Cafe Grumpy vs Budi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cafe Grumpy
Order and pay for your favorite coffee, tea, and pastries from a local specialty roaster. Browse the menu, customize your items, and enjoy express pickup at any location. Find unique cafe experiences in NYC and Miami.
- Browse menu and specials
- Customize orders
- Order and pay with saved card
- Express pickup
- Find cafe locations
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Established in 2005 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Cafe Grumpy is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer with cafe locations in NYC and Miami. Each of our locations is unique and reflects the neighborhood it is in, but you can expect to find your favorite coffee or tea and the same friendly service wherever you go. We also offer morning and afternoon pastries from local purveyors, coffee beans to take home and coffee brewing swag. With the Cafe Grumpy app you'll be able to: - Browse - check out our menu and seasonal specials - Customize - add menu items to your order & customize as you like - Order & Pay- with a saved credit/debit card - Express Pickup - Your order will be waiting for you! Just mention your name or order code when you come in. Questions or comments? Find us on Twitter (@cafegrumpy), Instagram (@cafegrumpy) or email us at contact@speedetab.com.
Budi
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Budi was built on thesis that cooking nutritious meals at home becomes easier when you can get inspiration from people you know and trust—and when you have a system that actually works for you. Save recipes for later. Cook at home more often. Get inspired by your community and build healthy habits that last. Budi is designed to evolve with you. Built around a simple idea: People don’t need more recipes—they need cooking to work for them. Cooking has become cognitively expensive. Budi is designed to make it easy. What You Can Do • Save recipes from anywhere • Organize them into customizable folders • Search by recipe or ingredient • Scale ingredient quantities • Track what you’ve cooked over time • See photos from each time you make a dish Recipe Import With Budi, you can import a recipe from a link, text, URL, or manually. Cooking-First Built for doing, not browsing. Calm by Design No ads. No algorithmic feed. No endless scrolling. Recipe Scaling Adjust quantities instantly—or remove them entirely. Recipe Import Save recipes from links in seconds. Cooking History Understand your cooking patterns over time. Easy Upgrades Small improvements that actually fit your life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Budi at none against Cafe Grumpy's shown. Budi also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Cafe Grumpy ships an update every 3 weeks, Budi every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cafe Grumpy | Budi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (39 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cafe Grumpy | DANIELLE MARIE HONAN |
In-app purchases
Cafe Grumpy
No in-app purchases
Budi
No in-app purchases
