Comparison

Tasting Grounds vs Espresso Tuner

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
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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

About

Espresso Tuner

This app helps you craft the perfect espresso with a precise shot timer and a brewing journal. Log your grind settings, ratios, and pressure to refine your recipes and consistently achieve great-tasting coffee.

Highlights
  • Precise shot timer
  • Brewing journal
  • Track grind settings
  • Log coffee ratios
  • Record pressure
  • Rate espresso shots
Features
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Espresso Tuner helps you perfect your coffee with a beautiful shot timer and an easy-to-use brewing journal. Track your grind settings, coffee ratios, and pressure while rating each shot to remember your best recipes. Built for coffee lovers, from beginners to expert baristas, who want to brew consistently great espresso. Take control of your espresso with a clean, simple interface that lets you focus on what matters - making amazing espresso.

Screenshots

Tasting Grounds4 screens
Espresso Tuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tasting Grounds at free against Espresso Tuner's free with in-app purchases. Tasting Grounds also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (47 vs 3). Espresso Tuner's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On price, rating, 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

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 Espresso Tuner sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tasting Grounds against 5.0 for Espresso Tuner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasting Grounds has 47 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Tasting Grounds's written reviews are positive against 100% of Espresso Tuner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, Espresso Tuner monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tasting Grounds versus Espresso Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasting GroundsEspresso Tuner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (47 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTasting Grounds, LLCAmirhossein Baradaran Toutounchi

Customer experience

Tasting Grounds

All ratings46 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%

Espresso Tuner

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tasting Grounds

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

Espresso Tuner

One-time2
  • Lifetime access$1.99
  • EspressoTuner Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Tasting Grounds free?
Tasting Grounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Espresso Tuner free?
Espresso Tuner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tasting Grounds or Espresso Tuner?
Espresso Tuner is rated higher. Tasting Grounds averages 4.9 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Espresso Tuner averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tasting Grounds or Espresso Tuner have ads?
Neither Tasting Grounds nor Espresso Tuner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasting Grounds or Espresso Tuner?
Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, and Espresso Tuner monthly. Most recently, Tasting Grounds was updated on October 22, 2026 and Espresso Tuner on October 9, 2026.

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