Comparison

Tasting Grounds vs Cofy Cat

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

Cofy Cat

Discover coffee recipes, follow guided timers, and organize your coffee beans and gear. This app helps you track brews, record tasting notes, and refine your coffee-making skills. Personalize your brewing experience with customizable settings and a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Discover coffee recipes
  • Guided brew timers with feedback
  • Organize beans and gear
  • Create and share custom recipes
  • Track brew sessions and tasting notes
  • Customizable brewing settings
Features
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Make every brew feel calm, precise, and personal. Cofy Cat helps you discover coffee recipes, follow guided timers, organize your beans and gear, and keep track of what tastes best. DISCOVER RECIPES • Explore community-crafted recipes for V60, Chemex, AeroPress, French Press, Espresso, and more • Search, filter, and save favorites for quick access • Learn from tasting notes, method guides, region summaries, variety summaries, and buying tips BREW WITH CONFIDENCE • Follow step-by-step brew timers with sound and haptic feedback • Use clear pouring guidance, prep countdowns, and total brew-time tracking • Start a quick timer for spontaneous brews • Follow supported sessions from your Lock Screen with Live Activity in Cofy Cat Pro CREATE YOUR OWN RECIPES • Build recipes with ingredients, equipment, temperatures, ratios, and timed steps • Import and refine recipes with assisted workflows • Add photos, notes, and detailed brewing instructions • Edit, save, and share recipes with the Cofy Cat community ORGANIZE YOUR COFFEE • Track beans, grinders, devices, and tools in your pantry • Add items faster with scan-assisted prefill where available • See freshness guidance so your beans stay easy to manage • Record grinder settings and equipment used in each brew REVIEW AND IMPROVE • Save brew sessions, tasting notes, ratings, and cupping scores • Revisit your brew history with clearer details, graphs, and replay information • Use flavor guides and the flavor wheel to describe what you taste • Follow daily caffeine insights and widgets with Cofy Cat Pro MAKE IT YOURS • Choose grams or ounces, Celsius or Fahrenheit • Adjust sound, haptics, and preparation countdowns • Enjoy dark mode, localized content, and polished artwork throughout the app COFY CAT PRO Cofy Cat includes optional Cofy Cat Pro plans for deeper brewing tools. Pro unlocks Brew+, Live Activity, expanded pantry capacity, full brew history, richer insights, and more ways to follow your coffee routine. Whether you are brewing your first cup or refining a favorite recipe, Cofy Cat keeps your daily coffee ritual organized, friendly, and focused. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Cofy Cat Terms of Service: https://cofycat.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://cofycat.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Tasting Grounds4 screens
Cofy Cat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tasting Grounds at free against Cofy Cat's freemium. Tasting Grounds also leads on ratings volume (47 vs 5). Cofy Cat's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%). 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

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 Cofy Cat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 Cofy Cat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasting Grounds has 47 ratings behind it against 5, 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 Cofy Cat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, Cofy Cat every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tasting Grounds versus Cofy Cat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasting GroundsCofy Cat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (47 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB211 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTasting Grounds, LLCCheng Chun Liu

Customer experience

Tasting Grounds

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

Cofy Cat

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 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

Cofy Cat

Subscriptions2
  • Cofy Cat Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Cofy Cat Pro Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

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

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