Roastguide vs Bean Juice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roastguide
Explore a vast catalog of specialty coffee roasts and roasters. Get personalized recommendations, track your brewing experiences with detailed notes, and connect with a community of coffee lovers. Discover new favorites and grow your coffee expertise.
- 40,000+ specialty coffee roasts catalog
- Personalized weekly coffee picks
- Snap photos for instant coffee details
- Follow roasters for new releases
- Log and rate brewing experiences
- Detailed tasting notes and coffee tracking
- Expert brewing guides and tips
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Featured on the App Store. Where great coffee finds you. The world's largest specialty coffee catalog with 40,000+ roasts from over 1,100 roasters, updated multiple times daily through our living database. Journey through specialty coffee with Roastguide, your digital coffee companion. Our intelligent recommendations and real-time catalog updates ensure exceptional roasts find their way to you, then make them part of your story through personalized brewing logs, detailed tasting notes, and community connections. Discover & Explore Browse our unparalleled catalog of 40,000+ specialty roasts, updated multiple times daily Get personalized Weekly Picks curated just for your taste preferences Snap photos of any coffee bag for instant details and information Follow roasters and get notified when they release new coffees Track Your Journey Log and rate every brewing experience with intuitive tools Keep detailed notes of your coffee adventures and discoveries Monitor your coffee collection with smart bag tracking Build streaks and track your coffee habits over time Grow Your Expertise Access expert brewing guides and professional tips Learn through detailed flavor profiles and coffee stories Connect with fellow coffee enthusiasts in our growing community Share your discoveries and learn from other coffee lovers Connect with Coffee People Follow other coffee enthusiasts and see their reviews Share your profile and coffee journey with friends Join thousands of coffee lovers discovering amazing roasts daily Our living database and intelligent recommendations mean you'll never miss your perfect cup. From finding your next favorite roast to perfecting your brewing technique, Roastguide helps you write your unique coffee story while great coffee finds you. Download now and let great coffee find you!
Bean Juice
Calculate your ideal coffee brewing ratios and explore different brew methods. Customize cup sizes and experiment to discover your perfect coffee.
- Coffee recipe calculation
- Customizable cup sizes
- Multiple brew methods supported
- Ratio experimentation
- Aeropress, Chemex, French Press, V60 support
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Bean Juice is a simple app for calculating your coffee recipes for you. Pick your preferred cup size in the settings and play with ratios and brew methods to find your perfect cup of coffee. Bean Juice currently supports Aeropress, Chemex, French Press and the V60, but we are working on adding more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bean Juice at none against Roastguide's 1. Bean Juice also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 3). Roastguide's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, 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. Roastguide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $22.99 per year. Bean Juice asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roastguide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Roastguide's written reviews are positive against 67% of Bean Juice's.
Roastguide ships an update weekly, Bean Juice monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roastguide | Bean Juice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Humanized AB | Nifty Tree Studios |
Customer experience
Roastguide
Bean Juice
In-app purchases
Roastguide
- No Beans, No Worries Pass$22.991 Year
Bean Juice
No in-app purchases
