Comparison

Tasting Grounds vs Cafey

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

Cafey

Discover nearby cafes and explore their drink menus. Get personalized recommendations based on your preferences and save places to try. Review individual drinks with photos and scores to share with other coffee enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Find nearby cafes and drinks
  • Browse cafe details and menus
  • Personalized cafe matches
  • Save places to try
  • Review individual drinks
  • Share feedback with users
Features
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Cafey makes it easier to decide where to go and what to order. Explore cafés near you, browse drinks, and narrow results by location, flavor, and vibe. If you’re not sure where to start, use Matches to discover options based on what you actually enjoy. With Cafey, you can: • Find cafés and drinks nearby • Browse café details, menus, directions, ratings, and reviews • Get personalized café matches • Save places you want to try • Review individual drinks with photos, an overall score, quick ratings, and tags • Share useful feedback with other café lovers Cafey is still growing, so some café or menu information may occasionally be incomplete. If you spot something that needs attention, you can send a suggestion from the app. Whether you’re looking for matcha, coffee, boba, or somewhere new to spend the afternoon, Cafey helps you find a place worth trying.

Screenshots

Tasting Grounds4 screens
Cafey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cafey at none against Tasting Grounds's 2. Cafey also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). Tasting Grounds's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Cafey asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Cafey. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasting Grounds has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, Cafey every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tasting Grounds versus Cafey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasting GroundsCafey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (47 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB189 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTasting Grounds, LLCJEROME EDWARD PANGAN MANARANG

Customer experience

Tasting Grounds

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

Cafey

All ratings1 ratings
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
None

Cafey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tasting Grounds free?
Tasting Grounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cafey free?
Cafey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tasting Grounds or Cafey?
Cafey is rated higher. Tasting Grounds averages 4.9 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Cafey averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tasting Grounds or Cafey have ads?
Neither Tasting Grounds nor Cafey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasting Grounds or Cafey?
Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, and Cafey every 4 days. Most recently, Tasting Grounds was updated on October 22, 2026 and Cafey on October 9, 2026.

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