Truffle vs Above Ground Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Truffle
This social app helps you track restaurants you've visited or want to visit, either for personal journaling or with friends. Enjoy a pressure-free experience without rankings or mandatory reviews, and visualize your tracked spots on a shared map.
- Social restaurant tracking
- Personal restaurant journal
- Connect with foodie friends
- No ranking or review pressure
- Map of tracked restaurants
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Truffle is the social restaurant tracking app. Key features: - Connect with foodie friends or use Truffle as a restaurant journal for yourself. We’re flexible - Enjoy a non-ranking system and no pressure to post photos, write reviews, or broadcast yourself (but you can, if you want) - See all your and your friends' tracked restaurants on the Truffle map
Above Ground Coffee
This app serves as a member portal for a Brooklyn-based coffee roastery. Members can browse available coffees, customize roasts, and track their orders from roasting to shipping. It also facilitates referrals and membership management.
- Browse current coffee lineup
- Order signature blends or single origins
- Describe custom roasts
- Receive roast and shipping notifications
- Track orders and manage shipping
- Add membership card to Apple Wallet
- Refer friends for credits
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Above Ground is a members-only coffee roastery in Brooklyn. Nothing is roasted until you order it, and every bag ships within 48 hours of leaving the drum. The app is your member portal: • Browse the current lineup, filtered by flavor and brew method, and see exactly which coffees can still be roasted from this week's green beans. • Order a signature blend, a single origin, or describe a custom roast in your own words. • Get a notification the moment your coffee hits the drum and again when it ships, with a link to watch the roast. • Track orders, keep your shipping address current, and add your membership card to Apple Wallet. • Refer friends and watch your credit add up. Membership is by application. Not a member yet? Apply at abovegroundcoffee.com. There is a waitlist.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Above Ground Coffee at none against Truffle's 3. Above Ground Coffee also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Truffle's advantage is ratings volume (338 vs 1) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Truffle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Above Ground Coffee asks for nothing beyond the download.
Above Ground Coffee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Truffle has 338 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Truffle | Above Ground Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (338 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 338 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reeltalk INC. | Severin Hacker |
Bugs and requests
Truffle
Reported bugs
5 issues- SMS verification code not being sent to users
- Photos shuffle from their original upload order
- Private account photos remain public by default
- Text verification not working in UK
- Photos not displaying in chronological order
Requested features
11 requests- Star rating system for meals and restaurants
- Ability to rate restaurants on profile alongside reviews
- Social features to view and sort other users' reviews
- Photo sorting by chronological order of addition
- Option to set photos as private by default
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- Ability to assign rankings to restaurants
- Feature to track who you dined with (friends vs. family)
- Ability to note what was ordered at each restaurant
- Integration of photos from Google, Yelp, and Facebook
- Ad-supported free tier option
- Free trial period before subscription
Above Ground Coffee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Truffle
- Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Above Ground Coffee
No in-app purchases
