Comparison

HiCoffee vs beano

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

Head to head
About

HiCoffee

Track your daily caffeine intake with this app, which offers data for many beverages and a calculator for homemade drinks. It personalizes your daily limit based on sensitivity, helping you boost productivity and improve sleep. It also analyzes heart rate and sleep data to reveal caffeine's health impact.

Highlights
  • Log daily caffeine intake
  • Caffeine Calculator for homemade drinks
  • Personalized daily caffeine limits
  • Analyze heart rate and sleep data
  • Interactive widgets and Apple Watch app
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Offline functionality
Features
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HiCoffee is a powerful caffeine tracker that makes it easy to record your daily caffeine intake. It includes data for more than 2,500 branded coffee products, and its Caffeine Calculator can estimate the caffeine in homemade drinks such as espresso and pour-over coffee. HiCoffee can set a caffeine limit based on your sensitivity and give you personalized suggestions. It helps you enjoy coffee when you need focus, while reducing the chance that too much caffeine gets in the way of your sleep at night. HiCoffee can also look at your long-term resting heart rate and sleep duration, helping you understand how caffeine may be affecting your health. HiCoffee works beautifully across the Apple ecosystem, with rich widgets, excellent Apple Watch support, Shortcuts, Health data sync, and more. Reliable iCloud sync lets you use HiCoffee with confidence on multiple devices. HiCoffee also supports Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and other accessibility features for a comfortable, smooth experience. --- ** Recognition ** - Featured by the App Store multiple times, including App of the Day, Fresh Apps, Interactive Widgets, and accessibility-focused collections. - Mentioned during Tim Cook's 2023 visit to China and covered by several media outlets. - Appeared in the WWDC 2023 and WWDC 2024 keynotes. - Featured by well-known coffee creator James Hoffmann on his channel. - Recommended multiple times by creator Nikias Molina. - Reviewed by German tech publication t3n. - Recommended by SSPAI as a dynamic caffeine monitoring tool worth watching. --- ** Premium Membership and Subscription ** HiCoffee's premium features can be unlocked in the app through a one-time purchase or a subscription. You can find the purchase options in the app's Settings page. If you choose to unlock premium features with a subscription, payment will be charged automatically to your App Store account within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. After subscribing, you can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in HiCoffee's Settings page or in your App Store account settings. To cancel, please do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period, otherwise the App Store will renew the subscription automatically. ** A Note from the Developer ** I'm Gong Zhang, the developer of HiCoffee. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me from Settings > Contact and Support > Email in the app, or email me directly at hicoffee@gongzhang.zendesk.com. If you enjoy using HiCoffee, a rating or review on the App Store would help me improve it faster. Privacy Policy: https://gongzhang.io/app/hicoffee/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://gongzhang.io/app/hicoffee/en/terms

About

beano

This app helps you understand and manage your caffeine intake. By answering lifestyle questions and logging caffeinated drinks, it tracks your consumption and its impact on energy and sleep, offering insights for optimization.

Highlights
  • Personalized lifestyle questions
  • Caffeinated drink photo logging
  • Caffeine intake tracking
  • Energy and sleep effect monitoring
  • Caffeine optimization insights
Features
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how to use beano: 1) Answer lifestyle questions to personalize your experience 2) Take a photo of your caffeinated drink 3) Beano tracks your caffeine intake and effects on energy and sleep If you want to understand how caffeine affects your energy, sleep, and overall health, beano will help you manage your caffeine intake better than anyone else. We’re not just another caffeine tracker—we want to empower you to optimize your caffeine intake with the least amount of effort possible. But smart choices matter, and we’ll give you the tools and insights to make them. For any ideas or questions, please email us at support@stym.ai NOTE: We do not offer medical advice. All recommendations should be viewed as informational—please consult a professional before making changes to your caffeine consumption. *CAFFEINE SCANNING INSIGHTS REQUIRE A SUBSCRIPTION. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HiCoffee4 screens
beano4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: HiCoffee at 839 against beano's 7. HiCoffee also leads on device support (5 vs 1). beano's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. HiCoffee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and beano sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

beano holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiCoffee has 839 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of HiCoffee's written reviews are positive against 75% of beano's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiCoffee ships an update every 10 days, beano every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HiCoffee versus beano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiCoffeebeano
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (839 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings839 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer弓 张Nexel Labs LLC

Customer experience

HiCoffee

All ratings839 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative10.6%

beano

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

HiCoffee

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not updating
  • Watch app not syncing properly
  • Caffeine data truncation when adding custom drinks

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more beverage options (energy drinks, regional brands, etc.)
  • Ability to track caffeine from non-beverage sources (pills, chocolate, etc.)
  • More customization options for homemade coffee
  • Easier way to add custom drinks
  • Extend sleep time range beyond current limits
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  • Add caffeine calculator for AeroPress method
  • Include caffeine content for different coffee roast levels

beano

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HiCoffee

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent Unlock$8.99
9 purchases

beano

Subscriptions9
  • Stym Premium$1.991 Month
  • Stym Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Stym Premium$5.991 Month
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  • Stym Premium3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Stym Premium$9.991 Month
  • Stym Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Stym Premium$19.991 Year
  • Stym Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Stym Premium$29.991 Year

Questions

Is HiCoffee free?
HiCoffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is beano free?
beano is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HiCoffee or beano?
beano is rated higher. HiCoffee averages 4.8 out of 5 from 839 ratings, while beano averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do HiCoffee or beano have ads?
Neither HiCoffee nor beano shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiCoffee or beano?
HiCoffee ships an update every 10 days, and beano every 8 days. Most recently, HiCoffee was updated on October 16, 2026 and beano on September 25, 2026.

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