Bean Juice vs Perfect Cup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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 Juice at 4.6 against Perfect Cup's 4.0. Bean Juice also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 3). Perfect Cup's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 Juice holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.
Bean Juice ships an update monthly, Perfect Cup fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bean Juice | Perfect Cup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nifty Tree Studios | Auditorium Company Limited |
Customer experience
Bean Juice
Perfect Cup
In-app purchases
Bean Juice
No in-app purchases
Perfect Cup
No in-app purchases
