Tasting Grounds vs BRØG
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tasting Grounds
This app helps specialty coffee enthusiasts brew better coffee by logging brew details, tasting notes, and ratings. Connect with friends and the wider coffee community to share experiences, discover new coffees and roasters, and learn about coffee origins and processing methods.
- Log brew details and tasting notes
- Rate coffees like a professional
- Share brews and methods with friends
- Discover coffee origins and processing
- Explore new roasters and brewing techniques
- See community tasting notes and ratings
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Brew Coffee Together! Tasting Grounds is the specialty coffee app designed to connect the coffee community and help everyone brew better coffee together. - Log and rate your brews - record the details of your brewing process (such as brewer, water to grounds ratio, brew time, and more), the flavors you are tasting, and scoring notes like a coffee professional. - Share with your friends and the community - share your coffees and brewing methods, see what your friends are drinking, and discuss how we all enjoy our coffee differently. - Learn more about your coffee - see details about where your coffee was grown, how it was produced, and what flavors your roaster tastes as well as how others are brewing the same beans, what others are tasting, and how others are rating their brews. - Discover new things - discover similarities in the coffees that you do or don’t enjoy, explore new roasters from around the world, and find new ways to brew better coffee. We hope you enjoy using Tasting Grounds! Don’t forget to give us feedback at https://tastinggrounds.com/contact or follow us on Twitter (@tastinggrounds) and Instagram (@tastinggrounds)! TOS: https://tastinggrounds.com/terms
BRØG
Discover new coffees tailored to your taste and values. Scan bean packaging, read community reviews, and log your coffee journey. Connect with other coffee lovers, share tips, and find your next favorite brew.
- Scan coffee bean packaging
- Personalized coffee recommendations
- Coffee journal and tasting history
- Rate and review coffees
- Connect with coffee community
- Discover cafés and roasters
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BRØG connects people and coffee. It’s a smart community platform that helps you discover better coffee based on your taste, values, and curiosity. Explore cafés, rate coffees, learn from others, and track your coffee journey - all in one place. Scan & explore Easily scan coffee bean packaging to see origin, roast profile, tasting notes etc. Discover reviews and ratings from fellow users to make smarter, more conscious choices. Personalized recommendations Using data, preferences, and your tasting history, BRØG recommends coffees tailored to your flavour profile - so you can find beans you’ll actually enjoy. Coffee journal Keep track of every coffee you try. Rate, tag, and save your favourites to build your personal coffee library and see your taste evolve over time. Rate & review Share your insights with the community. Help others discover new favourites - and get inspired yourself. Join a coffee-loving community Follow friends, baristas, roasters, or micro-influencers. Share your brewing tips and recipes, debate about the latest gadget, and find others who care about coffee as much as you do.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BRØG at none against Tasting Grounds's 2. Tasting Grounds's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Tasting Grounds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. BRØG asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tasting Grounds against 5.0 for BRØG. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasting Grounds has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, BRØG every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tasting Grounds | BRØG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tasting Grounds, LLC | MergeIT ApS |
Customer experience
Tasting Grounds
BRØG
In-app purchases
Tasting Grounds
- Tasting Grounds Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Tasting Grounds Pro - Yearly$24.991 Year
BRØG
No in-app purchases
