Comparison

Tasting Grounds vs kawfy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Read full description

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

About

kawfy

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Kawfy: Your Personal Coffee Tracker Love coffee? Elevate your brewing experience with Kawfy, the ultimate app for tracking your coffee journey. Whether you're a home barista or a casual coffee drinker, Kawfy is designed to help you log and rate the coffees you enjoy in a beautifully simple way. Key Features: - Track Your Brews: Create a personal coffee list to log details about your brews—name, origin, roaster, and your personal rating. - Minimalist Design: Experience a clean and intuitive interface that puts your coffee journey front and center. Download Kawfy today and start documenting your journey one cup at a time! Resources: Privacy policy: https://kawfy.elyon-labs.com/privacy/ Terms of use: https://kawfy.elyon-labs.com/eula/

Screenshots

Tasting Grounds4 screens
kawfy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tasting Grounds at every 9 days against kawfy's every 7 months. kawfy's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tasting Grounds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and kawfy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, kawfy every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tasting Grounds versus kawfy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasting Groundskawfy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (47 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTasting Grounds, LLCElyon Labs, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tasting Grounds

Subscriptions2
  • Tasting Grounds Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Tasting Grounds Pro - Yearly$24.991 Year
2 purchases

kawfy

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited access$2.991 Month
  • Unlimited access$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Tasting Grounds free?
Tasting Grounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is kawfy free?
kawfy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tasting Grounds or kawfy have ads?
Neither Tasting Grounds nor kawfy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasting Grounds or kawfy?
Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, and kawfy every 7 months. Most recently, Tasting Grounds was updated on November 3, 2026 and kawfy on November 4, 2026.

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