Comparison

Aeromatic vs day9 coffee

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Aeromatic

Discover and brew coffee with your AeroPress using over 60 curated recipes. Features step-by-step guides, a built-in timer, and video tutorials. Track your coffee beans, rate them, and create your own recipes.

Highlights
  • 60+ curated AeroPress recipes
  • Step-by-step brewing instructions
  • Built-in stopwatch and timer
  • Video brew walkthroughs
  • Add notes and create custom recipes
  • Track and rate coffee beans
Features
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Aeromatic is the ultimate assistant app for brewing coffee with your AeroPress. It provides 60+ curated recipes from baristas, roasters, and championship winners. Brewing becomes easy with step-by-step instructions, a built-in stopwatch, and video walkthroughs. You can also add notes, create your own recipes, or share recipes with friends. If you like trying out new coffee beans, Aeromatic lets you track your beans and rate them from 1 to 5 stars. Get the most out of your AeroPress and brew better coffee with Aeromatic. This app offers an in-app purchase for Aeromatic Premium. Terms of Use can be found at https://aeromatic.app/terms.html and the Privacy Policy can be found at https://aeromatic.app/privacy.html

About

day9 coffee

Features
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Most coffee bags tell you the roast date. None of them tell you when the coffee actually tastes best. day9 is built around one idea: coffee has a freshness curve. It's too gassy in the first few days after roast, hits peak flavor around days 7–14 depending on the bean, then slowly declines. Roasters know this. Baristas know this. Most coffee drinkers don't — because nobody's ever made it easy to track. day9 fixes that. ADD A BAG Snap a photo of the label or enter the details manually. day9 reads the roast date, origin, and roaster, then maps out where your bag sits on the freshness curve right now and when it'll hit peak. KNOW WHEN TO BREW Get a clear signal: "too fresh," "approaching peak," "at peak," "declining." No more wondering whether yesterday's pour was off because of the grind or because the bag is past it. LOG BREWS, NOT JUST BAGS Tap to log a brew. Notice patterns: which bags taste best on which days, which roasters consistently hit your sweet spot, which origins fade fast. Your own taste history, built over time. DISCOVER ROASTERS Browse a curated directory of specialty roasters from around the world. Find new bags from operations you trust. Read why each roaster matters. WHY DAY 9? Because for most specialty coffees, that's roughly when the gas has settled, the flavors have rounded, and the bag is genuinely ready. It's a name, not a rule — every coffee is different, and day9 tracks yours specifically. NO ACCOUNTS, NO PASSWORDS Sign in with your email. We send you a link. That's it. No social logins, no data harvesting, no marketing emails. Built for people who care about coffee but don't want another app pretending to be a coffee shop. Just the timing.

Screenshots

Aeromatic4 screens
day9 coffee3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: day9 coffee at none against Aeromatic's 1. day9 coffee also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Aeromatic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. day9 coffee asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aeromatic versus day9 coffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAeromaticday9 coffee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (106 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings106 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAwardSenseBrian Diamond

Bugs and requests

Aeromatic

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Transition sound overrides Bluetooth audio
  • Some features moved to paid version after update

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add Wilfa Uniform grinder
  • Update champion recipes
  • Add new Aeropress equipment (e.g., XL)
  • Add German language support
  • Implement recipe import/export
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  • Add a drink tracker
  • Add roast level to user-created recipes
  • Add Baratza Forte grinder
  • Integrate V60 recipes
  • Dark mode option
  • Section for coffee bean flavor profiles

day9 coffee

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Aeromatic

One-time1
  • Aeromatic Premium$7.99
None

day9 coffee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aeromatic free?
Aeromatic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is day9 coffee free?
day9 coffee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aeromatic or day9 coffee have ads?
Neither Aeromatic nor day9 coffee shows ads.

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