Tasting Grounds vs Cupfolio
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
Cupfolio
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Cupfolio is a quiet, beautiful journal for people who care about their coffee. Log every cup, track your beans from peak to stale, save and follow your own recipes, and watch your taste dial in over time — all in a calm paper-and-ink interface with zero clutter. WHY CUPFOLIO • A real brewing journal, not a checklist. Capture dose, water, temperature, time, grind and a full taste profile for every cup. • Fast and local-first. The app never makes you wait on the network — edits save instantly and sync in the background. • Designed to be calm. Cream paper, espresso ink and editorial type — a place you'll actually want to log in. TRACK YOUR BEANS • Add every bag with roaster, origin, process, roast level, price and roast date. • See freshness at a glance — from "Peak" to "Stale" — and how many brews you have left. • Archive finished bags to keep your shelf tidy without losing the history. LOG EVERY BREW • Pour over, espresso, AeroPress, French press, Moka pot, cold brew and more. • Record dose, water, temperature, brew time, grind setting and water TDS. • Rate the cup and map its taste — acidity, sweetness, body, bitterness, aftertaste — with an automatic score. RECIPES & BREW-ALONG • Save your own recipes with step-by-step pours, or start from a curated library. • Follow a built-in brew timer that walks you through every pour. • Tag recipes with your own labels and filter to find them fast. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • A clean stats view: cups today, caffeine, lifetime brews, money spent and what's on your shelf. • Gentle daily reminders so you never forget to log. YOUR GEAR & SUPPLIES • Keep a catalogue of your grinders, drippers and machines. • Track paper-filter stock so you reorder before you run out. SYNCS WITH YOU • Sign in with Google or email and your coffee history follows you across devices, in real time. Cupfolio is for the home barista who wants to remember the great cups, fix the bad ones and enjoy the ritual. Pour something nice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cupfolio at none against Tasting Grounds's 2. Cupfolio also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Tasting Grounds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cupfolio asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tasting Grounds | Cupfolio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (47 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tasting Grounds, LLC | Rafail infant vijay ankith Kakaumanu |
In-app purchases
Tasting Grounds
- Tasting Grounds Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Tasting Grounds Pro - Yearly$24.991 Year
Cupfolio
No in-app purchases
Questions
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