Bean Beast vs Perfect Cup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bean Beast
Record and organize your favorite coffee recipes, including brew parameters and equipment used. Track your coffee beans and roasters, and recall your ratings for specific beans to remember your preferences.
- Recipe tracking with brew parameters
- Equipment specification for recipes
- Bean and roaster organization
- Bean rating history
- Support for all brew methods
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Bean Beast helps you create amazing coffee by allowing you to keep track of the recipes, ratings, and beans you like best. Compatible with all coffee brew methods: espresso, pour-over, aeropress, french press, and more. App Features: - Recipes -- Add your favorite coffee recipes and keep track of all the brew parameters. (Grind, dose, temperature, etc) - Equipment -- Have multiple grinders or espresso machines? No problem; you can specify which one you used for each recipe. - Beans & Roasters -- Add your various beans and roasters to keep everything nice and organized, and see recipes for a specific bean. - Bean Ratings -- Do you ever struggle to remember exactly what you thought of a specific bean that you *know* you've had before? Fret not; you can just look at your previous rating for it :) Bean Beast is under active development and I'm working to polish and add more features. To see my development roadmap, you can visit http://beanbeast.com/roadmap Enjoy! Zach
Perfect Cup
This app helps filter coffee enthusiasts save and recall their favorite brewing recipes. Easily log your preferred methods and bean settings to quickly recreate the perfect cup every time. Reduce wasted time and coffee by having your go-to recipes readily available.
- Save coffee recipes
- Log brew methods
- Record bean settings
- Quickly recall favorites
- Reduce brew time
- Enjoy perfect coffee
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If you brew your own filter coffee and love trying out various brew methods and beans. Chances are that you'll end up with many coffee recipes for many coffee beans. Save your favorite recipes in this little app, so whenever you buy that bean again, a quick glance at your brew recipes and settings you recorded can quickly help you brew another perfect cup in no time. Waste less time (and coffee) dialing in. Spend more time relaxing on a sofa, listening to music, and enjoying your perfect cup of coffee.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bean Beast at 4.7 against Perfect Cup's 4.0. Bean Beast also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 67%) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). 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.
Bean Beast holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bean Beast has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Bean Beast's written reviews are positive against 67% of Perfect Cup's.
Bean Beast ships an update weekly, Perfect Cup fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bean Beast | Perfect Cup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zachary Swinehart | Auditorium Company Limited |
Customer experience
Bean Beast
Perfect Cup
In-app purchases
Bean Beast
No in-app purchases
Perfect Cup
No in-app purchases
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