Comparison

Tasting Grounds vs CoffeeBase

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

CoffeeBase

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CoffeeBase — your coffee journal, your map of specialty cafés and roasters, and the crew who drinks what you drink. Join 5,000+ coffee lovers already on CoffeeBase. Save every coffee you try, find new places nearby, and see what friends are brewing — all in one app. Discover A map of specialty cafés and roasters from around the world — real places, real beans, not a generic database. Log Every coffee you drink goes into your journal: origin, process, tasting notes. Over time you'll see exactly what you love. New: Coffee Scan (beta) Snap a photo of a coffee bag — CoffeeBase reads the roaster, origin and flavor profile and adds it to your journal for you. Community See what friends are drinking, leave reviews, and get inspired by real café profiles added by the community — not a stock database. Brew guide Recipes for V60, AeroPress, Chemex and more — from the basics to the details that actually change what's in your cup. Run a café or roastery? Claim your partner profile and get in front of a community that's actually looking for great coffee. Download CoffeeBase and find your next favorite coffee. Terms of use are available at the following link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tasting Grounds4 screens
CoffeeBase4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tasting Grounds and CoffeeBase are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 CoffeeBase sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.29 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, CoffeeBase fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tasting Grounds versus CoffeeBase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasting GroundsCoffeeBase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (47 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTasting Grounds, LLCCOFFEEBASE

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tasting Grounds

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

CoffeeBase

Subscriptions7
  • espresso$2.291 Month
  • Członkostwo Kawiarni$3.991 Month
  • V60$3.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Członkostwo dla Palarni$5.991 Month
  • Brazilian Blend$22.991 Month
  • Coffee Shop suite basic$22.991 Month
  • Kenya AA$49.991 Month
One-time4
  • Dodatkowy menedżer$1.99
  • Lokalny Boost - Kawiarnia$5.99
  • Dopalacz - Widoczność$6.99
Show 1 more
  • Dopalacz - Wzrost$9.99

Questions

Is Tasting Grounds free?
Tasting Grounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CoffeeBase free?
CoffeeBase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tasting Grounds or CoffeeBase have ads?
Neither Tasting Grounds nor CoffeeBase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasting Grounds or CoffeeBase?
Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, and CoffeeBase fortnightly. Most recently, Tasting Grounds was updated on October 22, 2026 and CoffeeBase on October 25, 2026.

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