Beanconqueror vs Bloom Session
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.
Bloom Session
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The definitive specialty coffee archive crafted for your perfect cup. From tracking bean degassing to fully customizing recipes and equipment, logging WCR-standard sensory notes, and exploring lifestyle statistics—enjoy a focused, distraction-free brewing experience. Smart Bean Management • Full Support for Single Origins & Blends: Manage detailed coffee bean profiles, including origin, processing method, roastery, and variety. • Degassing Tracker: Automatically monitor and track the peak flavor window based on the roast date. Precision Brewing Sessions • Seamless Environmental Tracking: Automatically record environmental factors alongside beans and recipes, including location, weather, temperature, and humidity. • Aesthetic Share Cards: Generate and share your brewing records as sleek, beautifully designed card images. Global Standard Sensory Logging • WCR Lexicon 2.0 Standard: Systematically log professional flavor notes based on the World Coffee Research (WCR) Sensory Lexicon Version 2.0. • Comprehensive Cup Evaluation: Combine star ratings with sensory descriptors to archive cup quality and your evolving personal taste. Custom Recipe & Equipment Builder • Unlimited Recipe Customization: Brew with curated default recipes or create, customize, and edit your own from scratch. • Flexible Gear Profiling: Register your drippers, filters, grinders, grind settings, and accessories, matching them seamlessly to individual recipes. • Precision Step-by-Step Pour Planning: Fine-tune dose, water volume, brew ratio, water temperature, total brew time, and specific parameters for each pouring stage. Data-Driven Taste Insights • Comprehensive Dashboard: Visualize bean consumption patterns, brewing frequency, and flavor profile distributions at a glance. • Lifestyle Insights: Track how your daily coffee rituals and sensory preferences evolve through data. Pure Experience • No in-app purchases, paid subscriptions, or ads—just a completely pure, transparent, and distraction-free logging space. • Data is stored in your device or iCloud. • Sync with iCloud seamlessly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bloom Session at every 10 days against Beanconqueror's monthly. Beanconqueror's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beanconqueror ships an update monthly, Bloom Session every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beanconqueror | Bloom Session |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (139 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 139 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lars Saalbach | HeeChan Jeong |
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
Bloom Session
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beanconqueror
No in-app purchases
Bloom Session
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Beanconqueror or Bloom Session have ads?
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