Coffee 101 vs iBarCafe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coffee 101
Discover brewing guides for popular coffee makers, learn about grind sizes, roasts, and ratios. Find tool suggestions and explore recipes for various coffee drinks. Includes a built-in timer and ratio calculator.
- Brewing guides for multiple brewers
- Coffee education (grind, roast, ratios)
- Coffee tool suggestions
- Coffee drink recipes
- Built-in brewing timer
- Ratio calculator
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Coffee 101 is the ultimate coffee resource for iOS. This application provides you with brewing guides for some of the most popular brewers: Chemex, Hario V60, French Press, AeroPress, Cold Brew, Moka Pot, Espresso, and Turkish. Along with the Brew Guide, you will get an introductory course about Grind Sizes, Roasts, and Coffee Ratios. There are also suggestions on various Coffee Tools: Kettles, Brewers, Filters, Grinders, Scales, and Accessories. Need Recipes? There are categories for your favorites - such as Cappuccino, Frappe, Mocha, and Lattes. Coffee 101 also has a built in Timer that gives you the current step in your Brew Guide alongside the elapsed time. There is also a Ratio Calculator that will tell you how much Coffee to Water ratio you need by easily choosing how many cups you wish to make. Miss anything? Leave in-app feedback or contact us from the app as well!
iBarCafe
Explore coffees from around the world, categorized by continent and country. Discover detailed information on coffee-making equipment and follow graphical demonstrations of various coffee recipes.
- Global coffee exploration by region
- Detailed equipment information
- Graphical recipe demonstrations
- Interactive map of production areas
- Categorized coffee listings
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ibarcafe introduce coffees of the world, equipments to create coffee and coffee recipes. Coffees are categorized by continents and country. Notable coffees- producing regions and area of production are mentioned on map to present as well as possible. INDONESIA, ASIA, AND OCEANIA, SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, CARIBBEAN AND NORTH AMERICA All coffee making equipments are listed with complete details of usage. All coffee recipes with detail are demonstrated graphically.
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Verdict
Coffee 101 and iBarCafe both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Coffee 101's written reviews are positive against 75% of iBarCafe's. iBarCafe's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Coffee 101 against 5.0 for iBarCafe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Coffee 101's written reviews are positive against 75% of iBarCafe's.
Coffee 101 ships an update every 6 months, iBarCafe every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 4, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coffee 101 | iBarCafe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Ryles | Nikaan Nikzad |
Customer experience
Coffee 101
iBarCafe
In-app purchases
Coffee 101
No in-app purchases
iBarCafe
No in-app purchases
