Comparison

Coffee Profile vs Brewing Tag

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

Head to head
About

Coffee Profile

Manage your coffee journey from green beans to brewed perfection. Track roasted beans, record tasting notes, and utilize a built-in drip timer for precise brewing.

Highlights
  • Green coffee bean management
  • Roasted coffee bean tracking
  • Brewing method logging
  • Tasting notes recording
  • Drip coffee timer
Features
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Coffee Profile helps you record coffee beans, roasted beans, brewing methods, drip timers, and tasting notes in one organized workspace. Save grind size, dose, yield, water temperature, dripper, brew steps, and flavor impressions for each recipe. Track green beans and roasted beans separately, then connect them to your daily brews and tasting notes. Use it as a coffee log, pour-over timer, cupping notebook, and recipe archive for home brewing, specialty coffee practice, and cafe workflow review.

About

Brewing Tag

Features
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Brewing Tag is designed to beautifully streamline your entire coffee journey from logging and customizing to sharing. The flavor of coffee shifts with every subtle change in the brewing process. Start keeping a log today to brew a cup that is even better than yesterday's, or to achieve that perfect, consistent taste. From referencing new coffee bean guides and tailoring recipes to your preference to organizing them in your own style and sharing them with others—Brewing Tag makes this entire process effortless. We provide a wide range of recipe templates and customization options tailored to your brewing style. We have prepared various layouts, ranging from a simple style for those who prefer quick logging to a detailed template where you can record water flow and brief notes. On top of that, you can customize the colors to make each recipe uniquely yours, and quickly find the exact card you need from your organized list. Export your completed recipes as clean images to easily share them with others or keep them as physical cards.Save your personalized recipes directly to your camera roll to share them with friends and fellow coffee lovers. Since they are saved in a ratio perfect for business cards, you can easily print them out to build your own tangible, analog recipe card collection. As a growing service, Brewing Tag will continuously evolve by actively listening to your valuable feedback. Starting with hand-drip (pour-over) brewing, we plan to expand our support to additional brewing methods, more diverse template styles, and convenient new features to elevate your home cafe experience. Download Brewing Tag today and open your own little daily cafe.

Screenshots

Coffee Profile4 screens
Brewing Tag4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brewing Tag at none against Coffee Profile's 1. Brewing Tag also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Coffee Profile's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price 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. Coffee Profile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Brewing Tag asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee Profile ships an update every 2 weeks, Brewing Tag every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Coffee Profile versus Brewing Tag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee ProfileBrewing Tag
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeiichi OtaTae Hyung Lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Coffee Profile

One-time1
  • Gift to Developers$1.99
None

Brewing Tag

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Profile free?
Coffee Profile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brewing Tag free?
Brewing Tag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Coffee Profile or Brewing Tag have ads?
Brewing Tag shows ads; Coffee Profile does not.
Which is updated more often, Coffee Profile or Brewing Tag?
Coffee Profile ships an update every 2 weeks, and Brewing Tag every 4 days. Most recently, Coffee Profile was updated on November 3, 2026 and Brewing Tag on October 31, 2026.

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