Comparison

Tasting Coffee vs Silky Brew

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tasting Coffee

Discover and review coffee roasters. Log your coffee tasting experiences, rate your favorites, and keep a personal journal of what you enjoy. Share your coffee journey with friends.

Highlights
  • Find coffee roasters
  • Rate coffee tastes
  • Track tried coffees
  • Personal coffee journal
  • Share experiences with friends
Features
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Tasting Coffee is an application for a coffee lover. Find a roaster, taste it and rate it! Keep track of what you’ve tried and what you like it in a coffee. Share your coffee experience with your friends.

About

Silky Brew

Features
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Silky Brew is an app for coffee enthusiasts who want to track their coffee beans and find the optimal coffee grinder settings for each type of bean. The app lets users adjust and save their coffee grinder settings for different beans to achieve the best results. With Silky Brew, users will never miss a perfect espresso shot because of forgetting the ideal coffee grinder settings. Users can also rate each coffee bean to keep track of their favourites.

Screenshots

Tasting Coffee4 screens
Silky Brew3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tasting Coffee at none against Silky Brew's 2. Tasting Coffee also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.6). On price, ads 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. Silky Brew sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Tasting Coffee asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasting Coffee ships an update weekly, Silky Brew every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tasting Coffee versus Silky Brew: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasting CoffeeSilky Brew
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiri PenzesToomas Vahter

In-app purchases

None

Tasting Coffee

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Silky Brew

Subscriptions2
  • Barista Monthly (1 Month)$0.991 Month
  • Barista Annual (1 Year)$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Tasting Coffee free?
Tasting Coffee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silky Brew free?
Silky Brew is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tasting Coffee or Silky Brew have ads?
Neither Tasting Coffee nor Silky Brew shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasting Coffee or Silky Brew?
Tasting Coffee ships an update weekly, and Silky Brew every 2 months. Most recently, Tasting Coffee was updated on October 12, 2026 and Silky Brew on October 5, 2026.

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