Equator Coffees vs Sextant Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Equator Coffees
Order your favorite coffee ahead of time and bypass the queue. Customize your drink precisely to your liking and pick it up quickly at your chosen cafe.
- Order ahead
- Skip the line
- Customize drinks
- Designated pick-up area
- Quick service
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In a hurry? Order ahead and skip the line with our new mobile app. Simply select your cafe, customize your drink and meet us at the designated pick-up area. You’ll be enjoying your coffee in no time!
Sextant Coffee
Discover exceptional coffees sourced directly from farmers worldwide. This app showcases flavorful beans from Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia, and more, highlighting the unique origins and tastes of each roast.
- Direct farmer partnerships
- Global coffee sourcing
- Flavorful coffee showcase
- Independent roastery
- Ethiopian coffee origins
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Sextant is an independent cafe and roastery in San Francisco. Founded by Kinani Ahmed, a first-generation Ethiopian, we work directly with farmers across Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia, and elsewhere in order to showcase the most flavorful coffees throughout the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sextant Coffee at 100% against Equator Coffees's 62%. Sextant Coffee also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Equator Coffees's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Sextant Coffee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Equator Coffees has 4.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Equator Coffees's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sextant Coffee's.
Equator Coffees ships an update weekly, Sextant Coffee every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Equator Coffees | Sextant Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.8K ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.8K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Equator Coffees | Craver Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
Equator Coffees
Sextant Coffee
Bugs and requests
Equator Coffees
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Login issues and account disappearance
- Order placement problems
- Incorrect order details displayed
Requested features
4 requests- Add Apple Pay support
- Improve recent orders display
- Provide more customization options
- Notify users if a location is not accepting orders
Sextant Coffee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Equator Coffees
No in-app purchases
Sextant Coffee
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Equator Coffees free?
Is Sextant Coffee free?
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