Third Samurai vs Bean Juice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Third Samurai
Discover new coffee brewing techniques and recipes with this app. It features a detailed timer with step-by-step guidance and hints to help you achieve the perfect cup.
- Recipe discovery
- Recipe experimentation
- Brewing timer
- Detailed brewing steps
- Brewing hints
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Third Samurai is an application for coffee lovers and baristas who want to discover new brewing techniques and recipes or experiment with their own recipes. Brewing coffee requires precision in time - the app offers the timer with detailed steps and hints for brewing.
Bean Juice
Calculate your ideal coffee brewing ratios and explore different brew methods. Customize cup sizes and experiment to discover your perfect coffee.
- Coffee recipe calculation
- Customizable cup sizes
- Multiple brew methods supported
- Ratio experimentation
- Aeropress, Chemex, French Press, V60 support
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Bean Juice is a simple app for calculating your coffee recipes for you. Pick your preferred cup size in the settings and play with ratios and brew methods to find your perfect cup of coffee. Bean Juice currently supports Aeropress, Chemex, French Press and the V60, but we are working on adding more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bean Juice at Free against Third Samurai's $1.99. Bean Juice also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 4). Third Samurai's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Bean Juice is free to download; Third Samurai costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Third Samurai against 4.6 for Bean Juice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Third Samurai's written reviews are positive against 67% of Bean Juice's.
Third Samurai ships an update fortnightly, Bean Juice monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Third Samurai | Bean Juice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Dzyubenko | Nifty Tree Studios |
Customer experience
Third Samurai
Bean Juice
In-app purchases
Third Samurai
No in-app purchases
Bean Juice
No in-app purchases
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