Comparison

Bean Box vs Roasters

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bean Box

Discover and receive world-class specialty coffee from over 50 award-winning U.S. roasters. Curated by experts, this app delivers fresh, small-batch coffees to elevate your daily routine and bring you better mornings.

Highlights
  • Specialty coffee delivery
  • 50+ award-winning roasters
  • Expert curated selections
  • Small-batch coffee discovery
  • Freshly shipped coffee
Features
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Bean Box is the #1 specialty coffee delivery app. No matter where you live, we'll bring the world’s best specialty coffee to you. Choose coffees from 50+ award-winning roasters across the U.S., curated by a world-class expert, to elevate your morning routine. Discover new and exciting small-batch coffees with every delivery, all shipped fresh for a superior morning cup. We’re on a mission to bring you better mornings. We believe great coffee isn’t just a drink, it’s an experience, and one with the power to make your mornings, and your days, even better. Download Bean Box now and start your journey to better mornings.

About

Roasters

Discover specialty coffee shops worldwide with detailed listings, stunning visuals, and user ratings. Personalize your coffee journey by saving favorites, tracking visited places, and sharing notes. Connect with a global community, find coffee jobs, and stay updated on events.

Highlights
  • Discover specialty coffee shops globally
  • Detailed shop listings with ambiance
  • User-generated ratings and reviews
  • Personalize coffee journey with lists and notes
  • Connect with a global coffee community
  • Find coffee industry jobs and events
Features
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Find a great cup anywhere, log every visit, and keep the record of everywhere coffee has taken you. Seen our "Great Coffee Inside" sticker on a café window? This is the app behind it. Shops that care put it up, and the map of all of them is in your pocket. FIND GREAT COFFEE, ANYWHERE Open the map in any city and see the specialty coffee shops around you. Search as you move, and filter by what matters: open now, newest, nearest, or the shops you have saved. When you land somewhere new, Best Near Me ranks the shops within walking distance by rating against how far you would walk. Every listing carries what decides a visit: photos, opening hours, the espresso machine and grinder on the bar, the roasters served, and separate ratings for coffee, service and place. LOG EVERY VISIT One tap saves the moment: the shop, what you drank, a photo, a note. Your visits build into a timeline of your coffee life, chaptered by trip. That flat white in Lisbon two years ago? Still there. SET YOUR YEARLY CHALLENGE How many coffee shops will you visit this year? Pick a number and watch the count climb, visit by visit, with a home-screen widget that keeps score. TAKE A SHIFT BEHIND THE BAR Shake your phone for Coffee Run: a 60-second shift at the counter. Take the order, carry the cup, don't spill a drop. Everyone plays the same floor each day. Your best, your regulars and your Barista Path are yours. TRAVEL LIKE A COFFEE PERSON Roasters was built for the specialty coffee traveller. One reviewer put it best: "It changed the way I travel. I started looking for accommodation only near a coffee shop." Plan the trip around the coffee. This is the map for it. RATE, REVIEW, BELONG Rate the coffee, the service and the place separately, and tag the drinks you tried so the next person knows what to order. See what your city is drinking, follow reviewers around the world, and climb the leaderboard, or quietly read along. AND THE REST Lists to build, public or private. Roasters as first-class citizens, not just cafés. Coffee jobs and events, posted by the shops themselves. Keeps working on a weak signal. Roasters is free to explore and free to log. Roasters Pro adds the power tools: Best Near Me, the open-now and nearest filters, review translation, and unlimited map searches. Great coffee inside. Go find it. Privacy Policy: https://g2.getterms.io/view/IlGR1/privacy/en-us Terms of Service: https://g2.getterms.io/view/IlGR1/tos/en-us

Screenshots

Bean Box4 screens
Roasters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bean Box at 4.8 against Roasters's 4.3. Bean Box also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 19) and review sentiment (82% vs 65%). Roasters's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Roasters sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bean Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bean Box holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bean Box has 748 ratings behind it against 109, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Bean Box's written reviews are positive against 65% of Roasters's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bean Box ships an update every 3 weeks, Roasters every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Bean Box versus Roasters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBean BoxRoasters
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (748 ratings) — better4.3 (109 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better65.5% of reviews
Number of ratings748 — better109
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBean Box, Inc.Roasters Technologies

Customer experience

Bean Box

All ratings718 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral7.8%
Negative10.4%

Roasters

All ratings109 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative31.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Roasters

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bean Box

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

Roasters

Subscriptions10
  • Become a PRO member$2.991 Month
  • Become a PRO member$3.991 Month
  • Become a PRO member$4.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Become a PRO member3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Business PRO7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Become a PRO member$19.991 Year
  • Become a PRO member$29.991 Year
  • Business PRO$99.991 Year
  • Business PRO$149.991 Year
  • Business PRO$249.991 Year
One-time6
  • Pro Club$7.99
  • Lifetime$9.99
  • Lifetime$11.99
Show 3 more
  • Lifetime$14.99
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Bean Box free?
Bean Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roasters free?
Roasters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bean Box or Roasters?
Bean Box is rated higher. Bean Box averages 4.8 out of 5 from 748 ratings, while Roasters averages 4.3 from 109 ratings.
Do Bean Box or Roasters have ads?
Bean Box shows ads; Roasters does not.
Which is updated more often, Bean Box or Roasters?
Bean Box ships an update every 3 weeks, and Roasters every 9 days. Most recently, Bean Box was updated on October 15, 2026 and Roasters on October 19, 2026.

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