Beanconqueror vs BrewIQ
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.
BrewIQ
This app helps you improve your coffee brewing by providing personalized, actionable advice based on your brew logs and equipment. It learns your preferences and offers simple, specific tweaks for a better cup every time.
- Personalized brew advice
- Log brews via voice or text
- Manufacturer-specific recommendations
- Bean freshness tracking
- Smart brew timer
- Searchable brew history
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BrewIQ is the complete coffee companion. A coach that tells you exactly what to change, a log of every brew and every bag, a community to climb, and a marketplace that already knows your taste. Everything you need to go from your first V60 to Coffee God, in one app. Meet Brewy - Your companion Brewy knows your grinder, your machine and the bag you are on. Tell Brewy how the cup tasted and you get one clear fix for tomorrow. "Go to 5 on the Fellow Opus." "Drop to 92°C." "Bloom 10 seconds longer." Real settings for your kit, never general advice. Every brew you log makes the next answer sharper. A Recipe For Your Kit Pick your brewer, grinder and bean and Brewy builds the recipe: dose, grind setting, water, temperature, and a pour schedule to follow. Every recommendation stays inside the range your grinder and machine can actually do. Over 800 grinders, espresso machines and brewers are already in the app, from De'Longhi and Breville to Fellow, Baratza, Hario and AeroPress. Track Your Brews, Tastes and More Dose, grind, temperature, ratio, time and yield for every brew. Origin, process, roast level and roast date for every bag, with a tracker that shows how much is left. Your streak and your history, searchable by day, method and score. BrewIQ knows when a bag is still degassing, at its peak, or fading, and adjusts its advice to match. See Your Taste Evolve Insights show which flavours you rate highest, which roasts and origins suit you, and how your scores move over weeks and months. Your palate, measured. Level Up With Your Friends Earn points for every brew, rating and recipe you share. Climb from Beginner to Home Barista, Dialled In, Barista, World Barista Champion and Coffee God. Unlock badges, keep your streak, and race your friends on the monthly leaderboard. Invite a friend and you both get time on Pro. Buy Beans Matched To Your Tastes The Marketplace scores every coffee from roasters against what you already rate highly, so you know before you buy. Order direct from the roaster and log the bag the day it lands. Download BrewIQ. Better coffee starts tomorrow morning. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beanconqueror at none against BrewIQ's 1. Beanconqueror also leads on ratings volume (138 vs 1) and review sentiment (94% vs 80%). BrewIQ's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, rating, 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. BrewIQ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Beanconqueror asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Beanconqueror against 5.0 for BrewIQ. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beanconqueror has 138 ratings behind it against 1, 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 80% of BrewIQ's.
Beanconqueror ships an update monthly, BrewIQ weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beanconqueror | BrewIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (138 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 138 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lars Saalbach | MARC ANTHONY YOUNG |
Customer experience
Beanconqueror
BrewIQ
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
BrewIQ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beanconqueror
No in-app purchases
BrewIQ
- BrewIQ Pro$3.991 Month








