see member pricing; your Bean Box credit applies at checkout ORDERS AND TRACKING • All your orders in one place, from the last 30 days back to all time • See when an order is ready to ship, on its way and delivered • Track your orders in Apple Wallet • Buy again from any past order • Alerts when your order ships and when it arrives WIDGET • Your next delivery on the Home Screen or Lock Screen YOUR ACCOUNT • Sign in with a one-time code by email or text, with no password to remember • Saved cards, credit balance and receipts • Choose whether to get notifications about deals and new coffees Fresh coffee beans, independent U.S. roasters, and an expert curator to guide your coffee experience. Bean Box: discover your next favorite coffee.
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Verdict
Beanconqueror and Bean Box both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Beanconqueror's written reviews are positive against 82% of Bean Box's. Beanconqueror also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Bean Box's advantage is ratings volume (757 vs 139). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Beanconqueror against 4.8 for Bean Box. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bean Box has 757 ratings behind it against 139, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Beanconqueror's written reviews are positive against 82% of Bean Box's.
Beanconqueror ships an update monthly, Bean Box every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Beanconqueror | Bean Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (139 ratings) — better | 4.8 (757 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 139 | 757 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lars Saalbach | Bean Box, Inc. |
Customer experience
Beanconqueror
Bean Box
User reviews
Beanconqueror
From 139 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Highly customizable and detailed
- 🌟 Free and ad-free
- 🚀 Intuitive and easy to use
- 💡 Comprehensive tracking of brews and equipment
- ✅ Supports Bluetooth devices (scales, refractometers)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Scale connectivity issues (iOS)
- 🤔 Some UI elements could be clearer
- ⏳ Manual import/export for sync
- 📸 Photo upload issues/crashes
- ⚙️ Some settings are cumbersome to re-enter
Bean Box
From 757 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient delivery
- 👍 Excellent coffee quality
- 💡 Variety of coffee options
- 🚀 Easy ordering process
- 👍 Great customer service
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with limited functionality
- ⚠️ Subscription management issues
- ⚠️ Inconsistent coffee selections
- 🐛 Difficulty making changes to orders
Bugs and requests
Beanconqueror
Reported bugs
8 issues- Scale connectivity issues with iOS devices
- App crashes when trying to add a picture
- Brew time selection menu not appearing
- Some brews not visible in brew list
- App crashes when trying to add a picture on iPhone 13 Pro
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- Timer stops when app is left in background
- Bug with brew time selection menu
- Some brews not visible in brew list
Requested features
30 requests- iCloud sync/cross-device sync
- Dark mode
- Apple Watch app
- More graphical/pictorial summary of stats
- Ability to create tags for filtering
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- Recipe log/tab
- User accounts
- Cloud syncing
- Different formatting options for dates and times
- Add a field for specifying recipe (e.g., Hoffman V60)
- Add a timer with push notifications for cold brew
- Add a field for processing method (Washed, Natural, Honey)
- Add a field for farm, more location info, elevation
- Add a field for pressure reached during brew
- Add a field for grinder retention
- Ability to change date/time of a brew
- Option to indicate bean storage
- Parameter for frozen beans
- Record weight and start/finish time of each pour
- Record time of bloom pour
- More icons for brew methods
- Ability to log coffee at cafes/brewed by others
- Fields in Brew for amount of water used and time recognizing minutes/seconds
- Community approach: publish and rate recipes
- Focus/category for recipes
- Photos included in backup/export
- Add a field for coffee that ends up in the trash (e.g., purging grinder)
- Prompt for dial-in based on sour/bitter
- Ability to define a recipe for a certain bean type once optimum settings are found
- Add Wendougee Lita
Bean Box
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on opening
- Unable to view account information
- Coupon codes not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Search and filtering options for coffees
- Ability to manage subscription details in-app
- Option to switch between whole bean and ground coffee
- Integration of past order history and ratings
In-app purchases
Beanconqueror
No in-app purchases
Bean Box
No in-app purchases







