Comparison

Roasters vs MealVault

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

Head to head
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

About

MealVault

Features
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MealVault is the simplest way to save, organize, and access your favorite recipes—right from your device.  Designed with elegance and speed in mind, MealVault keeps your recipe collection just a tap away. Privacy-First, Clutter-Free - No sign-ups. No ads. No tracking. - Recipes are stored offline on your device or securely in your iCloud. - You stay in full control of your content. Features You'll Love - Tag your recipes to keep things organized - Cloud sync via iCloud for seamless access across devices - Beautiful, minimalist design built for cooks of all kinds - Fast, lightweight, and works offline For Everyone Who Loves Food MealVault is built for home cooks, pros, students, parents, and anyone who wants their favorite recipes just the way they like them—private, easy to find, and beautifully displayed.

Screenshots

Roasters4 screens
MealVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MealVault at none against Roasters's 10. Roasters's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Roasters sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. MealVault asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roasters ships an update every 9 days, MealVault every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Roasters versus MealVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoastersMealVault
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (111 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings111 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoasters TechnologiesAlexander Loewe

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Roasters

Subscriptions5
  • Become a PRO member$2.991 Month
  • Become a PRO member$3.991 Month
  • Become a PRO member$4.991 Month
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  • Become a PRO member$19.991 Year
  • Become a PRO member$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • Pro Club$7.99
  • Lifetime$9.99
  • Lifetime$11.99
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  • Lifetime$14.99
  • Lifetime$19.99
None

MealVault

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roasters free?
Roasters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MealVault free?
MealVault is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Roasters or MealVault have ads?
Neither Roasters nor MealVault shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roasters or MealVault?
Roasters ships an update every 9 days, and MealVault every 7 months. Most recently, Roasters was updated on November 6, 2026 and MealVault on October 25, 2026.

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