Comparison

Roasters vs Cortado Coffee

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

Cortado Coffee

Discover local coffee shops and connect with fellow coffee enthusiasts. Explore cafés, share your coffee experiences, and join communities dedicated to all things coffee and tea. Track your coffee journey and find new favorite spots.

Highlights
  • Discover nearby cafés on a map
  • Share coffee moments and experiences
  • Join or create coffee-focused communities
  • Stay updated on coffee events and news
  • Track visited and desired cafés
  • Customize user profile
Features
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The brew is ready, the wait is through, Cortado is live and it's calling out to you. Cafés to uncover, both hidden and near, Sip, share, and explore, a caffeine journey that starts here. Clubs for connection, a Drip-feed to see, Maps, Coffee Marketplace, and a Beanling to grow with thee. Your profile is a canvas and your journey, pure art, A world built around coffee, and cafés that warm the heart. DISCOVER GREAT COFFEE Cortado is a social coffee app built for coffee fans, café explorers, and specialty coffee communities. Whether you're traveling to a new city or hunting for the best café near you, Cortado helps you discover local coffee shops, share coffee moments, and connect with people who love coffee as much as you do. From hidden neighborhood cafés to popular specialty roasters, Cortado makes it easy to discover great coffee from around the world. APP FEATURES Discover Map - Find nearby cafés and coffee shops on a live map using your location - View café photos, ratings, reviews, and details - Save and bookmark your favorite coffee spots - See what's trending near you Drips Timeline - Share coffee moments with photos and captions - Like, comment, and connect with other coffee lovers - Discover trending cafés and brews from the community Clubs - Join or create coffee-focused communities - Connect with baristas, roasters, and café regulars - Share recommendations, photos, and local tips Coffee Marketplace - Stay updated on coffee events, news, and café culture - Explore podcasts, brewing guides, and coffee job opportunities - Buy and sell beans, gear, and roaster goods in the Marketplace Beanling - Raise your own coffee companion, a Beanling that grows with you - Pet, play, and feed it treats to keep it happy - Evolve it through stages and unlock new looks and skins - Earn Beanling rewards as you explore cafés Cortado Beans - Earn and collect Beans as you explore and engage - Track your rewards and balance in your Wallet - Exchange and trade beans for exclusive app features, rewards, and more Profile - Track cafés you've visited and want to try - Customize your profile to showcase your coffee journey - Follow other users and grow your coffee network PERFECT FOR Coffee enthusiasts · Matcha lovers · Café hoppers · Baristas · Roasters · Travelers · Specialty coffee seekers Privacy Policy: https://cortadocoffee.app/privacy-policy Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Roasters4 screens
Cortado Coffee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cortado Coffee at 5.0 against Roasters's 4.3. Cortado Coffee also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). Roasters's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (111 vs 10). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Roasters sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Cortado Coffee sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cortado Coffee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roasters has 111 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Roasters's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cortado Coffee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roasters ships an update every 9 days, Cortado Coffee every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Roasters versus Cortado Coffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoastersCortado Coffee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (111 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB114 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRoasters TechnologiesCortado Coffee LLC

Customer experience

Roasters

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

Cortado Coffee

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 2 more
  • 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
Show 2 more
  • Lifetime$14.99
  • Lifetime$19.99
10 purchases

Cortado Coffee

Subscriptions1
  • Cortado Gold7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time9
  • Handful of Beans$0.99
  • Bag of Beans$9.99
  • 1 Listing Boost$9.99
Show 6 more
  • Sack of Beans$19.99
  • 3 Listing Boosts$19.99
  • Crate of Beans$49.99
  • Listing Deep Insights$49.99
  • Harvest of Beans$99.99
  • Gold Forever$99.99

Questions

Is Roasters free?
Roasters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cortado Coffee free?
Cortado Coffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Roasters or Cortado Coffee?
Cortado Coffee is rated higher. Roasters averages 4.3 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while Cortado Coffee averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Roasters or Cortado Coffee have ads?
Cortado Coffee shows ads; Roasters does not.
Which is updated more often, Roasters or Cortado Coffee?
Roasters ships an update every 9 days, and Cortado Coffee every 2 days. Most recently, Roasters was updated on November 6, 2026 and Cortado Coffee on November 5, 2026.

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